Mangaluru: A 40-year-old woman was allegedly cheated of Rs 2.9 lakh by fraudsters who posed as officials of a bank after she searched online for the contact number of an branch manager to enquire about an EMI deduction. According to a complaint registered at Surathkal police station, the complainant had availed a gold loan of…
Udupi: Padubidri police have booked a man for allegedly cheating a bank by pledging fake gold ornaments and availing a loan of close to Rs 3.5 lakh. A case of alleged gold loan fraud has been registered against Rajeev Kalayathinalkuzhiyil Kuttappan. According to the complaint filed by Pradeep Kumar, 31, branch head of a private…
Mangaluru: CCB sleuths of Mangaluru City police police, on Monday, have arrested another suspect in connection with the murder of rowdy sheeter Arif Hussain alias ‘Tablet Arif, a resident of Uchila Mullugudde, who was killed within Ullal police station limits earlier this year.The accused has been identified as Mohammed Ibrahim Sinan alias Chinnu, 21, a…
The elephant calf was found dead on farmland at Bedrupane in Aranthodu village near Sullia of Dakshina Kannada on Monday. Mangaluru: An elephant calf was found dead on a farmland at Bedrupane, Aranthodu village near Sullia of Dakshina Kannada on Monday, with forest officials suspecting that the animal may have been fatally attacked by an…
Mangaluru: Mangaluru City North MLA Y Bharath Shetty has urged Union minister for heavy industries and steel HD Kumaraswamy to merge Kudremukh Iron Ore Company (KIOCL) with the National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC).The MLA called for immediate action to consider and fulfil the long-standing demands of Kudremukh company workers. He asserted that merging the Kudremukh…
Kukke Shri Subrahmanya Temple has recorded an annual revenue of Rs 167.89 crore during the 2025– -26 financial year Mangaluru: Forest minister Eshwar Khandre has ordered the check posts at all four entry roads to Kukke Sri Subramanya temple to inspect single-use plastics.Speaking to the media after visiting Kukke Temple on Tuesday, the minister expressed…
A scene from Shri Devi Mahatme played by Sri Durgaparameshwari Prasaditha Yakshagana Mandali, Kateel. Mangaluru: After nearly six months of enthralling audiences with mythological performances including the popular ‘Shri Devi Mahatme’, seven touring troupes of the famed Kateel Sri Durgaparameshwari Prasaditha Yakshagana Mandali, popularly known as the Kateel Mela, brought down the curtain on the…
Mangaluru: Residents of Jokatte, Kalavaru, and Kenjaru, who were allegedly affected by pollution from the coke and sulfur plant of the MRPL, ended their day-and-night protest after eight days, following a decision made in a high-level meeting at the deputy commissioner’s office. Dakshina Kannada district administration has decided to complete land acquisition process for the…
Udupi: A major burglary was reported from Hebri Police station limits after unidentified thieves allegedly broke into a house and decamped with gold, silver and other valuables worth nearly Rs 60 lakh. According to police, the complainant woke up at around 6.45 am on May 24, and found the front and rear doors of the…
Mangaluru: The long-held belief that doctors write illegibly only while prescribing medicines — and normally otherwise — may not be entirely accurate, according to a study conducted in Mangaluru.The research, carried out by Saritha D’Souza, HoD of the postgraduate department of criminology and forensic sciences, along with her student Nashwa Iqbal, examined whether doctors alter…
