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Mangaluru: An initiative aimed at empowering underprivileged children through surfing has been launched at Panambur Beach recently. The Wave Makers pilot project, led by the Surfing Swami Foundation with support from surfing schools across Mangaluru and Udupi, is open to students from class 5 up to first-year graduation.Adithya Narayanan, principal consultant, Surfing Swami Foundation, said…

Mangaluru: The state govt has assured the introduction of coaching and board-integrated curricular activities in pre-university education. The assurance was given at a meeting held in Bengaluru on Thursday, at the office of Rashmi Mahesh, principal secretary, school education department, with representatives of the Karnataka Unaided PU College Management Association (KUPMA). Officials said detailed guidelines…

Mangaluru: Kavoor police booked two youths after finding them under the influence of a narcotic substance during a late-night patrol Friday.According to police, ASI Ramanna Shetty was on night rounds within Kavoor police station limits when, around 1.30am, he noticed two persons standing suspiciously in a public place near a car showroom at Kulur. On…

Mangaluru: Crude oil tanker ‘Lila Jamnagar’ with 2.7 lakh tonnes crude arrived at New Mangalore Port and is discharging crude at single mooring point (SPM). The vessel arrived from Zhoushan port in China. ISPRL is receiving the cargo.LPG tanker ‘Aurora’ with 43,910 tonnes of LPG is now berthed at New Mangalore Port and is discharging…

Mangaluru: The two-day PhysioCon 2026, an international physiotherapy conference organised by the South Canara Physiotherapy Teachers Association will be held at the TMA Pai Convention Centre from April 10. The conference theme is ‘Movement is health-moving into the next era through technology and autonomy.’Organising chairman UT Iftikar Fareed, who is also chairman of the Karnataka…

Mangaluru: The first six-day in-person cohort of SaathiShift, a startup focused on providing personalised companionship services to senior citizens, was held recently, with a strong emphasis on learning how to care for someone else’s parent with empathy and responsibility.The Companion Training Programme, conducted in partnership with Luminara Group for mental health, brought together a diverse…

Mangaluru: South Canara District Central Co-operative Bank (SCDCC) posted a profit of Rs 131.1 crore for the year ended March 31, 2026, an 18.7% increase from Rs 110.4 crore last year, said president MN Rajendra Kumar. Speaking to reporters Saturday, he said the 112-year-old bank recorded total business of Rs 20,226.1 crore in 2025-26, up…

Mangaluru: Escalating West Asia conflict has disrupted Easter home travel plans for expatriates from Karnataka’s coastal districts, employed in the Arabian Gulf region and Israel, with many forced to remain abroad during one of the busiest homecoming periods of the year. For non-resident Indians from Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Uttara Kannada, Easter is traditionally a…

Mangaluru: The Bishop of the Diocese of Mangalore, Most Rev Fr Peter Paul Saldanha, has called for peace, dialogue and reconciliation in his Easter 2026 message, urging people to respond to a world increasingly scarred by violence and division.Extending Easter greetings to citizens, Bishop Saldanha said the Resurrection of Jesus Christ is not only a…

Mangaluru: The Palakkad division of Southern Railway has closed the financial year 2025-26 on a historic note, achieving a total freight loading of 7.3 million tonnes (MT), the highest in the last decade. The division has exceeded its annual Revenue Budget (RB) loading target of 7.3 MT, marking a significant milestone in its operational history….