Clue To Local History: Researchers have documented and examined a 17th-century stone inscription preserved outside the residence of Pandiraja Pergade at Mala in Karkala taluk of Udupi district Udupi: A 17th-century stone inscription preserved outside a house in Mala village of Karkala taluk has been documented and studied by researchers for the first time.The 15-line…
Yettinahole Row: A view of Western Ghats. Activists allege the Yettinahole project has overlooked the concerns of communities living in the Nethravati catchment and the foothills of Western Ghats Mangaluru: Western Ghats-Nethravati Conservation and Research Forum (WG-NCRF) Saturday launched a mass signature campaign in the city, alleging that the Yettinahole Integrated Drinking Water Project is…
Udupi: Police Saturday arrested Derrick Crasta, accused in the fatal shooting of 46-year-old Ivan Richard Mascarenhas, at Herabudike in Belake village of Bhatkal taluk in Uttara Kannada district.Police said Crasta would be produced before the jurisdictional court.Mascarenhas, a resident of Barkur, was shot dead between 12.45am and 1am Friday.Udupi SP Hariram Shankar said Mascarenhas and…
Udupi: A woman was killed after being knocked down and run over by a city bus near Lions Circle in Badagabettu village on Saturday. The deceased is Udupi City Municipal Council ( CMC) former vice-president Lakshmi Kola,38.According to police, the accident occurred around 1.15pm on the Udupi–Kinnimulki road. The driver of the city bus was…
Mangaluru: A 61-year-old woman allegedly lost Rs 16.2 lakh after being lured into an online investment scam she discovered through a Facebook advertisement in April. According to a complaint filed at the CEN Crime police station, the woman clicked on a link in the advertisement and joined a Telegram group.An unidentified person, using phone numbers…
A view of Mangaluru International Airport Mangaluru: Taxi and maxi-cab drivers from Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts will stage a protest at Kavoor Junction in Mangaluru on Aug 4 (Wednesday) against the recent increase in charges at Mangaluru International Airport (MIA).Addressing reporters Saturday, Dakshina Kannada Taxi Men’s and Maxi Cab Association president Anand K alleged…
Mangaluru: Mangaluru CCB police have arrested the prime accused in a 2015 attempted murder case, who had been absconding for nearly 11 years.The case was registered against Chunki Akashbhavan alias Santhosh S, 34, a resident of Karnelli village in Shivamogga district’s Shikaripura taluk, at Kavoor police station.City police commissioner Sudheer Kumar Reddy said the incident…
Image for representation only Mangaluru: Belthangady police have arrested a man, 21, and seized 76.5g of MDMA and 27g of ganja worth approximately Rs 7.6 lakh from his possession.Twalah alias Anwar alias Ansar, 21, a resident of Kuvettu in Belthangady taluk was found to be moving suspiciously at night near an autorickshaw at Pilichandikallu in…
Puttur MLA Ashok Kumar Rai Mangaluru: A total of 73 petitions were submitted to the office of Puttur MLA Ashok Kumar Rai Wednesday, seeking immediate repairs to pothole-ridden gram panchayat roads and better drainage facilities across the constituency.According to sources in the MLA’s office, the memorandums highlighted how heavy rains across Puttur taluk had damaged…
Mangaluru: The Second Additional District and Sessions (Special) Court here on Friday sentenced four to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for the gang rape of a Dalit woman. The second additional district and sessions (special) court Friday sentenced four men to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for the gang rape of a Dalit woman in…
