Udupi: Udupi Town police arrested two persons on Oct 26 in connection with an alleged extortion case in which a cooperative society employee was threatened and coerced into transferring Rs 42,97,350 over two years.Police arrested Nagarathna H,42, and her colleague Hemanth Karkera,41, from Kempegowda bus stand and Basaveshwaranagar in Bengaluru, respectively. A court later remanded…

Udupi: Kaup police arrested two persons and seized 5.7 kg of ganja, valued at Rs 2.9 lakh, near Yard Beach in Ulliyargoli village on Tuesday.The arrested have been identified as Areef,38, a resident of Vinayanagar in Belapu village, Kaup taluk, and Akeef, 34, a resident of Hoode in Paduthonse village, Udupi taluk.According to police, Kaup…

Mangaluru: A special screening of the Kannada telefilm ‘Monalisa is in Trouble’ will be held in Mangaluru on Friday to raise funds for the treatment of 22-year-old actor Vinutha C Nayak, who is battling serious health complications following a brain haemorrhage.The screening has been organised as a humanitarian initiative by Alwyn Joel Noronha, managing director…

MCC commissioner Rahul Ratnam Pandey inspects Mahakalipadpu ground in Mangaluru Mangaluru: Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) commissioner Rahul Ratnam Pandey, along with Mangaluru Urban Development Authority (Muda) officials, inspected development works and reviewed public grievances at various locations across the city on Tuesday.During his visit to Mannagudda park near the mayor’s bungalow, Pandey discussed with MCC…

Mangaluru: A 44-year-old woman was allegedly cheated of Rs 57.3 lakh by two unidentified persons who posed as representatives of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and promised to buy fire extinguishers from her business.According to the complaint, the fraud began in Feb when a man identifying himself as Nithesh Kumar contacted the…

Image for representation only Udupi: Police have arrested a 45-year-old home nurse for allegedly stealing a 15-gram gold chain from a 75-year-old woman at her house in Kukkehalli village in Udupi taluk.Police arrested the accused, Umesh Shetty, near his residence in Subrahmanya Nagar, Udupi, on Friday. Police recovered the stolen gold, valued at Rs 1.8…

Udupi: An 18-year-old construction worker from West Bengal died after falling from the eighth floor of an under-construction building at Saligrama in Parampalli village of Brahmavar taluk Saturday.The deceased, Debasish Das, was from Malda district in West Bengal and had been doing centring work at the site for the past two months.According to a complaint…

Mangaluru: Police have registered six two-wheeler theft cases in Mangaluru South and Ullal police stations and detained seven people, including three juveniles in conflict with the law.Six stolen motorcycles were recovered, and three other two-wheelers allegedly used to commit the offences were seized. The vehicles are valued at Rs 4.5 lakh, city police commissioner Sudheer…

Mangaluru: Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL), a subsidiary of ONGC, has won awards in two categories at the Innovation Awards 2025–26 instituted by the Centre for High Technology (CHT), ministry of petroleum and natural gas.MRPL was adjudged the winner in the categories of Best Indigenously Developed Technology and Best Innovation in Refinery. The awards…

Udupi: Manipal police arrested a 26-year-old man for allegedly possessing a machete and a knife without authorisation on a public road in Vidyaratna Nagar, Manipal, recently. The accused, Mohammed Parvez, a resident of Kinnimulki, Udupi, was detained after police received information that a person was behaving suspiciously while carrying weapons.Police led by PSI (investigation) Shambulingaiah…