Mangaluru: Flight cancellations and disruptions in Saudi Arabia have forced umrah pilgrims from Dakshina Kannada, Uttara Kannada, Udupi, Kodagu, Chikkamagaluru and Kasaragod to take longer and more expensive routes home, with several travelling by road to Doha before flying to India.With limited seat availability and soaring fares, pilgrims have been exploring alternative airports, including Bengaluru,…
Mangaluru: A woman and her son died of electrocution at Palakda Varnabettu within the limits of Moodubidire police station on Thursday. The deceased have been identified as Mercy Mascarenhas,47, and her son Shaun Mascarenhas,18.According to police, the incident occurred when Shaun came in contact with a live wire that had come into accidental contact with…
Mangaluru: The driver of a pickup truck was arrested for committing murder following the death of two youths after the vehicle allegedly rammed their scooter deliberately following an argument at Boliyar in Konaje police station limits on Monday.Police have arrested the driver, identified as Hafeez alias Appi.The deceased are Mohammed Zunaid,23, and Mohammed Afraz,23, residents…
Four childhood friends from Mangaluru, set out for Kashmir in an autorickshaw on Oct 10 Mangaluru: When four childhood friends from Mangaluru first discussed riding an autorickshaw all the way to Kashmir, it was just an idea shared between work shifts. Six years later, Afreed,27, Hasan,27, Sadik,26, and Azeem,30, have finally hit the road, setting…
Mangaluru: Fr Clement Mascarenhas, musician, composer and parish priest of Karkala Town Church, has been selected for the 22nd Kalakar Puraskar, instituted jointly by the Carvalho family and Mandd Sobhann, in recognition of his contribution to devotional music and encouragement of young musical talent.The award will be presented at Kalaangann, Shaktinagar, on Nov 1. Ronald…
Shakuntala J Kunder, an anganwadi worker from Mavinkatte in Maninalkur village of Bantwal taluk, recently opened Sri Durga Gruhalakshmi Textiles and Garments, investing the money saved from the state govt’s Gruha Lakshmi scheme Mangaluru: Saving Rs 2,000 every month for three years helped 43 year old Shakuntala J Kunder, an anganwadi worker from Mavinkatte in…
Mangaluru: A 44-year-old man fell victim to a cyber scam, losing a total of Rs 1,78,191 after downloading a malicious application advertised on social media.According to the police complaint summary, the incident occurred on Oct 15 while the victim was browsing Facebook at home. An advertisement for an application named “XM tv” promised free access…
Mangaluru: Second additional district and sessions judge Jagadeesh VN urged the police department to address the needs of the families of police martyrs and personnel injured in the line of duty.He spoke at the Police Martyrs’ Day programme organised jointly by Mangaluru City police, Dakshina Kannada district police, 7th battalion of Karnataka State Reserve Police…
Naman Shetty, a Dasara tiger dancer of Shiva Friends, painted a portrait of CM D K Shiva Kumar to thank him for approving Tulu as official second language of the state in the recent cabinet meeting held in Mangaluru Sharada idol worshipped at Sri Gokarnanatha Temple at Kudroli being brought outside for Dasara procession in…
Mangaluru: The department of school education has extended Dasara holidays for schools in Dakshina Kannada by one day, until Oct 22, in view of the final-day Dasara celebrations and procession on Wednesday.The holiday extension follows requests from parents, members of the public and elected representatives, who pointed out that the procession and religious rituals would…
