Mangaluru: A journalist and Bengaluru resident died in a Mangaluru bound KSRTC Volvo bus during his journey from Bengaluru to Uppinangady where he was planned to catch another bus to reach Madikeri. The deceased has been identified as Yathish D (57), a resident of GM Palya in Bengaluru. He worked as a journalist in Karnataka […]

Udupi: Dakshina Kannada based journalist, environmentalist Jayanth Padubidri (58) has passed away on Friday after some severe health issues. Being a journalist he served the people as an activist and was successful to shut two corporate companies which indirectly affect the lives of the people in Dakshina Kannada. The deceased began his career at Udayavani […]

Chennai: Veteran journalist, former Rajya Sabha member and political commentator Cho Ramaswamy (82) died here today following illness. Fondly addressed as Cho, he was suffering from illness and breathed his last at a private hospital this morning, sources close to his family said. He is survived by wife, son and daughter. Ramaswamy was founder editor […]

Mangaluru : ‘Pa Go Prapancha,’ a book on veteran journalist Pa Gopalakrishna (Pa Go) Bhat, authored by journalist Chidambara Bykampadi, was released at Press Club Mangaluru on Wednesday. The book was earlier released in Bengaluru. Releasing the book, writer Vaman Nandavar said Pa Go was an ideal journalist and he did not believe in appeasing […]

Mangaluru : A young journalist of Prajavaani Kannada daily died after a massive cardiac arrest at Charmadi on Friday Apr 8. The deceased is Haimad Hussein (29) was Sub editor reporter in Prajavaani Kannada Daily at Mangaluru. Incident occurred on about 30 other trekkers journalist and environment activist went for a trek to Charmaadi where […]

Mangaluru : A group of allegedly assaulted 30-year-old Mohammed Asif, a reporter with evening daily, near the bus stand in Saralikatte near Uppinangady on Friday night. According to the police, Asif was returning to his home in Barya village on his motorcycle. A few persons came in another vehicle and waylaid Asif. They reportedly pushed […]

Mumbai : Former journalist S Balakrishnan has won the bid for underworld don Dawood Ibrahim’s restaurant in Mumbai. Balakrishnan’s Desh Seva Samiti had put the highest bid of Rs 4.28 crore for the property. Delhi’s Zaika Restaurant was owned by Dawood Ibrahim, the wanted mastermind of 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts case. The restaurant was […]

Mangaluru : Former Union finance minister B Janardhan Poojary said Narendra Modi government has imposed undeclared emergency in the country by weakening the main pillars of the Constitution including judiciary, executive and also by curbing the rights of media. Briefing reporters, here on Friday, he said media plays a huge role in the protection of […]

Bangalore : This year the 59th Karnataka Rajyotsava Awards will be conferred on five achievers hailing from the coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi. Reportedly, the achievers like Asian Games gold medalist Mamatha Poojary, senior journalist Sandhya Sathish Pai, Jaya C Suvarna from Mulky residing in Mumbai, Vanase Narayana Ganiga from Udupi district and […]

Manipal : Eminent veteran journalist and former chairman of Prasar Bharati, Madhav Vittal Kamath, popularly known as MV Kamath at the age of 93, breathed his last followed by brief illness at KMC Hospital at Manipal on October 9, Thursday morning. Hailing from Udupi, MV Kamath did his his B.Sc in Physics and Chemistry and […]