Surathkal: The central government has renewed the contract of Surathkal toll gate and the new contractor M/S Keshav and Co have begun collecting the toll. The district administration and NHAI officials will be inspecting the price rise, exemption for locals and other issues. The previous contract expired on Nov 16th. The locals had opposed the […]

Udupi: T. Bhoobalan, Sub-Division Magistrate, Kundapur Sub-Division, on Wednesday ordered the Navayuga Udupi Tollway Private Ltd. (NUTPL) to complete all the construction work on National Highway 66 on the Hejmady-Kundapur stretch within a set time schedule. The order is under the power conferred under Section 138 (2) of Criminal Procedure Code, In the order, copies […]

Mangaluru: A Surathkal resident was killed in a road accident in Saudi Arabia’s Jubail on Tuesday, September 4. The deceased has been identified as Zakir, a native of Brahmavara and a resident of Krishnapura Chokkabettu here. Zakir was employed in Saudi Arabia for the last 15 years. It is gathered that he had visited the […]

Mangaluru: After a small break in its motion, the monsoon rain has again intensified since Thursday night and poured down incessantly on Friday. The continuous rain that covered Mangaluru the entire day inundated low lying areas thus causing trouble for vehicular movement. Good rain was recorded at Tekkatte, Mulki, Madyanthar, Padubidri, Punjalakatte, Venur, Mandantyar, Bantwal, […]

Mangaluru: Stating that two raja kaluves (major storm-water drains), the one joining the Netravathi and the other the Phalguni, have been encroached upon in certain places, Deputy Commissioner Sasikanth Senthil S. said here on Tuesday that the process of clearing them will commence in a fortnight. Talking to reporters, Mr. Senthil said that a committee […]

Mangaluru: The decomposed body of a man was body found under mysterious circumstances beneath Chokkabettu Bridge in Surathkal on the morning of Saturday June 2nd. The deceased has been identified as Mariyappa, aged 45-50 years, from Kabbaragi, Koppal. The decomposed body was found in a drainage channel under the Chokkabettu bridge on Suratkal-Krishnapura road. The […]

Mangaluru: Indian Coast Guard Ship Savitribai Phule rescued a fishing boat that was adrift 18 nautical miles off Surathkal on May 22nd. During routine patrol, ICGS Savitribai Phule received a VHF call from fishing boat St Jude that had 11 crew members onboard, requesting for assistance. The ship reached the position of the adrift fishing […]

Mangaluru: Two students of the country’s premier technical institute NIT-K, Surathkal have been offered the Google India’s highest salary package per annum. It’s the highest salary package (Rs 34.1 lakh per annum) in the history of this institution and as well as the region. Anand Rao H and Mohit Reddy are both students of the […]

Mangaluru: In a rare phenomenon, a dead whale washed ashore in a decomposed state on the Doddakopla beach in Surathkal. “This is the first such incident in the last 15-20 years in the coastal belt of Karnataka,” Yathish Baikampady, CEO, Panambur Beach Tourism Development Project. The approximately 40-feet whale washed ashore on the intervening night […]

Mangaluru: The government has decided to stop the toll collection near NITK on NH 66. The companies who constructed the four lanes between Bantwal and Surathkal and Hejamady had set up toll plazas to collect toll. As two different companies have completed the project, two tolls were set up at a very short distance; the […]