Mangaluru : Dakshina Kannada district Superintendent of police (SP) Dr B R Ravikanthe Gowda has been transferred to Bengaluru and IPS officer B M Laxmi Prasad appointed as new SP of Mangaluru. The state government on Monday, December 31, issued orders in this regard. Dr B R Ravikanthe Gowda, who had taken charge as SP of […]

Beltangady: Head constable of Venoor police station in the taluk, Taranath, has been suspended for allegedly assaulting Riaz Mantoor, an activist of Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) and his brother, informed Dakshina Kannada district superintendent of police (SP), Dr B R Ravikanthe Gowda. The SP also sated that he has ordered for an inquiry […]

Mangaluru: While asking students to understand Swami Vivekananda through his writings, Dakshina Kannada Superintendent of Police B.R. Ravikanthe Gowda said here on Tuesday that Swami Vivekananda gave a rational foundation to spirituality. Speaking here at a function to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the Swami’s Chicago address, Mr. Ravikanthe Gowda said that students of engineering […]

Mangaluru: The two accused in the Candle Santhu murder case were sentenced to life imprisonment and fine one lakh rupees each by the fourth additional session court here on Friday. The sentenced convicts have been identified as Iqbal Kavoor and Farook Karkal, who were in judicial custody till date. On February 18, 2009, Candle Santhu, […]

Mangaluru: DK DC S. Sasikanth Senthil on April 2, Monday said there was no need to obtain permission from Returning Officers (RO) to conduct private functions on private premises. DC sasikanth Clarifying the legal position in the light of enforcement of the model code of conduct during a coordination meeting of Returning Officers and police […]

Mangaluru: The arrested person is identified as Lawrence Melvin D’souza alias Jeevan alias Salman alias Mohammad Salman, aged 32. He is the main accused in a criminal case lodged with Bantwal Police in the year 2012 and had been absconding since the last six years. The case in which he was accused relates to offences […]

Mangaluru: “If illicit drug menace is not prevented now, it will become a social epidemic in future,” Mangaluru City Police Commissioner T R Suresh said. Speaking after inaugurating a workshop on ‘Role of teachers in preventing drug menace’ as organised by the Forensic and Toxicology department of K S Hegde Medical Academy of Nitte deemed […]

Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada SP Sudheer Kumar Reddy has been transferred. The transfer order was issued by the State Government on Saturday. SP Reddy has been transferred to Belagavi. He served Dakshina Kannada for over six months. IPS officer B R Ravikanthe Gowda from Mandya, who is presently the SP of Belagavi, has been appointed new […]