Bantwal  : DCIB police arrested a man and seized nearly 40 kg marijuana from a house at Madda in Bantwal taluk. The value of the seized ganja is Rs 19,97,400. According to SP B M Laxmi Prasad, the arrested is Ahmmed Sabith (39) and his associate Mohammed Ansar fled the spot during the raid. The seized cannabis […]

Bantwal: The water level in the Nethravathi River has been rising and flooding most villages of the taluk. Shops in the Bantwal town and the Bantwal-Jakribettu road is completely flooded. The Bantwal-Godinabali road along with areas in Godinabali too are flooded. Houses in the Alladka area are also flooded. Residents from these areas have been […]

Bantwal: Members of the Bantwal unit of the Dakshina Kannada District Legal Forum in Mangalore have appealed to the Bantwal DGP to allow lawyers to go to their offices as the courts are open from 11 am to 2 pm during Lockdown. Umesh Kumar Y, Vice President of Dakshina Kannada District Legal Forum, Mangalore District […]

Bantwal : A physically challenged student in Kuriyala of Bantwal taluk has achieved a rare feat of scoring 467 marks in commerce stream in II PUC examinations. Bhagyasri is suffering from disability from her birth and has no strength below her waist. As a result, she was carried to the school by her mother daily. Later, […]

Bantwal: A police man was attacked by an iron rod in Melkar near Bantwal in Dakshina Kannada district on Thursday, July 9 night. The accused is identified as Abdul Salam (28) of Goltamajalu village. It is said that the police officer Shailesh Shetty had arrived to solve a dispute between a lorry driver and the residents. Meanwhile, Abdul […]

Mangaluru: Veteran Congress leader and former Union Minister from Bantwal has tested positive for coronavirus. The Former union minister and his wife have both tested positive and are admitted to a private hospital in the city. It is suspected that they contracted the infection through the housemaid.

Mangaluru : The Mangaluru witnessed three more deaths due to Covid-19 on Sunday taking the death toll in the Dakshina Kannada district to 13. The deceased include a 51-year-old woman from Jokatte, 57-year-old woman from Bantwal and 31-year-old man of Idya in Suratkal. As many as 49 people testes positive for coronavirus cases including 16 […]

  Mangaluru : Senior Congress leader and former district in-charge minister B Ramanatha Rai submitted a memorandum to  Deputy Commissioner Sindhu B Rupesh to stop illegal sand extraction in Bantwal taluk. The  illegal sand extraction going on unabatedly at several places including Maninalkur, Karpe and Kadeshwalya. He also alleged that a contractor who had got the license […]

Mangaluru: Three members of a family in Bantwal tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday, May 9. The three of a family in Bantwal contracted the infection from the patient number 578, who had contracted the virus from the Dakshina Kannada’s first casualty, state the Karnataka’s mid-day health bulletin. Till date 789 cases have been reported […]

Mangaluru : Former Bantwal MLA B Ramanatha Rai conveyed his honorary salute to the Asha activist, who is fighting against corona and raising awareness to the public. Rai distributed food kit to the Bantwal Sajipamunnur, Mani, Goalthamazulu and Kulnadu GP constituencies Asha activists.