Mangaluru : The construction work for Central Prison at Mudipu in Bantwal will have all the modern security systems in place and the construction works would be complete in the next two years, said DGP (Prisons) Alok Mohan. Speaking to reporters at the City Police Commissioner’s Office on March 2, Tuesday he said, In Dakshina […]

Bengaluru: Aditya Alva who was recently arrested by the Central Crime Branch (CCB) police in connection with the drugs case has been remanded to judicial custody. Alva, son of former minister Jeevaraj Alva was untraceable since September after his name surfaced in the Sandalwood drugs case. He was arrested on January 11 from Chennai and […]

Mangaluru : Department of prisons has initiated the process for setting up a state-of-the-art central prison at Mudipu in Bantwal taluk. On completion at an estimated cost of Rs 200 crore, it will be the 10th such facility in the state after Shivamogga, which is all set for inauguration, noted H N S Rao, director-general […]

Mangaluru : A central prison is soon to come up on a sprawling 63.89 acres of land near Mudipu, on the outskirts of Mangaluru. There are eight central prisons in Karnataka – including those in Bengaluru, Mysuru, Belagavi and Ballari – and Mangaluru will be the ninth in the State. The new central prison is […]

Bangalore: Viewing seriously the failure of a convict in a murder case to return to jail after release on parole two years ago, the Karnataka High Court has directed the Home Secretary, the Director-General of Police, the Bangalore Police Commissioner and the Superintendent of Central Prison to be present in court on Friday. A Division […]