Kundapura: Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP Shobha Karandlaje who came to Koteshwar on Friday, Ocober 19, to meet tipper and lorry owners and drivers who are on protests all over Udupi, parking their tippers and other vehicles on roadsides urging for a solution for sand problem gheroaed the MP and expressed their anguish. The MP asked the delegation […]

Chikkamagaluru: Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP Shobha Karandlaje on Friday, July 13 made statements against Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy for his stand on waiving of farm loans. Addressing the media, Shobha stated, “The budget presented by Chief Minister Kumaraswamy is a lie. The information on farmer’s loan waiver isn’t clear. He has lied to people.” “Chief Minister, […]

Chikkamagaluru: The Malnad districts of the state are everyday facing the fury of rains. Many instances of deaths due to heavy rains have been accounted for from these districts. A young is dreaded to have been washed away in floods caused because of heavy rains at Kogre town in Koppa taluk on Wednesday. Jayapur Police, […]

Chikkamagaluru: Deputy Commissioner M K Srirangaiah said that all Indian citizens who have completed 18 years as on January 1, 2018, may enroll in the voters’ list before April 14, ahead of state assembly elections. Briefing reporters on Wednesday, he said that the booth-level campaign will be organised on April 8, to enroll the names […]

Puttur: An eighteen month old baby lost his life while being choked to death at his grandparent’s house on Monday. Dhruva (18 months), son of Durgaprasad from Swarga – Soorambail on Sunday the boy had gone to Chikkamagaluru his maternal grandmother house. Next day when having breakfast in the morning, beaten rice which the child […]

Udupi: District In-charge Minister Pramod Madhwaraj lamented that the organic products are priced low and the farmers should bear the brunt of lower market value. Speaking at the first-ever Savayava Santhe (organic market) held in Udupi, Dakshina Kannada and Chikkamagaluru area, the minister said farmers should be supported to grow organic products. To ensure better […]

Mangaluru: Mangalureans are feeling the heat even as rain has slowed businesses in Bengaluru. Prices of vegetables in the city markets have escalated as incessant rain in the state capital has resulted in short supply of vegetables. Rains in Bengaluru have a direct bearing on vegetable prices in Mangaluru as merchants here procure vegetables from […]

Chikkamagaluru : Three Maoists in the Malnad region returned to the mainstream on Monday. They appeared before the police and the state-appointed committee to implement the policy to encourage left-wing extremists to give up arms. The surrendered ultras are Kanyakumari alias Suvarna (31) of Haluvalli in Mudigere taluk, Chennamma alias Suma (32) of Gadag and […]

Mangaluru : A 18 year old engineering student of the Srinivas Institute of Technology at Valachil has hanged her self in the hostel room on June 1. The deceased has been identified as Suchethana A C (18), daughter of Chandre Gowda hails from Chikkamagaluru. It is said, Suchethana went to her house in Chikkamagaluru on […]

Chikkamagaluru: Former Udupi Superintendant of police K Annamalai took charge as new SP of Chakkamagaluru district, on Thursday. Outgoing SP Santhosh Babu handed over the charge to Annamalai. SP Santhosh Babu has been transferred as SP of Gadag. Hailing from Karur, Tamil Nadu, Annamalai had previously served as ASP of Karkala sub-division. Later he was […]