Mangaluru: A special postal cover in memory of late Ullal Srinivas Mallya considered as the architect of undivided Dakshina Kannada has been released. It was released under the auspices of Department of Posts, Mangaluru division in the National Institute of Technology -Karnataka (NITK) post office at Surathkal recently. The cover was released on the occasion […]

Mangaluru: The Mahadayi bandh did not pan out as intended for a handful of Karnataka Rakshana Vedike (KRV) members, who protested before a train which was stationary at Mangaluru Central railway station. But they were in for a surprise as they were caught by the scruff of their neck by Tulunadu Rakshana Vedike (TRV) members […]

Mangaluru: A Clock Tower made of flowers will be a major attraction in the four-day horticultural and floricultural show beginning at Kadri Park here from Friday. One of the city’s icons was the Clock Tower at Hampankatta, which was demolished about two decades ago for road widening works. Now Mangaluru City Corporation has proposed to […]

Mangaluru: Siddhi Shaale, Gandhinagar Shaale or Dakshina Kannada Zila Panchayat Higher Primary School – call it by any name and this educational institution evokes nostalgia to legions of students who have passed through its portals in the past century. It is with this heady feeling that this school that started at Pedlampete as present day […]

Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada district will be peaceful if political parties, including the Congress, keep mum for a month, home minister Ramalinga Reddy said on Tuesday. Reddy was in the district to attend the marriage ceremony of Mohammed Anshif of Expertise group, Saudi Arabia. Answering a question about deteriorating law and orderwith five murders in a […]

Mangaluru: The BJP’s election in-charge in the State Prakash Javadekar said here on Tuesday that the coming Assembly elections will be a fight between two different political cultures — the BJP and the Congress. Addressing party workers at its district office, he said: “The Congress culture is about caste, money and family. While the BJP […]

Mangaluru: Police officers, who have completed three years in a place of posting, will be transferred in the next few days, said Home Minister Ramalinga Reddy on Tuesday. This comes just after the transfer of Superintendent of Police B.R. Ravikante Gowda to Dakshina Kannada. Talking to reporters at Karnire near Kinnigoli, Mr. Reddy said that […]

Mangaluru: Opposing the untimely transfer of Dakshina Kannada SP C H Sudheer Kumar Reddy, Tuluvas have launched a Twitter campaign to exert pressure on the government to cancel his transfer. Reddy was posted as Dakshina Kannada SP seven months ago. Within three months, he learnt Tulu, the local language of the district, to understand the […]

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 […]

Mangaluru: Coast Guard, Karnataka, has planned to expand its activities and engage with stakeholders for enhancing working relations with all the concerned, said Deputy Inspector-General S.S. Dasila, Commander, Coast Guard District Headquarters 3 (Karnataka), here. He was interacting with media during “A Day at Sea” event organised for presspersons onboard a Hovercraft on Friday. Mr. […]