Mangaluru: Soon, you may not have to travel all the way to Kaup in Udupi or Netrani in Uttara Kannada to enjoy scuba diving. The Dakshina Kannada district administration has thrown open its coastline to investors to set up scuba diving. And unlike the other districts where one or two operators have been given permission, […]

Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel on Tuesday demanded that the National Investigation Agency (NIA) take over the probe into the Paresh Mesta case. “Killings of Hindu activists and BJP workers has continued unabated under the Siddaramaiah regime. People neither have faith nor confidence that state law enforcement and investigating agencies will bring their […]

Bantwal: “Samarasya Nadige Sauhardatheyedege” an initiative to promote communal harmony, a harmony walk organized under the leadership of DK District in-charge Minister B Ramanatha Rai with the participation of various secular organizations commenced at Farangipete today. The walk is meant to restore harmonious coexistence and peace in the district. Walk for the rally will be […]

Mangaluru:The state government’s Mathru Poorna scheme has received a poor response in Dakshina Kannada as only a few of the targeted women are taking meals provided under the scheme. According to the available statistics, only 2,200 of the 28,740 pregnant and lactating women are availing themselves of the scheme’s benefits in the district. The state […]

Mangaluru: Sports foster harmony among nations as the power to foster harmony among two nations,” said MP Nalin Kumar Kateel. He was speaking after inaugurating the Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Sri Lanka junior athletic meet organised by the Dakshina Kannada Athletics Association, here, at Mangala Stadium, on Monday. He said “Sports crosses the barrier of […]

Mangaluru: United Muslim Organisation Dakshina Kannada district has clarified that it will not be part of “Samarasayada Nadige Sauharadadedege” which will be led by District-In-Charge Minister Ramanath Rai, on December 12 from Farangipete to Mani in Bantwal taluk. A press release from K Ashraf of the organisation said that there has been an increase in atrocities […]

Mangaluru: Walk in Harmony event will be held between Farangipete to Mani on Tuesday, December 12. Addressing the media Rai said, “Members such as CPI Leader Sriram Reddy, Shridhar Gowda and Actor Prakash will participate in the walk for harmony walk from Farangipete to Mani on December 12. The stage at Mani will be named […]

Mangaluru: Officers from Special Investigation Team (SIT) have visited Dakshina Kannada district thrice as part of their investigation into brutal murder of senior Journalist Gauri Lankesh. SIT has visited Kadaba police station thrice to gather information on one of the suspects behind the Gauri Lankesh murder case. The police suspect one of the suspects in […]

Mangaluru: Union government’s prestigious ‘Swachatha Darpan’ Award to be presented by the union government for the first time to 46 districts of the country including Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts, said Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat CEO Dr MR Ravi on Wednesday. The award is being presented for the works under taken by the districts to […]

Mangaluru : The month of August saw more rains than in the previous months, and provided much relief to the beleaguered district, which had fallen behind the average rainfall of last year, till mid-August. The pounding the district received in the last fortnight has been last year’s rainfall average of eight months—from January to August […]