Mangaluru : The Coastal Security Police (CSP) of Kasaragod have booked 12 fishermen from Mangaluru for kidnapping two coastal security policemen on Monday. The incident was reported when policemen from Kasaragod CSP police were patrolling and intercepted a fishing boat from Mangaluru near Manjeshwar. “The officers asked the fishermen on board to produce documents. When […]

Udupi: The Indian Meteorological Department and the Meteorological Department of Bengaluru have warned that strong winds will hit over the western coast of Karnataka from Mangalore to Karawara around 11:30 pm onAugust 7, Friday. The fastest wind blows 50 to 60km per hour along the coast of Karnataka, resulting in 3.5 to 5.7 meter high […]

Mangaluru: After a ban of two months, mechanized fishing begins once again on August 1st in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Kasaragod districts. More than 1,2oo trawler boats in DK district are preparing to venture out into the sea for fishing. There are 850 deep sea trawlers and 350 wooden boats in the district. Most of […]

Udupi: The State government under the Karnataka Marine Fishing (Regulation) Act had banned the Fishing by mechanised boats in Udupi district for 61 days from June 1 to July 31 . As per the sources, the ban also applied to boats having an inboard or outboard engines above 10 hp. So too, the Union Ministry […]

Udupi: Venkatrao Nadagouda, Minister for Fisheries and Animal Husbandry, said on Wednesday that the ban on fishing using lights in the sea would be reinforced. He was chairing a review meeting of the Departments of Fisheries and Animal Husbandry at the Deputy Commissioner’s office here. Mr. Nadagouda said that though there was already a ban […]

Mangaluru : The Sullia police on Saturday arrested two persons on the charge of killing Jayarama Naik, who had gone for fishing, along with companions, at Chaipe in Thodikana village on the night of February 9. Mr. Naik was hit by a bullet on his chest from an unknown source and died. Dakshina Kannada Superintendent […]

Padubidri  : The Padubidri police on August 9 Sunday, arrested two people for robbing country fishing boat engines fitted in it. The arrested are identified as Husain alias Salim (43), a resident of Permannur and Ismail Hussain (46) of Ullala Kodi. Reportedly the arrested were taking the engines in autorickshaw, But when the police stopped […]

Mangalore :   Deep sea fishing boats have set on a fishing expedition on August 2. In Malpe deep sea fishing boats will venture into seas after August 6. As the official  fishing ban period will be effective till August 10, these boats which venture into fishing can return only after that. Deep sea fishing is […]

Udupi : Country boat fishermen who will venture into fishing  in the wake of ban on deep sea fishing, offered Samudra Pooja to the sea at Malpe on June 19, Wednesday before venturing into fishing. Various rituals and special pooja were offered at Bennekudru Mahasthri temple, Uchila’s Shrimahalaxmi temple and Malpe’s Vadabaandeshwara temple before the […]

Udupi : One Padmanabha Salian (55) a resident of Hejamady  has been reported drowned in the Shambhavi River after he ventured into fishing. The deceased is the husband of Varadakshi Salian, Priesident of the Hejamady GP. It is learnt, Salian ventured into fishing along with one Purushottam Suvarna on Wednesday morning never to return alive. […]