Bantwal : A minor girl was reportedly rapped by 5 men at Amtady in Bantwal town police station limits and dropped the girl near Brahmarakootlu Highway on Friday. It is alleged that the girl was taken to some secluded place and raped by the assailants. Sources said the police have gathered some clues based on the statement […]

Puttur : A youth killed after his bike collided with a road divider on National Highway 75 in Uppinangady on Wednesday, January 27. The deceased is identified as Kishor (29) resident of Haleneranki village of Kalleri, son of late Venkatesh and Ratna. The incident occurred when he was returning home from work on Tuesday, January 26. He was […]

Udupi : The collapse of mud from a hill located near Syndicate circle in front of Laxmindranagar movie theatre at Manipal along the Malpe-Teerthahalli NH 169A route created a sense of fear amongst vehicle users. On Wednesday evening, the mud collapse and fell onto the drain there. The hill does have trees and there are […]

Udupi: The issues of the formation of Hebri taluk and highways dominated the general body meeting of the zilla panchayat here on Friday. Raising the issue, Jyoti Harish, member, said that it had been a pending demand of the people of Hebri and surrounding areas that Hebri should be made a taluk. The State government […]

Mangaluru : Putting an end to doubts on the proposed tunnel bypass road at Shiradi Ghat becoming a reality, Union Minister for Surface Transport, Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari said here on Tuesday that the government will start the project probably before December 2016. Shiradi Ghat is on the NH 75 and connects Bengaluru with […]

Mangaluru : Traffic came to a grinding halt for about two hours on the busy NH 66 between Mangaluru and Udupi after an overladen truck brought down the canopy of the temporary toll plaza near NITK, Surathkal, off Mangaluru. A concessionaire of NHAI had erected the toll plaza to collect toll on the four-laned National […]

Udupi : A protest held by Highway sufferers’ forum ( HSV) did not succeed as a group of Auto-rikskaw drivers did not support the demand of having a by pass to the main road. The central Govt. transport minister Oscar Fernandes had stated in Udupi some time ago that creating a by-pass to the main […]

Mangalore : A ‘Greenfield Highway Corridor’ project to connect Chennai and Mangalore through Bangalore, which had previously been debated about, would be given momentum for better inter-port connectivity, said Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas M Veerappa Moily. Speaking to reporters  on June 24, Monday after  participating in a progress review meet at the […]

Mangalore:  Congress workers led by District Congress Vice President Ivan D’Souza staged a protest in front of the MCC office in Mangalore on May 19, Saturday alleging that the corporation had failed to solve the problems faced by the general public due to the flowing of sewage water on the road near the Kannur check […]

Mangalore: Rajya Sabha Member and AICC General Secretary Oscar Fernandes has expressed the hopes that the Nantur fly-over works in Mangalore would begin after the technical hurdles are cleared at the earliest. He was speaking to reporters after visiting Nantur junction in Mangalore on May 11, Thursday. Oscar said a fly-over was very much essential […]