Udupi :  As many as 3000 students received scholarships on behalf of G Shanker Family Trust  Shamili Auditorium Ambalapady  on July 13, Saturday. Financial aid was also provided to needy Yakshagana artistes.  The function was inaugurated by Western Range IGP Pratap Reddy. In his address, Reddy said hard work will contribute to success in  society […]

Uppinangady : Western Range IGP Pratap Reddy  has said that  the police system would be strengthened to put a check to the speeding gas tankers and to control accidents on the NH 75 by pressing interceptors into service. The IGP who visited the Gas tanker mishap site at Perne on August 10, Wednesday said  the […]

Mangalore :  Western Range IGP Pratap Reddy inaugurated a workshop on ‘Human Rights Advocacy’ organized by the Department of Political Science, St Aloysius College here on March 20, Wednesday. Speaking on the occasion, he said that society plays a major role in human rights protection and law alone does not stand responsible to guarantee it. […]

Mangalore : Western Range IGP Pratap Reddy said that the police department must be aware of national and international issues more than the local issues to prevail situation in the country. Speaking after inaugurating the workshop on national security that was organized for district police force at City Police Commissioner office on February 19, Tuesday, […]

Mangalore : Nine achievers received Sandesha Awards 2013 at a glittering function held at the premises of the Sandesha Foundation for Culture and Education. Fr Henry D’Souza, Bishop of Bellary and Pratap Reddy, IGP of Western range, who were the chief guests, presented the awards to the achievers. Those who received the awards are Vijay […]

Mangalore: Vijay Diwas was observed in Mangalore on December 16, Sunday in commemoration of India’s historic victory over Pakistan in the 1971 war. Brave warriors who laid down their lives for the cause of the nation during the war, were remembered. Wreaths were placed at the War Memorial at Kadri as a mark of respect […]

Mangalore: Western Range IGP Pratap Reddy has said that the timely decisions play a very important role in effective disaster management. He was speaking after inaugurating a five day workshop on disaster management organized at the MCC meeting hall on November 5, Monday under the auspices of the district administration and National Disaster Management Institute, […]

Mangalore : Western Range IGP Pratap Reddy has informed that the suspected Naxal who was killed in a police encounter near Subrahamanya recently has been identified as Yellappa from Raichur and that his family members have identified the body. The IGP said as per police records his name was Yellappa  and that he was booked […]

Mangalore: Police in Mangalore have cracked down on a human trafficking racket, the first major one in Karnataka, and have arrested 13 persons in connection with the case, while rescuing about 80 people who were supposed to be taken to Australia through a mechanized boat, after promising them jobs. Informing this to reporters, Western Range […]

Mangalore: The body of the Naxal who was killed in an encounter with ANF in the forests near Subrahamanya on Wednesday, has been placed at the morgue of Wenlock Hospital. Western Range IGP Pratap Reddy  visited the hospital on September 6, Thursday to  ascertain the procedures of identifying the body of the slain Naxal. Speaking […]