Karwar: The Karwar Diocese Education Society (KDES) hosted a groundbreaking workshop on Artificial Intelligence (AI) to equip educators with the skills and knowledge needed to revolutionise classroom teaching. The workshop, held on Sunday, December 15, 2024, at St Joseph PU College, Karwar, brought together principals, institutional heads, technical staff, and teachers from KDES-managed institutions, marking […]

Mangaluru : Six fishermen from Andhra Pradesh who had hung another fisherman upside down from the hook of a pulley and tortured him into revealing the whereabouts of two missing cellphones were arrested by police on Thursday. The accused fishermen include Kondur Polaiah (23), Avul Raj Kumar (26), Karapingara Ravi (27), Pralaya Kaveri Govindaiah from Nalluru, […]

Mangaluru : A 25-year-old youth from Karwar, who was admitted to Wenlock Hospital in Mangaluru following his apprehensions of having contracted the Nipah infection, tested negative for the infection on Wednesday. The youth, who works at a laboratory kit manufacturing unit in Goa, had returned home for Ganesha festival. His samples were sent for testing […]

Karwar : Members of the fishing community, in large numbers, entered into the Arabian Sea here on Monday to register their protest against the Centre’s expansion plans of Karwar port under Sagarmala project. Agitators barged into the worksite, breaching the barricades in the morning. The police acted swiftly and detained over 70 agitating fishermen. Hours […]

Mangaluru : South Western Railway (SWR) has proposed to operate an overnight weekly express train between Mysuru and Karwar to fill the void created by the diversion of the Bengaluru-Kannur/Karwar overnight express via Shravanabelagola four days a week. SWR said MP for Mysuru Pratap Simha has urged the Railways to operate an overnight express between […]

Karwar: Goa has finally lifted the ban on import of fish from Uttara Kannada district as a result ot the huge pressure applied on them by Karnataka government. However, the ban will continue as before on other coastal districts including Dakshina Kannada and Udupi. The Goa health department had announced the ban over the import […]

Mangaluru: The task of restoring the landslips-affected track on Sakleshpur-Subrahmanya Road Ghat section was fairly completed by the Railway authorities, when it cleared the last of the landslips near Siribagilu Railway Station and even operated a goods train, on October 1, Monday. At the end of September, a fresh and massive landslip at km 86 […]

Mangaluru: The Indian Coast Guard rescued a fishing boat in distress with 25 crew on board near Karwar on Thursday. According to a press release by Karnataka headquarters of the Indian Coast Guard here, the boat ‘Yashwardhan’ reported hull damage and flooding at 1.30 p.m. The boat was at 10 nautical miles from Karwar, off […]

Karwar: Burglars broke into a house at Chitrapur in Bhatkal and escaped with valuables. The burglars targeted the house of Sridevi Venkatramana Bhat, situated near Shirali Railway Bridge, after seeing that no one was home. The owner of the house alleged that the burglars stole gold ornaments worth Rs 3 lakh. The police along with […]

Mangaluru: Patrons of Train No 16513 KSR Bengaluru-Karwar overnight express, who had got the train speeded up after it was diverted via Kunigal four-days a week through hard bargaining, are an annoyed lot as the train will now be slowed down by about an hour between Mangaluru and Karwar during the monsoon. Konkan Railway Corporation […]