Udupi: Addressing a press meet here on Friday October 12, deputy commissioner of the district, Priyanka Mary Francis, stated that sand extraction in non-coastal regulatory zone (CRZ) areas in the district is expected to begin in a week. At the same time, she said it might take some time for sand mining to begin in […]
Kundapura: A man and a woman hailing from Shringeri and Koppa respectively have ended their lives at a lodge at Kundapur. Their bodies were found at the lodge room on September 30, Sunday. Both had reportedly consumed poison. The deceased are Gurumurthy (43) and Sharada (30). It is said both were in love despite being […]
Kundapura: A jeweler based in the town committed suicide by jumping into Panchagangavali River on Monday September 26th. Financial loss that he was facing forced him to take this extreme step. The deceased has been identified as Srinivas Shet (57). He owned Vijaya Jewellers in Kundapur. He was apparently suffering from depression due to financial […]
Udupi: Members of the Rashtriya Heddari Jagriti Samiti and other like-minded organisations staged a dharna at toll plazas in Sasthan and Hejmady in Udupi district on Thursday. The protesters said the work of widening National Highway 66 had remained incomplete though the deadline had long passed. The widening work was unscientific and service roads had […]
Kundapur: Heavy rain lashed Udupi on Tuesday. Low lying areas have been inundated. Water entered into the sanctum sanctorum of Kamalashile Sri Brahmi Durgaparameshwari Temple at Kamalashile, in Kundapur of Udupi District. Pictures and vidoes where devotees are seen standing in flooded water has been widely spread. Flood like situation was also seen at various […]
Kundapur: A youth lost his life after being hit by a truck in Sultanate of Oman on Tuesday. The deceased has been identified as Rajendra Shetty (25) from Koni here. He was the son of Chandra and Sunanda couple. It has been reported that, Rajendra was on his way back to his room in Oman […]
Kundapur: Weightlifter from Kundapur, Gururaj Poojary, who had made the nation and and Karnataka proud by winning silver medal in Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, finally got his cash prize of Rs 25 lakh promised by the state government. This prize had been declared soon after Poojary made the country proud in world-level performance. When addressed […]
Kundapur: A ghastly accident in which a car collided with a bus has claimed the lives of two persons and grievously injured one at Nellikatte Junction on Sunday, July 16th. The deceased have been identified as Deekshith (21) from Malyady Hegde Mane and Kiran (22) from Hosamatha Charokotti. The seriously injured person has been identified […]
Kundapur: A woman from Hemmadi village in Kundapur taluk, who was reported missing, has been found dead in the well of a private plantation on Wednesday, July 11th. The deceased has been identified as Sylvia, daughter of Theodore a retired army man. Sylvia had gone missing on Tuesday. It is suspected that Sylvia must have […]
Byndoor: KSRTC which recently stopped its rural transport service has once again shocked its passengers by abruptly hiking the ticket price of its popular Mangaluru-Bhatkal Volvo AC bus service. The price has been hiked by up to 40 rupees which has made its daily users extremely unhappy. Since many years, there has been no proper […]
