Mangaluru: The fanfare at the state’s only IPL Fan Park set up at Nehru Maidan here came to a startling end with lighting striking the crowd at 7.45pm on Sunday, injuring at least one. The injured, Siddappaji, 25, a constable with City Armed Reserve (CAR), was rushed to the hospital. The massive lightning also brought […]

Bantwal : Two women and a seven-year-old girl died after being struck by lightning at Jakribettu in Bantwal on Wednesday, the police said. The police gave the names of the deceased as Jayamma (28), her daughter Shashikala (7) and Kanakamma (29). Another girl, Likita (2), is admitted in a government hospital. According to the police, […]

Mangaluru: Heavy rains accompanied by thunder and lightning lashed the Dakshina Kannada district in coastal Karnataka on Tuesday night, claiming the life of a woman who was killed in lightning. The woman, who was on a visit to her relative’s house at Puttur near here was struck by lightning while sitting inside the house. Though […]

Mangalore : Heavy rains lashed several parts of coastal Karnataka accompanied with lightning and thunder on April 27, Sunday and in wee hours of Monday. The unexpected rainfalls in many parts of the state from a couple of days have brought some relief to the people from the scorching heat. Although the city did not […]

Mangalore : The city of Mangalore and elsewhere  experienced light to heavy showers accompanied by thunder and lightning on May 26, Sunday. Meanwhile, Met Department sources have said that pre-monsoon showers will continue for two more days. On Sunday, a coconut tree in Souterpete area   was struck by lightning and caught fire. Though Met department […]

Mangalore : Heavy rainfall was recorded in several places of the district including Mangalore. The rains were accompanied by thunder and lightning. Reports said there was water logging at several  low lying areas causing some amount of inconvenience to nearby residents and passersby. According to met department sources, a low pressure area over Srilankan coast, […]

Mangalore: Several parts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts have been experiencing moderate rainfall since the evening of June 4, Monday indicating the onset of monsoons into the district. Met department sources have said that  rains will continue to lash the coastal districts of DK and Udupi  for the next two days and there were […]

Sullia: The DK district, especially hill areas in Puttur and Sullia had copious rains accompanied by thunder, lightning and strong winds, to cool the oven-hot region that needed drinking water for urban and rural areas alike. The flashy bolts in DK took one life, that of Girija(35) in Sullia taluk on Sunday evening when it […]

Mangalore; Ramesh G. Shriyan(54) was killed and Harish Chandra Bangera, another fisherman, was injured, when lightning strokes hit them on the coast of Hejmadi Kodi in Udupi on November 2, Wednesday, at 4PM when both were out fishing in sea in a country boat. Shriyan was overturned into sea waves, and got drowned. Padubidri Police […]