Mangaluru: A 19-year-old youth posing as a woman was arrested by the Urwa police on Tuesday on charges of blackmail and extortion. The youth, Aditya alias Ashwini alias Aradhya of Subedarpalya in Yeshwantapur befriended people on social media, coerce them to share their pictures and later used to blackmail them with the same pictures. A […]
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: Budding Yakshagana artist and writer Sannidhi T. Rai Perla, a class 9 student from Chinmaya Vidyalaya in Kasaragod of Kerala, will preside over Alva’s Vidyarthi Siri, a literary event for children, to be held in Moodbidri on November 15. Ms. Perla and other children, who will hold the event, were selected by a group […]
Mangaluru: Deputy Commissioner Sasikanth Senthil has informed that buses will be allowed to ply via Shiradi Ghat from Wednesday onwards. Speaking to reporters on October 1, Monday, the Deputy Commissioner said of the 12 land slip sites at Shiradi Ghat there is no danger in eight places, while policemen will be deployed at the other […]
Mangaluru: Commissioner of Police T R Suresh, redressing grievances at the phone-in programme organised by Mangaluru Commissionerate of police on Sept 28, Friday, said that it came to his notice that conductors in private buses do not issue tickets to passengers and refuse to return the exact change. He was also aware that private bus […]
Bantwal: A Mother Mary grotto at Kulal near Kolnadu in Bantwal taluk has been destroyed by unidentified miscreants. The grotto belongs to Vijayadka Church. According to the available information, the grotto which was constructed in 1970, was demolished by miscreants on Thursday night, September 27th. The miscreants also installed some idols in addition to the […]
Mangaluru: Following criticism over the reduction of mid-term vacation for schools in the district to eight days, Deputy Director of Public Instruction Y. Shivaramaiah on Thursday modified his earlier order and said the vacation will be between October 7 and October 21. While declaring the mid-term vacation between October 7 and October 21, the State […]
Mangaluru: The Central Arecanut and Cocoa Marketing and Processing Cooperative (Campco) Ltd. is making its foray into coconut processing and marketing with a view to help farmers to get better prices for coconut that is largely grown in coastal Karnataka and Kerala where the cooperative has strong presence. Campco president S.R. Satishchandra told reporters here […]
Mangaluru: The Transport Department has decided to keep an eye on those travelling on the footboards of the buses plying in the city as there is a rise in this trend. Accordingly, the RTO has decided to create a special team this week to keep in check the errant behavior and conduct operation at various […]
Mangaluru: Opting for the China model of afforestation will help in increasing forest cover, said Professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University’s School of Environmental Sciences K.G. Saxena here on Monday. Delivering the keynote address on “Agro-biodiversity conservation for sustainable socio-ecological development” during a workshop at Mangalore University, Mr. Saxena said that by adopting the “grain for […]
