Shiradi: DK DC A B Ibrahim convened a meeting under the supervision of Karnataka State Pollution Control Board at Shiradi Government Higher Primary School on October 9 and said that the villagers have urged the government to provide proper compensation to the affected families without delay. DC said that after participating in the a public […]

Kasargod : The Kasargod police nabbed four persons of Mumbai origin on August 1, Friday for robbing cash and mobiles from the people by waylaying a car. The arrested are A Basheer Sarvi (32) of Mumbai, Mushtaq Abubakker Naqvi (31), Muneer Rafiq Khan (20) and Gulam Mohammed Ishaq Sheikh (33) of Thane near Mumbai. The […]

Udupi: The former MLA and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader K. Raghupati Bhat said on Tuesday that the party is opposed to the new National Highway 169A passing through Parkala, Manipal and Udupi city and touching National Highway 66 (at Karavali Junction in Udupi). “The NH 169A is a good proposal as it would widen […]

Bangalore: The State government will take up development of 3,745 km of State Highway (SH) at a cost of Rs 1,500 crore under the second phase of State Highway Development Project (SHDP), Public Works Minister H C Mahadevappa said on Wednesday. Speaking to reporters, he said widening of narrow stretches, asphalting, pothole filling and construction […]

Kundapur :  The entire Shiroor town of citizens and shopkeepers left all other work and joined the protest against poor conditions of a National Highway passing through their town which required total repairs of the Highway before it can be used by passing heavy traffic. The shops were closed due to the dust of the […]

Mangalore : State Forest, Environment and D.K in-charge Minister B. Ramanath Rai speeking in a press meet on Saturday in his new office revealed that Rs.4 crores were granted by Central govt. to the state for urgent temporary repairs of the Shiradi Ghat National highway which was in a pathetic condition for the traffic to […]

Bangalore : Three men were killed on the spot after a lorry rammed a trailer transporting an earthmover near Subhashnagar on National Highway-4 in the early hours of Sunday. The deceased have been identified as Rizwan (51), Ziaullah (45) and lorry driver Nagaraj (44), all hailing from Davangere. The three were travelling by the goods […]

Mangalore :  Two persons named Abdul Salam and Mohammad Sinan from Bajal Jalligudde have been arrested by a police team led by SI Ramesh Hanapura near Yekkur on October 1, Tuesday for robbing truck drivers on highways.  Three others who were in a car managed to escape. Those who escaped are Hussain, Arshad and Naufal.  […]

New Delhi : The Union Home Ministry has ordered an inquiry into the alleged lapses of Border Security Force (BSF) in guarding the international border from where three Pakistani terrorists entered  India leading to recent attacks in Jammu. Subhash Joshi, the Director General of the paramilitary force, has been asked to conduct the inquiry through […]

Imphal : A powerful improvised explosive device (IED), weighing about two and half kgs, was seized along the roadside of Imphal-Jiribam-Silchar national highway (NH) in Manipur’s Imphal west district, police said today. They said a road opening party (ROP), 18th Sikh Regiment personnel, detected some suspicious object at Konthoujam area yesterday which later turned out […]