Mangaluru: A elderly couple committed suicide by setting themselves on fire at Thokkottu Chembugudde on Wednesday, June 19. The deceased have been identified as Padmanabha (72) and Vimala (60). Apparently, the couple was suffering from illness; however the precise reason for their taking the ultimate step is yet to be ascertained. Ullal police arived the […]

Mangaluru: The Department of Pre-University Education (DPUE), which had announced that the Pre-University (PU) classes which was scheduled to start on May 14, has been postponed by 10 days. First PU classes will now commence on May 24. Earlier, the calendar of events had to be advanced by a month because examinations of the previous […]

Mangaluru: Konkodi Padmanabha, former president of Central Arecanut and Cocoa Marketing and Processing Cooperative Ltd., said on Monday that arecanut growers need to think seriously about switching over to an alternative crop as arecanut is facing the threat of being banned. Speaking at a meeting of oil palm growers at Melkar near here, he said […]