Mangaluru: Mangaluru city crime branch police busted a prostitution racket here and arrested a woman and a man in connection with this. from a rented house near Kottara Chowki in Kavoor police station limits. The accused have been identified as Sajith Shekar (30), from Padubidri. The womans identity has not been shared. It has been […]

Udupi: The Padubidri beach located at Padubidri village in Udupi district will get a major facelift at a cost of  8 crore under the Beach Management Services Scheme (BEAMS) of the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. The Ministry has chosen one beach each in the 13 coastal States and Union Territories under […]

Kaup: The four-laning work of NH 66 is reaching its completion, but the number of accidents has not gone down. The number of accidents, deaths and injuries that have occurred along this 27kms stretch of road from Hejmady to Udyavar in the span of 27 months is horrifying. As per the records, from January 2016 […]

Padubidri: A group of men armed with swords savagely murdered rowdy sheeter Naveen D’Souza (38) on Wednesday night. The murder took place in-front of a bar at Kanjarakatte near Padubidri-Karkala highway. Naveen had visited the bar for drinks accompanied by two of his friends. At around 10pm, Naveen emerged from the bar in an inebriated […]

Udupi: Ravindranath Shanbhag, president of Human Rights Protection Foundation (HRPF), said on Tuesday that the family of a construction worker had not got any compensation even after four-and-a-half years of his death at Panjimar near Shirva. Addressing presspersons here, Dr. Shanbhag said that this had happened though there was a scheme for payment of  2 […]

Udupi: Cine actor Prakash Rai arrived in the city, despite strong objections by BJP leaders and several others. The Kotatattu Gram Panchayat will be conferring “Shivarama Karanth Huttura Prashasti” to Actor Prakaksh Rai here. Addressing the media, Rai said “Shivaram Karanth was like a grandfather and was very close to me. I am proud to receive […]

Padubidri: A Gulf returned 28 year old youth died on the spot as his two wheeler collided with a private bus at Padubidri national highway 66 near Nagaraj Estate on Saturday. The deceased has been identified as Avinash Devadiga (28), a resident of Ellur village here. He was working in the Gulf and he came […]

Mangaluru : The CCB sleuths have arrested three persons from Nepal in connection with a theft at Maple store in Mangaluru and at Bajpe supermarket. The police have also confiscated goods worth Rs 3.25 lakh. The arrested are Ganesh Sorake, 30, of Bajhang district, Prakash Singh Khatari, 30, of Kanchanpur district and Prakash alias Sher, […]

Padubidri: In a bid of overtake a Hubli-Mangalore bound lorry, a KSRTC Volvo bus rammed into a tree here on Tuesday,July 29. Two passengers Ramdath couple and Suchala seriously injured, other 40 passengers sustained minor injuries. It is learnt that, Mangalore-Manipal route KSRTC Volvo bus driver lost his control, in a bid to overtake a […]

Udupi : A protest held by Highway sufferers’ forum ( HSV) did not succeed as a group of Auto-rikskaw drivers did not support the demand of having a by pass to the main road. The central Govt. transport minister Oscar Fernandes had stated in Udupi some time ago that creating a by-pass to the main […]