Udupi: Sea erosion along Malpe, Thottam and Padukere beaches has intensified and has become a serious cause for concern. Huge waves breaking upon the shore is taking away coconut trees with it and the families living besides the shore are in much distress. Since no retaining wall has been constructed along Malpe and Thottam area, […]

Udupi: Pramod Madhwaraj, Minister of State for Fisheries, Youth Empowerment and Sports, said on Wednesday that the State government will promote water adventure sports activities at the Malpe-Padukere beach to give a fillip to tourism in the district. He was addressing the gathering after unfurling the national flag at the Mahatma Gandhi Bayalu Ranga Mandira […]

Malpe : The body of the fisherman Shivananda Kotian, who was missing since July 18, was traced at Kaipunjal in Uliyargoli village near Kaup on Monday. According to the police, Kotian had gone out for fishing in a traditional boat with eight other fishermen from Malpe Padukere village on July 18. Shivananda was the fisherman […]

Udupi: In a tragic incident, two persons died as they fell into a tanker while cleaning it at Padukere, Kota on September 25, Thursday. The deceased have been identified as Abbas (45) and Salam (20). It is learnt that, the tanker belonging to Abbas was carrying waste from Janata Fish Meal Company from past three […]

Malpe : Four country boats and a small boat on Malpe Beach at Padukere near a transformer that sparked of a fire due to short circuit, burnt all those boats costing a lost estimated to be Rs. 40 Lakhs. This is not first time boats have caught fire in Malpe. This 5 boats were the […]