Mangaluru : Renowned Yakshagana comedy artist Bantwal Jayaram Acharya passed away in Bengaluru on October 21. He was 67. He is survived by his wife, a daughter and a son. Acharya was in Bengaluru to perform in a show at Puttige mutt in Basavanagudi on October 21. He was a professional artiste with about five […]

Udupi : Senior and well known Yakshagana ‘bhagavatha’ Subrahmanya Dhareshwara who had earned hundreds and thousands of fans for his melodious and rich voice passed away in the early hours in Bengaluru on Thursday, April 25. He was 66 and is survived by his wife and two children. Dhareshwara, born on September 5, 1957, hailed […]

Mangaluru : P. Ramanath Hegde, 72, managing trustee of Sri Mahatobhara Mangaladevi Temple died on Tuesday in Mangaluru following a brief spell of illness. Mr. Hegde was the managing trustee of the ancient temple for the last 31 years after his father Karunakara Hegde, who was the managing trustee for 34 years. He leaves behind […]

Bengaluru : Educationist and former vice-chancellor of Mangalore University Prof M I Savadatti (89) breathed his last in Dharwad on Wednesday. According to family sources, he died due to cardiac arrest at home at Navoday Nagar. He is survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter. His last rites were held at the Karnatak […]

Bantwal : Senior journalist Sooryanarayana Rao Poovala passed away at his residence at Amtur Poovala near Kalladka on November 6, Friday morning. He was 51 years of age and is survived by his mother, Brothers and wife. After recovering from Corona, He was treated at KMC Hospital in Mangalore for the past two months due […]

Udupi : Maddale Maestro Rajyotsava awardee, Hiriyadka Gopal Rao, popularly known as ‘Maddale Mantrika’, passed away at his residence in Ontibetti near Hiriyadka in Udupi on Saturday. He was 101. The Maddale Maestro died due to age-related ailments on Saturday at around 9 p.m. The veteran Yakshagana artist served in many melas and played maddale […]

Mangaluru : Senior Islamic scholar and Qazi of Udupi, Chikkamagaluru, Hassan and Shivamogga disricts, Al Haj P M Ibrahim Musliyar Bekal passed away at a private hospital in the city on September 24, Thursday. He was 71 years of age and is survived by his wife, three sons, two daughters and a host of well-wishers. […]

Bengaluru : Minister of State for Railways Suresh Angadi passed away Wednesday at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi. Angadi was undergoing treatment for Covid-19. He was 65. Angadi had tested positive for novel coronavirus on September 11 ahead of the commencement of the Monsoon Session of Parliament. The BJP leader […]

Mangaluru :  The parish priest of Mariashram, Talapady, Fr Edwin Cyril Mascarenhas passed away on Sunday, September 20 after a brief illness. He was 57. He serving as Principal of St Sebastian Pre University and Degree College near Thokkuttu. Fr Edwin was born on 9 July 1963, in Kelmbet, near Belman, to Maurice and Faustine […]

Kasaragod: Srimad Jagadguru Sri Sri Sankaracharya Thotakacharya Sri Kesavananda Bharati Sripadangalavaru pontiff of Edneer mutt passed away on Sunday, September 6. Following cardiac and breathing problems, the seer had been hospitalised in a private hospital in Mangaluru. Sri Kesavananda Bharati took sannyasa at the age of 19 and has been heading the mutt since 1961 […]