Belthangady : Belthangady police officials stopped a bike at Sabarabail in Kuvettu village and seized 1,310 grams of ganja on Friday, September 17. It is said that the bike was coming from the direction of Punjalkatte and two people Muhamed Rafiq and Naufal have been arrested by the officials. The accused were carrying ganja worth Rs 45,850 without […]

Bantwal : An 18-old youth died in lightning strike when he was recharging his mobile phone in Bantwal taluk on Saturday night. The police gave the name of the youth as Pradeep, son of Umesh Madiwala, a resident of Punjalkatte. As there was no power in the area, Pradeep decided to recharge the mobile phone […]

Bantwal : Punjalkatte police arrested two arecanut theives from area and seized goods tempo and arecanut worth one and half lakhs from them on Oct 16, Thursday morning. The arrested have been identified as Prasad from Panjikallu and Santhosh, Alias Santhu Poojary. Reportedly, Punjalkatte Station SI Lathesh Kumar and constables stopped the tempo moving towards Belthangady […]

Bajpe : Gurpur-Kaikamba Auto Drivers and Owners’ Union members have collected the amount of Rs 25,000 and donated to Shridhar Acharya couple, residing at Punjalkatte to construct their house. It is learnt that, Shridhar is the only breadwinner of the family and resides in a small house, which lacks the basic facilities and is said […]

Mangalore : Around 9 kilometer stretch road of between Punjalkatte- Berkala- Kattadhapadpu Zilla Panchayath roads in Belthangady – Bantwal taluk is completely damaged and difficult for the vehicles to move, said Yashodhara Shetty, president of Auto driver – Owner association. He was speaking at the press meet held at Press Club on Feb 10, Friday. […]