Bantwal : The driver of a lorry was killed and the cleaner injured after the jelly stones laden lorry overturned on the Punacha Bulerikatte Road on November 4, Wednesday. The lorry was transporting jelly stones from a quarry near Punacha when the mishap took place. The driver of the lorry who remained underneath the overturned […]

Mangaluru: A 28-year-old woman and her three-year-old daughter drowned in a stone-quarry pit filled with water at Horvarabettu at Yedthady village coming under Brahmavar police station limits in Udupi district on Saturday. According to the the Brahmavar police, Kavitha alias Chandrika (28) had gone with her daughters Likhita (3) and eight-year-old Shilpa for washing clothes […]

Mangaluru : Deputy Commissioner A B Ibrahim has released Rs 22 lakh from the corpus fund towards construction of protective walls around stone quarries in the district. Building of protective walls intend to prevent accidents in active or defunct stone quarries. Chairing a review meeting at his office on Wednesday, he said even after two […]

Mangalore  : The Childline, social activists and the  Konaje police have been successful in rescuing a two year old child from a quarry area at Pajir in Bantwal. It is learnt that the child was meant for trafficking.  It was found alone in a hut in the area. The child could be rescued on the […]

Mangalore : In a tragic incident reported from Kayarpadavu  on the border of Ulaibettu-Bondantila villages here on June 9, Sunday, two boys lost their lives when they drowned in an unused quarry pit. Those drowned are Manjunath (5) son of Shekhappa and Sarojini and Rajendra alias Raju (13), son of Dadasaheb and Suma couple. The […]

Mangalore: Quarry owner of Vitla at Ukkada, Abdul Azeez, who was practising the illegal form of bonded (Jeetha) system of  labourers on his land, has secured a bail after he was arrested and produced before a court today. Azeez has been chastened by Law last night. DC of DK, Subodh Yadav has sent a report […]