Mangaluru: Heavy rain continued in Dakshina Kannada, resulting in the Nethravati crossing the danger level at Bantwal and Uppinangady on Tuesday. Traffic from Mangaluru to Bengaluru and Mysuru was disrupted following landslips near Udane on Mangaluru–Bengaluru national highway and near Sampaje on Sampaje Ghat. A team of the National Disaster Response Force is expected in […]

Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner has approved the final route map for fourlaning of NH 169 from Kulshekar-Moodbidri-Karkala. Based on the geographic condition of the region, NHAI has commenced its work on the road design. The 45-km stretch was pending for the past four years. Owing to pressure to change the alignment and restrict the […]

Mangaluru: Deepak Rao, Bajrang Dal and BJP worker who was hacked to death at Katipalla near Surathkal here on Wednesday, was cremated at Katipalla on Thursday afternoon amid high drama. The police foiled attempts by Sangh Parivar outfits to take the body in a procession from A.J. Hospital in the city, where the autopsy was […]

Mangaluru: Relatives and Sangh Parivar activists relented to conduct the last rites of BJP activist Deepak Rao, who was hacked to death by four miscreants at Surathkal on Wednesday, after much persuasion by Deputy Commissioner S. Sasikanth Senthil on Thursday afternoon. The DC also announced a compensation of Rs. 5 lakh to be immediately paid […]