Mangaluru: Sullia Assembly constituency in Dakshina Kannada has remained a reserved constituency for the past six decades. Sullia was part of Madras Presidency in 1952. When the Assembly elections were announced in 1957, there was no Sullia constituency. Instead, Puttur had two Assembly seats, of which one was reserved for the STs, and another was […]

Mangaluru: Some places in Dakshina Kannada district received normal rainfall with Belthangady taluk witnessed thunder and good rainfall on Tuesday. At Belthangady, Kanyadi, Ujire and Mundaje received heavy rainfall accompanied with wind and lightning. Traffic at Kanyadi was affected after the wind uprooted a tree which fell on an electric pole and rolled over onto […]

Mangaluru: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) South Karnataka in-charge Dr G Srinivas has announced that the BSP party under the leadership of Mayawathi and JDS party under the leadership of former Prime Minister Deve Gowda will join together and compete in the upcoming 2018 legislative assembly elections from Sullia constituency in Dakshina Kannada district and Karkala […]

Sullia: A school bus caught fire here this morning. The school bus was on its way to pick students this morning. The bus belongs to KVG group of educational institutions. The driver and the conductor were in the bus when the bus caught fire, both got down and escaped unhurt. Police registered a case against […]

Mangaluru: Many areas in Dakshina Kannada district received thundershowers on Wednesday following the depression over southeast Arabian Sea. The areas included Puttur, Sullia, Bantwal and Belthangady taluks, besides Mangaluru and surrounding areas. The Met Department said the depression has moved northwest and lay centred over southeast Arabian Sea, about 130 km southeast of Minicoy, 380 […]

Mangaluru: A rubber plantation of A.N. Balakrishna near Todikana in Sullia taluk caught fire on Sunday damaging palms on about two acres, sources said. The palms were eight year old and ready for tapping the latex. It is not known how the fire caused and spread. An electrical power line also passed through the plantation. […]

Sullia: Cattle theft has increased in and around Sullia Taluk. On February 20th, CCTV footage from Chenna keshva temple reveals theft of cattle from its doorsteps. Kukke Subhramanya has also witnessed such atrocity. A similar attempt to rob cows from a temple was witnessed by devotees at a temple. When they confronted the thieves, the […]

Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada district police who are investigating the murder of college student Akshatha, have revealed that the spurned lover Karthik, an engineering dropout and colleague of the victim, had purchased the knife by paying Rs 30 to commit the murder. He then sharpened the knife at a carpenter’s shop. Police sources revealed that Karthik, […]

Udupi: As the elections are getting near, an engineering graduate felt the need to have a campaign for clean politics. Akhil K Gowda said the political scenario is changing to religion-based and caste-based politics. Urging to stop dirty politics, and to create awareness about the need for the right kind of politics for the betterment […]

Mangaluru: Sullia taluk in Dakshina Kannada adjoining Western Ghats has been witnessing frequent elephant intrusions leading to loss of property and threat to human life. To check elephant attacks, the forest department has decided to dig trenches along the Western Ghat borders in the taluk this year. While 41 people have died in the state […]