Udupi : Heavy vehicles can now ply on Agumbe Ghat on Udupi-Thirthahalli National Highway 169A, Deputy Commissioner G Jagadeesha said. He said that the ban on movement of heavy vehicles was lifted due to reduced rainfall. The movement of the heavy vehicles was banned fearing that heavy rainfall would trigger land slides between Thirthahalli and Udupi. […]

Mangaluru: Police officials have arrested two persons in connection with graffiti written in support of terrorist organisations in two places of Mangaluru. The two arrested are Muhammad Shariq (22) and Maz Muneer Ahmed (21) of Tirthahalli. Speaking to the media here on Saturday December 5, police commissioner Vikash Kumar Vikas said, The accused are from Thirthahalli. Muhammad Shariq  […]

Bengaluru : BJP leader K S Eshwarappa on Friday accused the State government of politicising the incident of sexual assault at Thirthahalli in Shimoga district and claimed that the government had been trying to protect the culprits as they were Muslims. Addressing reporters, he said the Congress government was trying to please the Muslim community […]

Udupi : A CID team led by IGP Pronab Mohanty on Wednesday began a probe into the death of a 14-year-old girl Nandita in Thirthahalli. The team visited the residence of eyewitnesses, Kamalamma and Jayamma. The two women reportedly rescued the victim who was allegedly taken to Anandagiri hill near Tunga college by a three-member […]

Bengaluru  : Shimoga district in-charge minister Kimmane Ratnakar has ruled out a special probe into the Thirthahalli incident in Shimoga district, in which a 14-year-old schoolgirl was “abducted and poisoned” by three young men last week. He said the jurisdictional police were on the verge of apprehending the culprits. Speaking to reporters here on Monday […]