Udupi : Several cattle in the vehicle have been rescued by Padubidri police in a cattle smuggling attempt by a vehicle near the Hejamady toll gate. The vehicle was on way to Kerala from Hubballi. The arrested driver was from Hubballi while the other person was of Kerala origin. The animals were crammed inside the vehicle and […]

Mangaluru : A security guard died after he drowned in a pond in Narlapadil in Talapady under Ullal police station here Tuesday August 10. The deceased is identified as Rajesh Shetty(55), a resident of Narlapadil. It is said that Rajesh was working as a security guard at Talapady toll gate. Though locals rushed to save […]

Mangaluru : After the protest of Talapady residents on toll gate issue, the  deputy commissioner K V Rajendra on Thursday, put an end to the problems of people travelling on Mangaluru-Talapady buses. Ever since the National Highway toll gate started functioning at Talapady, on the inter-state border, city buses from Mangaluru to Talapady terminated their trips near […]

Mangaluru :  A gang of eight people attacked the toll gate personnel asking for a toll fee on the night of Sunday at Surathkal Toll Plaza. It is said, the vehicles bearing registration numbers KA 47 M 2946 and KA 19 MD 7338, which belongs to Bhatkal in the district of Uttara Kannada. The toll gate […]

Mangaluru : A 36-year-old man was arrested by the police allegedly after he brandished a gun at the staff of the NITK toll gate for asking him to pay the toll charges. The arrested has been identified as Rafique K N, a resident of Kasargod. The car (KL-60H-5500) driven by Rafique as well as the […]

Udupi : Members of Toll Gate Action Committee, Shiroor staged a protest against the opening of toll gate at Shiroor near Byndoor on NH 66 by IRB Infrastructure Developers Limited on Wednesday. Members from local organisations also participated in the protest. The protestors raised slogans against the Company and insisted that the toll gate should […]

Karkala: In the backdrop of reports suggesting that work on the stalled Belman tollgate has resumed and the same would be functional from October 15 onwards, the public with support from political leaders and Kemaru seer will stage a protest against the proposed move on October 7 it is gathered. At a meeting, held on […]

Udupi: Udupi-Chikkamagaluru Loksabha MP Shobha Karandlaje has asked the concerned not to collect toll at toll gates located Sasthan and Hejamadi toll gates of her constituency till a decision is made on toll collection from locals. A meeting chaired by chief secretary of Karnataka State should take a decision on the issue to resolve the […]

Mangaluru : The activists and local residents who had launched an indefinite agitation against collection of toll at the toll plaza on the National Highway 66 in Talapady near here called off their protest following the intervention of Food and Civil Supplies Minister and local MLA U T Khader. In a meeting chaired by Mr […]

Udupi: The decision by the Navyug Constructions to introduce toll collection on NH-66 at Sasthana from midnight led the residents of the district stage a rigorous and infinite protest at the toll gate on Tuesday. The agitators who had gathered in large number staged the protest by parking vehicles across the toll gate. They alleged […]