Udupi: D Manjunathayya, senior lecturer at government teachers training institute at Mangaluru and Udupi, has been suspended on charges of amassing assets which are disproportionate to his sources of income. He was also the former commissioner of Udupi city municipal council. Manjunathayya will be kept under suspension until the enquiry is completed states the suspension […]

Udupi : The Three Chariot Festival or the Trirathotsava was celebrated with traditional pomp and gaiety on Car Street here on Monday, with devotees participating in large numbers. The exponent of Dwaita philosophy, Sri Madhwacharya, installed the idol of Lord Sri Krishna at the temple in Udupi on Makara Sankranti day about 800 years ago. […]

Mangaluru: The two-day nationwide bandh call against “anti-labour, anti-people and anti-national policies” of the Modi government received mixed responce in Mangaluru city in Tuesday Morning. Several shops and establishments in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts have remain shut on Tuesday, January 8. The bandh has been called for by various labour organisations to protest against “anti-labour, […]

Udupi: Residents of Udupi have taken too the social media to express their discontent over the forced bandh-like situation imposed in the temple town in view of the security arrangements made for the President’s visit. As part of the security arrangements the district administration had imposed restrictions on vehicular movements along the Manipal road from […]

Udupi: President Ramanath Kovind arrived at Adi Udupi Helipad on Thursday, December 27. He was accorded a cordial welcome by diwan of Pejawar Math Raghuram Acharya in the presence of Governor Vajubhai Vala, Nagaland governor PB Acharya, Deputy Commissioner Priyanka Mary Francis, SP Laxman Nimbarigi, district in-charge Minister Jayamala. Kovind arrived via a flight at […]

Mangaluru: Criminal characters on December 25, Tuesday robbed senior citizens of their gold chains in three separate incidents in Udupi and Dakshina Kannada. The suspects approached Venkatramana Acharya in Ambagilu near the fish market, claiming to be policemen. They claimed that robbery in the locality was on the rise. They requested Acharya to remove the […]

Udupi: A researcher from Karnataka has been selected to research in the field of ‘Quantum Cryptography’ which is being done under the ‘Quantum Science and Technology Initiative’ of the union government. Currently, China leads in quantum cryptography followed by USA and Europe. The central government is aiming to beat China in this field. In this […]

Udupi: A Karkala-Padubidri Highway Bandh was observed to protest against the setting up of a toll plaza on State Highway No 1 here on Thursday. Business establishments downed their shutters in this region and private service buses stopped operations in support of the bandh. A large number of people from Belman and surrounding villages turned […]

Udupi: Sand mining has commenced at five sand blocks located at Uppoor, Havanje, and Mooduthonse villages in the district, coming under the coastal regulatory zone, on Tuesday December 18th. Of the 33 applicants provided by the license, only 12 of them have started the extraction after paying uo the required fees, informed District deputy commissioner, […]

Mangaluru: Superintendent of Police Laxman Nimbargi said on Friday that the District Police have written to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to install traffic signal lights at three important junctions on National Highway 66 in Udupi district. Speaking to mediapersons during the hour-long phone-in programme organised at the District Police Office, Mr. Nimbargi […]