Mangtaluru: Minister in charge of Udupi V. Sunil Kumar on Saturday asked the Health Department to cover 90% of the eligible population with both COVID-19 doses by December-end. Speaking at a meeting to review the progress in vaccination and measures taken to prevent the spread of third wave of the COVID-19, the Minister said that […]

Mangaluru : Dakshina Kannada district  reported 153 new coronavirus cases and two deaths, Udupi reported 87 new cases and one death on Sunday, Sep 12. A total of 16,79,546 samples have been tested so far, out of which 15,67,200 have turned out to be negative. The total number of positive cases in the district has risen […]

Mangaluru : Dakshina Kannada reported 258 new coronavirus cases and two deaths and Udupi registered 53 new cases and one death on Monday, Sep 6. As many as 227 patients were discharged from hospitals on Monday. A total of 16,15,466 samples have been tested so far, out of which 15,05,150 have turned out to be […]

Mangaluru : The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange alert for nine districts in Karnataka on August 28 and 29. The nine districts are: Uttara Kannada, Udupi, Dakshina Kannada, Shivamogga, Chikkamagaluru, Hassan, Kodagu, Mysuru and Chamarajanagar districts. The IMD in Bengaluru said these districts will receive heavy to very heavy rainfall and while […]

Mangaluru : Dakshina Kannada reported 378 new coronavirus cases and eight deaths and Udupi registered 91 new cases and one death on Thursday, Aug 10. A total of 13,44,914 samples have been tested so far, out of which 12,41,079 have turned out to be negative. The total number of positive cases in the district has risen to 1,03,835 […]

Udupi : The Udupi Sode Vadiraj Mutt has embarked upon a project to raise a forest on 116 acres of land at Hoovinakere village near Kundapur, the birthplace of Vadiraja Tirtha Swami. A formal programme to plant saplings on the land was held on Thursday where Vishwavallabha planted the first sapling followed by Kundapur MLA […]

Mangaluru : The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has put coastal districts and Malnad region on red alert from July 11 to 13. Seven districts – Uttara Kannada, Udupi, Dakshina Kannada, Shivamogga, Kodagu, Hassan and Chikkamagaluru – are very likely to record heavy rainfall for three days starting Sunday. The coastal districts are likely to receive heavy showers […]

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 : Dakshina Kannada district reported 498 new coronavirus cases and fifteen deaths and Udupi reported 123 fresh cases and seven deaths on Thursday, June 24. A total of 9,95,308 samples have been tested so far, out of which 9,04,649 have turned out to be negative. As many as 702 patients were discharged from hospitals on Thursday. […]

Mangaluru : Dakshina Kannada reported 1,006 new coronavirus cases and 15 deaths. The case positivity rate for the district stands at 10.07% on Friday, June 19. A total of 9,43,109 samples have been tested so far, out of which 8,55,759 have turned out to be negative. The total number of positive cases in the district […]