Uppinangady  : An elderly woman lost her life after she consumed petrol from a bottle mistaking it for water, on September 29, Wednesday at Perne Sampadakodi in Uppinangady. The deceased is Padmavathi(79). The woman had been to her daughter’s house on September 26. There, they had stored petrol in a bottle to be used for the grass […]

Mangaluru : A government school headmaster was arrested for raping a guest teacher on the school premises in Belthangady taluk limits. According to the complaint lodged by the 28-year-old guest teacher of the government school, she alleged that Manjunath K V, 41, had raped her seven months ago. She alleged that on April 14, after […]

Mangaluru : The Dakshina Kannada district police, who have continued their drive against illegal cattle smuggling, have rescued 22 cattle, seized a truck and arrested a person near Nelayadi, early in the morning on Saturday. The arrested accused is Nawaz, 27, a resident of Shantigudde, Mangaluru. Police said that acting on a tip-off provided by […]

Uppinangady : A driver of a mini lorry transporting cooking gas, was assaulted and robbed of ₹ 10,000 in cash in the morning. The police said that Abdul Rehman, a resident of Mata village, left for work at 5.30 a.m. Near Medarabettu, Rehman stopped his vehicle as a van came too close to his. This […]

Puttur: Mob of miscreants tried to attack film actor M K Matha on Saturday at Kutelu near Uppinangady. It is reported that Matha was travelling in an auto rickshaw while he had some quarrelling with a group of men who were in a car. There were six members in the car and they tried to […]

Puttur: The Uppinangady police, on Monday arrested three youths from a rented house and rescued a child; it is suspected to be a case of abduction and child trafficking racket. The police received a tip off and raided the house at Perne; they managed to rescue the 56-day-old child along with the birth records. Those […]

Puttur: A LPG transporting bullet tanker overturned at Banottu in Uppinangady on National Highway 75, on Monday. The tanker was travelling from Mangaluru to Bengaluru with liquid petroleum gas in it. Tamil Nadu origin driver Lokanath (39) escaped with minor injuries in the accident. Fire and Emergency service staff rushed to the spot soon after […]

Mangaluru : A 40-year-old man from Anekal, near Bengaluru, died and four of his family members were injured after the four-wheeler by which they were travelling to Mangaluru collided with a KSRTC bus near Nelyadi in Uppinangady police station limits on Sunday. According to Uppinangady police, Ashok (40) and his family were on their way […]

Mangaluru : An inquiry has been initiated against the sub-inspector attached to the Uppinangady police station, who has been accused of delaying registering a case of sexual assault on a minor girl, Superintendent of Police Sharanappa S.D. said. Addressing a grievance redressal meeting for the members of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes at his […]

Uppinangady  : The Uppinangady police are suspecting involvement of a local person in the theft of ornaments and cash from Laxmi Venkataramana temple on June 5. Part of the stolen silver articles were discovered in an agriculture field in Nattiebail near Uppinangady on Tuesday. According to Uppinangady police, silver articles worth Rs. 6.5 lakh and Rs. […]