Mangaluru : Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Monday said his ministry would strengthen the Railways infrastructure in the West Coast, including in Mangaluru, for the overall development of the region. He urged trade bodies to join hands with the Railways to take the mission further. Mr. Prabhu was speaking at the valedictory function of the […]

Mangalore: An earthquake of 8.9 degree intensity on the Richter Scale was felt off the west coast of northern Sumatra island in Indonesia archipelago on Wednesday, April 11. Indian states and cities responded with tremors. Tremors were felt in Mangalore this afternoon(April 11), when DC Dr. N.S. Channappa Gowda called an emergency meeting of pressmen […]

Manjeshwar: Across the border on West Coast of Karnataka in Manjeshwar where a Kannada Poet Laureate (M. Govinda Pai) had lived, the local MLA, P.B. Abdul Razak has broken the pact to make peace, by violating certain decisions taken in Manjeshwar police station and committed breach of peace, the Leftist Forum’s Manjeshwar Block Committee alleged […]

Udupi: More than 3000 villagers from Paadur, Kalathur, and Kuthyar took out a protest demonstration on Monday on Udupi streets, asking their MP and CM (DVS Gowda) to help drop the proposal to acquire 700 acres of agricultural land on West coast, for the benefit of Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves Ltd., in a plan to […]

Mangalore: Has monsoon entered southern state of Kerala on the west coast? Yes. The farmers are getting busy in preliminary agricultural operations, of separating good seeds from the bad, ploughing the fields readied by organic compost manure, and welcoming rains in their regions in glee. Blankets are coming out at night. Rains have already lashed […]

Udupi: On Monday night (March 21) people living here near the Malpe coast had fearful prospect of Tsunami waves hitting west coast and were again in shock to see high waves hitting the shores. The sea was turbulent and rose in height to frighten the fishermen out of their wits. High tides were felt by […]

Mangalore:  Security arrangements by armed constabulary and baton-swinging police in DK and Udupi districts have been strengthened to see that no untoward violent incident takes place in public. While Karnataka is free from Naxal troubles in 2010, the same cannot be said of communal flare-ups and political hatred in the coastal areas. The title suit […]

Mangalore : The three coastal districts in Karnataka are getting wet in steady rains since the 64th  I-day after a small break, when blazing sun created oppressive heat off and on in small periods between rains since May.  Aati had enough rains, but there was no thunder or lighting, which perhaps got spread out to […]

Kasaragod : The sunshine on the coastal districts from Kasaragod to Karwar is becoming a Chimera in Monsoon, and one cannot trust such short – lived hot climate as in summer, as half day there is hot sun and in the afternoons rains start pouring all over the region. In Uppala Munimunda (Kasaragod) the sea […]

Mangalore : Reports of incessant heavy rains and fast winds have been received from southern west coast of Karnataka. Ghat areas of Subrahmanya, Sampaje and Sullia have been lashed by continuous rains, spoiling many rural roads and inundating them. Udupi, Katpady and Kundapur in the new district on West Coast received profuse rainfalls and several […]