In The News

Mangaluru, Dec 17: Immoral policing is on the rise in Mangaluru city and its outskirts because Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai is encouraging such acts by right wing activists, Congress leader Siddaramaiah alleged on Saturday.

Mangaluru, Dec 17: Mohammed Shariq, the accused-cum-victim of Mangaluru’s pressure cooker blast case, has been shifted to Bengaluru on Saturday.

Kambala, the traditional buffalo race event popular in the coastal Karnataka districts of Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Kasaragod of Kerala, has embarked on a new season, entertaining tourists and the rural population in the region known as Tulu Nadu.

Mangaluru, Dec 16: The Mangaluru City Corporation will soon introduce a software that will allow people to apply for birth and death certificates, according to its commissioner Akshy Sridhar.

Bengaluru, Dec 16: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has hit out at Congress bigwigs after one of them suspected BJP government’s hand behind recent cooker blast in Mangaluru.

Mangaluru, Dec 16: New Mangalore Port welcomed MS Nautica, the third cruise ship of the season, that docked at around 6 am on Thursday. The cruise vessel, belonging to Norwegian cruise liners, carried a total of 548 guests on board, and 397 crew members. Various arrangements were made to ensure a pleasant experience for cruise passengers. A local tour operator reserved 10 buses, tourist vans and taxis for city tours.

Mangaluru, Dec 15: A case has been registered at the Cyber Economic and Narcotics Crime Police Station, here after a woman accused her own daughter of cheating to the tune of Rs 1.25 crore by forging documents.

Mandya, Dec 15: The female students of a school hostel have thrashed a headmaster for allegedly misbehaving with the inmates and handed him over to the police at Katteri village in Pandavapura taluk, Mandya district, on Wednesday night.

Bengaluru, Dec 15: The department of public instruction has dropped the decision to conduct supplementary exams for class 5 and 8 students after the annual examinations.

Hubballi, Dec 14: The Karnataka government has decided to distribute medicines at the doorsteps of diabetes, BP and TB patients, to set up health clinics exclusively for women, and to conduct free eye check up and treatment for citizens above 60 years of age, from the month of January.