Coastal Districts

Mangaluru, Jan 11: Dr Abbokar Siddiq, an Associate Professor in the Commerce Department of University College Mangaluru, has been appointed as the coordinator of the Beary Study Chair of Mangalore University.

Mangaluru, Jan 10: Two people drowned while 7 others were rescued when they were caught in strong waves in the sea at Munda Beach in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka on Sunday evening.

Mangaluru, Jan 10: Two kites were found dead below an electric pole at Hathill here and their samples were sent to a lab in Bengaluru.

Mangaluru, Jan 10: Dakshina Kannada Youth Congress president Mithun Rai who was one among the candidates for the post of State president of Youth Congress has withdrawn his nomination on Saturday.

Udupi, Jan 9: Three people including a couple from Udupi’s Kundapur taluk lost their lives in a head-on collision between two cars today at Rangenahalli in Tarikere taluk of Chikkamagaluru district.

Kasaragod, Jan 9: Kerala State Election Commission (SEC) on Friday asked the district Collector, who is also the returning officer, to submit a report on a complaint by the presiding officer in the recently held local body poll accusing the Uduma MLA of threatening him if he resisted the bogus voting.

Kasaragod, Jan 9: A man shot his wife and later committed suicide by hanging himself due to some disputes between the couple, in Kanathoor near here on Saturday.

Mangaluru, Jan 10: Unidentified miscreants set two makeshift beef stalls ablaze in Olapete, Thokottu, in the early hours of Saturday. A case has been registered at Ullal police station. Vinay A Gaonkar, DCP (crime and traffic), said several temporary shops, which will soon be shifted to a permanent place, were operating in Olapete, and they included a few beef stalls. N Shashi Kumar, police

Mangaluru, Jan 8: The Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) has appealed to Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa to withdraw the proposed hike in electricity tariff by Mangalore Electricity Supply Company (MESCOM).

Mangaluru, Jan 8: As a precautionary measure to prevent the spread of H5N8 avian influenza, Deputy Commissioner K.V. Rajendra has issued a notification barring transportation of poultry from Kerala into Dakshina Kannada.