Coastal Districts

Bengaluru, Sept 19: India's first Coast Guard academy will be established at Mangaluru, Defence Spokesperson (PRO) Bengaluru said on Saturday.

Mangaluru, Sep 19: A labourer lost his life after a compound wall collapsed amidst incessant rains at Kuluru in Mangaluru today.

Mangaluru, Sept 12: The Mangaluru City Police have arrested two persons including ‘ABCD’ famed dancer and choreographer for peddling and consuming MDMA.

Mangaluru, Sept 19: An eight-year-old leopard cub underwent surgery to remove two of its dead cubs from inside her womb at the Pilikula Biological Park in Mangalore on Friday.

Kasargod, Sep 18: A 26-year-old NRI, hailing from Kasargod district has killed self in Ajman, United Arab Emirates.

Udupi, Sept 18: Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy visited the Kollur Mookambika Temple and Sri Krishna temple in udupi on Friday.

Mangaluru, Sept 18: Moodbidri MLA Umanath Kotian was tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday.

The Western Ghats have been exposed to excessive human interference for past few years. Though a certain amount of forest was lent for agroforestry in this hot-spot of biological diversity, people have crossed the margin which resulted in irregular rains and floods in the region. In the past few years, south-west of India was prone to floods and landslides though the amount of rain received by these parts is relatively less.

Mangaluru, Sept 17: BJP Karnataka president and Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel on Thursday said the party would work to make Dakshina Kannada district free of drug menace and the sand mafia.

Udupi, Sept 17: The Pejawar Mutt pontiff Vishwaprasanna Tirtha Swamiji has demanded a strong anti-cow slaughter law in Karnataka.