Coastal Districts

Kasaragod, Sept 6: Kesavananda Bharati, head of Edaneer Mutt near here, died early on Sunday.

Mangaluru, Sep 5: Shreya Dongre, who had secured 622 marks out of 625 in Karnataka SSLC examinations 2019-20, has now emerged one of the state toppers after revaluation.

Mangaluru, Sept 5: Even as the number of Covid-19 cases in Dakshina Kannada showed no signs of decline, the district’s death rate reached 2.82 per cent.

Bantwal, Sept 4: Police have arrested three miscreants belonging to Sangh Parivar in connection with a murder attempt in Bantwal taluk of Dakshina Kannada district.

Mangaluru/Udupi, Sep 4: Coastal Karnataka today witnessed another spike in covid-19 cases. While Dakshina Kannada reported 428 new coronavirus positive cases and seven deaths, Udupi reported 186 cases and two deaths in past 24 hours.

Mangaluru, Sept 4: A District Armed Reserve (DAR) personnel, accused of raping a teacher from Bengaluru, has gone absconding. A case has been registered at the women’s police station in Mangaluru in this regard, and police have launched a manhunt.

Mangaluru, Sept 3: MLA Harish Poonja on Thursday inaugurated a solar-powered pump set installed for pumping water from borewell for public consumption at Harabe in Madanthyar gram panchayat of Belthangady taluk.

Uppinangady, Sept 2: A 25-year-old youth died after he fell from a giant tree while cutting its branch at Golithottu village near Nellyadi in Dakshina Kannada district today.

Mangaluru, Sept 2: Dozens of organisations including women’s groups, and human and LGBTQ rights organisations from across Karnataka have come together to organise ‘If We Do Not Rise’ online campaign on September 5 to mark the third anniversary of the assassination of activist/journalist Gauri Lankesh.

Kasaragod, Sep 2: A pregnant woman was crushed to death under the wheels of a speeding bus today at Peravoor in Kannur district of Kerala.