Coastal Districts

Mangaluru: Stones pelted at police, forest dept vehicles over elephant menace; 7 arrested

Mangaluru, Feb 24: Seven persons have been arrested by the local police in Dakshina Kannada’s Kadaba for allegedly pelting stones at vehicles belonging to forest department and police while a captured wild elephant in Kombaru was being shifted to Dubare elephant camp last night.

Udupi: MAHE suspends 42 students over drug consumption and peddling

Udupi: Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) has suspended 42 students involved in drug-related cases since September, Udupi Police Superintendent (SP) Hakay Akshay Machindra said.

Kuldeep Kumar R Jain is new Mangaluru police chief as Shashi Kumar transferred

Mangaluru, Feb 23: Senior IPS officer Kuldeep Kumar R Jain, who was serving as the Deputy Commissioner of Police of Traffic West Division, Bengaluru City, will now take over as the new city police commissioner of Mangaluru.

Mangaluru: 1 killed, 2 injured as 2 scooters crash into timber-laden truck

Mangaluru, Feb 23: One person lost his life and two others suffered severe injuries after two scooters crashed into a stationary truck on the Netravati bridge near Thokkottu on the outskirts of the city early on Thursday morning.

Swamijis of coastal Karnataka urge BJP chief to take steps to implement uniform civil code

Udupi, Feb 20: The swamijis of various Hindu mutts in the coastal Karnataka on Monday urged BJP national president J P Nadda to take steps for the implementation of uniform civil code.

Udupi: J P Nadda boosts morale of BJP cadre ahead of assembly polls

Udupi, Feb 20: BJP national president J P Nadda on Monday said his is the only party in the country which has the ideological background, cadre base, and the mass following.

Gold worth Rs 91 lakh, foreign currency worth Rs 6.5 lakh seized at Mangaluru Airport

Mangaluru Feb 20: The customs officers at Mangaluru International Airport have seized a total of 1,625 grams of gold valued at over Rs 91 lakh from February 1 to 15 from five male passengers who arrived from Dubai and Bahrain.

BJP national general secretary Arun Singh hospitalized in Mangaluru over chest pain

Mangaluru, Feb 20: BJP national general secretary and Karnataka in-charge Arun Singh was rushed to a hospital in this coastal city after he developed a chest pain on Monday, party sources said.

Two including young woman trampled to death by wild elephant in Dakshina Kannada

Mangaluru, Feb 20: A young woman and a middle aged farmer were trampled to death by a wild elephant in Munady near Kutrapady village in Kadaba taluk of Dakshina Kannada early hours on Monday.

30-yr-old electrocuted to death while installing lights for temple fair

Kasargod, Feb 16: An electrician died of electrocution when he was installing decorative lights for the temple fair in Kasargagod district.

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