Coastal Districts

Mumbai, Feb 21: After a year-long battle, a Bengaluru court on Saturday granted the custody of extradited gangster Ravi Pujari to Mumbai Police.

Mangaluru, Feb 21: Amidst fresh spike in covid cases in Kerala, Dakshina Kannada district administration has re-imposed inter-state border restrictions.

Kasaragod, Feb 20: Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM) has invited applications from students in the district for a programme that aims at cultivating entrepreneurial aptitude and equip students to set up startups while pursuing their studies.

Mangaluru, Feb 20: Customs officials at Mangaluru International Airport here have arrested a gold smuggler on charges of carrying gold by concealment in the wheels of a trolley bag and motor plates of a toy vacuum cleaner.

Mangaluru, Feb 20: After Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai’s intervention, the police have registered two separate cases against the activists of Popular Front of India in connection with the Unity March held at Ullal in Mangaluru.

Mangaluru, Feb 19: Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday ordered the police to take action against what he called “an anti-national hate speech” made by PFI leader Anis Ahmed in Ullal, Mangaluru.

Bengaluru, Feb 19: Untimely rain, accompanied by thunder, hailstones and lightning, lashed several parts of Karnataka on Friday, disrupting farming activities in rural areas.

Puttur, Feb 19: Well-known Yakshagana exponent from the Dharmasthala Mela, Shridhar Bhandari Puttur passed away on Friday morning. He was 73 and survived by wife, two daughters and one son. Recipient of Karnataka Rajyotsava award, he achieved wide acclaim for portraying the role of Abhimanyu. He had also played role of Babhruvahana, Ashwathama, Kusha and Bhargava. He was famous for the 'Dhingina'

Mangaluru, Feb 19: Southern Railway Commissioned the state of the art Electronic Interlocking ( EI) signalling system with Dual Digital Display Units at Netravathi Cabin and Mangaluru Central along with the track doubling between Netravathi Cabin and Mangaluru Central.

Young flamboyant batsman Mohammed Azharuddeen has been bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) for INR 20 Lakh in the IPL 2021 Auction held on Friday.