Coastal Districts

Mangaluru, Feb 12: A youth lost his life after falling off a building near Bejai in Mangaluru city this evening.

Udupi, Feb 11: A teenage boy who was riding a motorbike at high speed died on spot after accidentally ramming into a road divider at Alvegadde near Shiroor in Udupi district today.

Mangaluru, Feb 11: In the wake of several Kerala students testing positive for Covid-19 in various educational institutions, the Health Department has sent the throat swab samples of over 200 Kerala students to NIMHANS in Bengaluru to check if they have contracted the Britain strain of Covid-19.

Udupi, Feb 10: Vishwaprasanna Theertha Swamiji of Pejawar Mutt, one of the Trustee of Temple Committee, said that so far donations to the tune of Rs 1,000 crore have been received for construction of Ram Mandir at Ayodhya.

Mangaluru, Feb 9: The Karnataka government has announced that students coming from Kerala to Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Mysuru, Kodagu and Chamarajanagar districts must carry a negative COVID-19 test certificate that is not older than 72 hours.

Moodbidri: Yakshagana was used as a catalyst of change even during the 1950s. Development messages on agriculture, health, environment, rural development, family planning, literacy were disseminated through Yakshagana prasangas, said Padmanabha K.V., assistant professor in journalism at University College of Arts, Tumkur University. He was addressing journalism students at the Department of PG

Udupi, Feb 9: Two youngsters lost their lives after a speeding car rammed into their motorbike on Church Road at Kundapur in Udupi last night.

Mangaluru, Feb 8: The second phase of the Covid-19 vaccination drive was launched in Dakshina Kannada today.

Udupi, Feb 7: Acting tough against people feeding wild animals while driving in the Agumbe Ghat, the forest department on Sunday announced the launch of a special drive to create awareness about it, as well as about the imposition a fines on those indulging in such acts.

Mangaluru, Feb 7: Dr. Santosh T. Soans of Mangalore has been elected as the Founding President of the newly constituted Medical Education Chapter of Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP-MEC). He will assume office during the official installation of Office Bearers at the national conference of IAP on February 6, 2021 at Mumbai. He has also been elected for a two year term as a member of the Governing Council of Indian College of Pediatrics.