Coastal Districts

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.

Mangaluru, Feb 6: Customs officials at the Mangaluru International Airport have seized gold weighing 120.38 grams and valued at Rs 5.84 lakhs from two passengers who arrived from Sharjah.

Mangaluru, Feb 6: Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy President Dayananda Kathalsar sustained injuries when a car in which he was travelling rammed against a fish laden lorry near Nanthoor on Saturday.

Mangaluru, Feb 5: Traffic on Shiradi Ghat on NH 75 was affected for more than three hours after an LPG-laden tanker which was bound for Bengaluru from Mangaluru toppled near the second curve of the Shiradi Ghat on NH 75, on Friday.

Belthangady, Feb 5: Bodies of two unidentified women have been found near the vented dam of the Netravathi bathing ghat of Dharmasthala on Friday.

Mangaluru, Jan 5: Former minister and Congress leader B Ramanath Rai today hit out at the prominent celebrities of India who let down the Indian farmers by openly supporting Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government’s oppressive laws.

Brahmavar, Feb 5: An 80-year-old woman Ashwathamma who seeks alms every day from dawn to dusk, has donated a sum of Rs one lakh to the Lord Gurunarasimha Temple at Saligrama.

Udupi, Feb 5: Police have arrested three persons on the charges of trying to sell ganja worth over Rs 2 lakhs in an autorickshaw near the Sheembra bridge on Friday.

Mangaluru, Feb 4: Health officials in Karnataka have appealed to people not to lower guard after 49 students from Kerala studying in a nursing college near the coastal city of Mangaluru tested positive for Covid-19.

Mangaluru, Feb 4: Young political activist Luqman Bantwal has been elected as the president of the Dakshina Kannada District unit of the Youth Congress.