Coastal Districts

Mangaluru, July 28: The BJP leadership in Karnataka is trying to grapple with the backlash against its state top brass after the brutal killing of youth leader Praveen Nettaru at Bellare in Dakshina Kannada district.

Mangaluru, July 27: Protesting against the killing of BJP youth wing member Praveen Nettar at Bellare, middle class Hindutva activists in Dakshina Kannada district on Wednesday turned their ire against visiting BJP leaders.

Mangaluru, July 27: The local administration has imposed prohibitory orders under section 144 CrPC in Puttur, Sullia and Kadaba taluks of Dakshina Kannada district in the wake of the murder of a BJP Yuva Morcha activist last night.

Mangaluru, July 27: Condemning the killing of BJP Yuva Morcha member in Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday assured that the culprits involved in the "heinous act" will be arrested soon and be punished as per law.

Mangaluru, July 27: The Social Democratic Party of India has accused police of raiding homes and arresting innocent Muslim youths in the wake of the murder of BJP activists at Bellare in Sullia taluk last night.

Sullia, July 27: The coldblooded murder of a BJP Yuva Morcha member in Sullia taluk last night has sparked tension across Dakshina Kannada district wherein a teenage Muslim boy was murdered by Bajrang Dal workers earlier this month.

Mangaluru: Haji S M Rashid, founder president of Melkar Women's Education Institute, has been conferred with an Honorary Doctorate by a foreign university.

Mangaluru, July 26: In yet another incident of moral policing, members of a saffron outfit last night allegedly barged into a pub in Mangaluru and forcefully stopped a party that was organised by students of a private college.

Udupi, July 25: As many as sex persons from Udupi district who had travelled with a monkeypox patient from Kerala earlier this month have been kept under observation.

Mangaluru, July 25: The Mangaluru Urban Development Authority would construct a life-size statue of Sri Narayana Guru at the Brahmashree Narayana Guru Circle near Lady Hill in the coastal city.