Bhatkal: 19 January,2025 (Bhatkallys News Bureau)  Bhatkal Town police have arrested a 19-year-old student on charges of sending obscene messages and issuing threats to women through Instagram.   The accused has been identified as Mehran Mehtab Shabhandri (19), a resident of Tulsi Ka

Bhatkal: 19 January,2026 (Bhatkallys News Bureau) Ismail Nameer, a Karate player from Bhatkal and son of Nisar Ahmed Ruknuddin, has won a gold medal at the 17th State-level Karate Championship and National Selection Trials, securing a place in the Karnataka state karate team.   Nameer, a

Bhatkal: 18 January,2026 (Bhatkallys News Bureau) With the Karnataka government stepping up efforts to promote coastal tourism, plans are underway to expand large-scale tourism projects across Bhatkal taluk, which includes the popular Murdeshwar coast. Until now, tourism activity in the region has l

Bhatkal: 18 January,26 (Bhatkallys News Bureau) Two youths were killed in a fatal road accident late on Saturday night on the Venkatapur stretch of the National Highway in Bhatkal, leaving the local community in shock.   Sources said the accident occurred around midnight when a car travel

Bhatkal: A social conference focusing on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and voter mapping was organised by the Bhatkal Muslim Youth Federation at Nawayat Colony. During the programme, the organisers announced that helpline centres would soon be set up under the supervision o

Bhatkal: 16 January,26 (Bhatkallys News Bureau)  A man, his wife and their minor child sustained injuries after a speeding car collided with their scooter on Goodluck Road in Bhatkal on Thursday evening.   The accident took place around 5 pm near Goodluck Cross. CCTV footage from the

Bhatkal: 15 January,2026 (Bhatkallys News Bureau)  Bhatkal Tahsildar Nagendra Kolshetty on Sunday said that a strong nation can be built only on the foundation of strong families, and that when the family system remains secure, society and the state naturally grow stronger. He was speaking a

Bhatkal: 15 January, 2026 (Bhatkallys News Bureau) Adarsha Hospital, Udupi, in association with Life Care Specialty Hospital, organised the Adarsha Hospital Connect, a continuing medical education and interaction programme, at Hotel Royal Oak in Bhatkal on Sunday evening. The programme brough

Bhatkal: An Electricity Adalat and consumer interaction meeting has been scheduled in the Bhatkal sub-division to address issues faced by power consumers and to facilitate direct interaction with officials.   According to officials, the meeting will be held on Saturday, January 17, 2026,

Bhatkal: 9 January,2025 (Bhatkallys News Bureau) As many as nine boys from Bhatkal were selected to represent Karnataka at the Khelo India National Beach Games, which began on January 5 at Diu Island. The selection marks a record achievement for the coastal town and highlights its growing contributi

Bhatkal: The Bhatkal Town Police have seized banned electronic cigarettes and nicotine liquid vapes worth ₹1.38 lakh during a raid at a shop located in Dubai Market within the limits of the Bhatkal Town Police Station. The shop owner has been arrested in connection with the case.   Accord

Bhatkal: 01 January,2026 (Bhatkallys News Bureau)  Former MLA Sunil Naik said that the credit for removing the long-standing perception that Bhatkal taluk was culturally backward should go to the organisers of Bhatkal Utsav. He was speaking after inaugurating the concluding ceremony of Bhatkal

Bhatkal: A new form of digital banking fraud has come to light in Bhatkal, where a loan was allegedly sanctioned through a mobile banking app without the account holder’s consent, raising concerns among residents across the district.   According to the complaint, a government employ

Bhatkal: 01 January,26 (Bhatkallys News Bureau)  Thieves allegedly broke into a house in Bhatkal and decamped with gold jewellery worth around Rs 9 lakh after taking advantage of the residents being away to attend a wedding in Mangaluru.   The burglary was reported from the house of

Bhatkal: The monthly meeting of the Bhatkal Taluk Madivala Welfare Association, along with a felicitation programme for achievers, was held at the hall of the Hadimasti Temple in Shirali. Association president Ramesh Madivala presided over the programme.   On the occasion, Sinchana Thimma

Bhatkal, December 28: A felicitation programme was held in Bhatkal on December 28 to honour R.S. Naik, Head of the Kannada Department at Anjuman Degree College, on the occasion of his retirement after decades of service in the fields of education and literature.   The programme was organi

Karwar, December 28: (Bhatkallys News Bureau)  Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Sunday assured that a multi-specialty hospital would be provided for Uttara Kannada district, saying the long-pending demand of the people would be addressed by the state government.   Speaking at

Bhatkal: 28 December,2025 (Bhatkallys News Bureau) Jamatul Muslimeen Bhatkal has elected its new office-bearers for the three-year term following the constitution of its Majlis-e-Muntazima through the general election held on November 27, 2025.   The election process, conducted earlier la