Murdeshwar - 19 June 2011: One person electrocuted and died on the spot and two injured when they came in contact with 11 KV transmission line while working on an electric pole. The deceased has been identified as Bhaskar Saniyara Naik. According to the sources, the incident took place at a compound

Bhatkal - 19 June 2011: Two minor siblings are missing from their home in Madina Colony, near Kadi machine from 12th June. According to the complaint filed by their father Rafiq Abdul Lateef Sheikh in Bhatkal town Police Station, on June 12th when he reached home in the evening, he found his both ch

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Bhatkal/Karwar - 18 June 2011: Fishermen in Uttar Kannada district caught record 3,40,570.71 metric tons of fish in their fishing nets last year and earned nearly 1,373.92 crore rupees. According to the sources this figure is around 91640.26 ton more than that of last year which was 2,48,930.45 metr

Bhatkal - 18 June 2011: At a function held in Tanzeem office yesterday, Majlis-e- Islah wa Tanzeem donated cheques of Rs 30,000 and 20,000 to the families of policemen Chandrappa Lamani and Rajeshwari respectively. It may be noted that, Mr Chandrappa Lamani lost his life and Rajeshwari was injured i

Bhatkal - 18 June 2011: Forest officials yesterday conducted a raid on a house located in Venkatapur and seized illegal wood worth Rs 5 lakh. Two persons Krishna Murthy Bhatt and Neer Kantayya are allegedly involved in this illegal wood trade who are now absconding. According to the sources, they us

Bhatkal - 18 June 2011: Heavy downpour from the last few days in Bhatkal throws normal life out of gear. Most of the people prefer to stay indoor as rain continues to play spoilsport and attendance in schools and colleges are also affected. The rivulet and streets were flooded with rain waters. In s

Bhatkal - 18 June 2011: With incessant rain from the past one week and ideal weather for famers to lay their crops, agricultural activity begins here in Bhatkal on around 3800 hectares of land. According to the farmers, if the rain continues like this, good crop is expected this year and if the rain

Mangalore - 18 June 2011: All traffic on the Konkan Railway route came to a standstill after heavy rains and landslide led to a safety wall collapsing on the tracks near Nivar station in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra. The wall, which collapsed on Thursday night, was 60 meters long and six meters

GAYA (BIHAR) - 16 June 2011: Suspected Maoist guerrillas set fire a railway station, attacked a police station and blew up six mobile phone towers of private telecom companies at different places to enforce 24-hour bandh to protest the arrest of their central committee leaderJagdish Masteralias Jagd

Dubai - Mahasin D/o Mohsin Usman Hallare, a 4th grade student of 'Our Own Indian High School Fujairah (Dubai), bagged first prize in Speech competition held on 25th May 2011 here at Sheikh Rashid Auditorium in Dubai. This speech competition was held as a part of Annual Jawaharlal Nehru Declamation C

Bhatkal - 13 June 2011: Anjuman Hami-e-Muslimeen yesterday released the final list of candidates contesting for the Management body elections for the next 5 year term (2011-2015). According to the Election commissioner, Mr Abdubaker Ali Kasimji, total 32 members are in the fray for 23 seats. Total 4

Doha - 12 June 2011: Bhatkalli community residing here in Qatar on Thursday organized a Poetic-concert (Mushaira) wherein large number of people participated and enjoyed the event. The Mushaira was graced by several eminent poets including Mr Jailani Shabandri, who was especially invited for this ev

Riyadh - 12 June 2011: Bhatkalli community in Rayadh celebrated family picnic on 9th June 2011 here at Istirahatal Arjwan in Riyah. On this occasion large number of Bhatkalli people along with their family participated and enjoyed the event. On this occasion, BMJ-R's general programme also know as '

Committees of officials formed at village and taluk levels in Uttara Kannada to control damages caused by heavy rain and floods should work in tandem in the event of an emergency, B.N. Krishnaiah, Deputy Commissioner, has said. He was addressing a meeting of officials at Gerusoppa on Wednesday. He d

Bhatkal - 10 June 2011: The South-western Monsoon, moisture-laden winds from theIndian Ocean which brings rain in the sub-continent have fully tightened its grip on coastal belt including Bhatkal, Kundapur, Udupi, Mangalore and Karwar with incessant rain from the past one week. Reports of house coll

Bhatkal - 09 June, 2011: The annual deep-sea fishing ban along the coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Uttara Kannada will come into effect from Tuesday, June 15 forcing boat owners and the fishing community to allow themselves a break of nearly two months. The fishing ban in D.K. and U

Bhatkal - 08 June 2011: A farmer died under mysterious circumstances after Forest officials raided the encroached forest land coming under Koppa gram panchayat limits in Telmungli forest area and destroyed the crop. The raid was conducted to vacate the forest land on Monday afternoon and on Tuesday