Bhatkal: 21 August 2024 (Bhatkallys News Bureau) Najadah Ekkeri, a student of Anjuman Institute of Management and Computer Application (AIMCA), Bhatkal, has achieved the first rank in the Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA) program at Karnatak University, Dharwad.    Najadah, the

Bhatkal: 21 August 2024 (Bhatkallys News Bureau) After a gap of 28 months, the Jali Patan Panchayat has elected its new leadership. In the elections held on Wednesday, Afsha Qazia was elected unopposed as the President of the Jali Patan Panchayat, while Advocate Imran Lanka secured the position

Bhatkal: 21 August 2024 (Bhatkallys News Bureau) Elections for the President and Vice President positions of Jali Patan Panchayat are set to take place on Wednesday. The state government has allocated the post of President to a general woman and the Vice President’s role to someone from the Ba

Moodbidri: 21 August,2024 (Bhatkallys News Bureau)  Three siblings from Bhatkal, currently studying in Mangaluru, have made their mark by securing top positions at the state-level Karate Championship. The event was organized by the Shorin-Ryu Karate Association in partnership with Swami’s

Bhatkal: 21 August 2024 (Bhatkallys News Bureau)  Muhiddin Altaf Kharuri, a municipal councilor supported by the Majlis-e-Islah Wa Tanzeem, has been elected unopposed as the Vice President of the Bhatkal Town Municipal Council. The announcement was made by Election Officer and Bhatkal Tehsildar

A bridge over the river Kali connecting Karnataka and Goa collapsed in the early hours of Wednesday. A lorry that was on the bridge when it collapsed at 1.30 am fell into the river and the driver was rescued. The driver Balamurugan, who hails from Tamil Nadu, stood on the cabin of the lorry and c

Viral video of railway track collapse in Kumta proven false, fact-check reveals Kumta: 01 August,2024 (Bhatkallys News Bureau) Amid growing concerns due to recent landslides in Shirur and Wayanad, a video claiming to show a railway track collapse near Mirjan in Kumta has been circulating on socia

 Ankola: 25 July,2024 (Agencies)  The search for lorry driver Arjun, a native of Kozhikode, who went missing in a landslide at Shirur, is in progress on the tenth day since the landslide. Reports indicate that the exact position of the lorry in the river has been identified. It is reported

The South Western Railway on Monday, notified that it would be operating a special train service for two round trips between Bengaluru and Karwar on July 26 and 28 to clear the extra rush of passengers. Minister of State for Railways V. Somanna had on Saturday announced operating the special trai

Uttara Kannada, Jul 22 (IANS): Amid a political slugfest between the ruling Congress and the opposition over the handling of the landslide tragedy on the Shirur highway in Karnataka's Uttara Kannada district, the Army on Monday joined the local authorities in rescue operations. The distr

Shirur-Ankola (Uttara Kannada), Jul 21: Amidst relentless rainfall, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah arrived in a helicopter to personally inspect the devastation caused by heavy rains in Uttara Kannada, particularly focusing on the collapse of houses due to a landslide. The Chief Minister commended the

Union minister HD Kumaraswamy on Saturday said that ‘unscientific work’ happening around the area was the cause of a deadly landslide in a village in Karnataka. “On the one hand, work has happened in the forest area while on the other, substandard work has been done. There are s

Uttara Kannada, Jul 18 (IANS): Three bodies were recovered in the landslide-affected area in Shirur in Karnataka’s Uttara Kannada district where at least 15 more people were feared trapped under the debris, said officials on Thursday. With this, the total number of bodies recovered so far h

Bhatkal: 17 July 2024 (Bhatkallys News Bureau) Due to heavy rainfall, the Deputy Commissioner of Uttara Kannada, Gangu Bai Ramesh Manakar, has announced a holiday for educational institutions in the district on Thursday, July 18.    The official order states that all Anganwadi center

Karwar (Uttara Kannada): Heavy rains continued to wreak havoc in Uttara Kannada district on Tuesday as a portion of a hill collapsed on National Highway 66 near Shirur village in Ankola taluk. Five people, who were standing next to a tea stall on the stall on the banks of the Gangavali River, were s

Bhatkal: 12 July 2024 (Bhatkallys News Bureau) The Bhatkal Muslim Youth Federation (BMYF), an affiliated body of Bhatkal’s socio-religious organization Majlis-e-Islah wa Tanzeem, elected its new office bearers on Thursday, July 11.  The BMYF oversees sports and developmental activities

Bhatkal: 8 July,2024 (DHNS) Unrelenting showers have left a trail of destruction in Uttara Kannada district, where several villages are marooned, highways flooded and vast tracts of agriculture lands submerged. Iduru, Chendiya and Arga villages in Karwar taluk have been marooned following the rel