The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has notified that the Cyclone Kyarr, which had brought heavy rains in central and coastal Karnataka, has now intensified into a super cyclonic storm centering itself 580 km off the western side of the southwest coast of Mumbai. Cyclone Kyarr was initially

Heavy rains in coastal Karnataka claimed the lives of two people in Udupi district on Friday. The deaths came at a time the cyclonic storm Kyarr intensified and moved westward over the Arabian Sea. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) reported that the cyclonic storm lay centred around 3

Ankola: Coastal security force on Thursday rescued 9 persons from a stranded ship in Belekeri near Ankola, Uttara Kannada district. The ship, ‘Sai Kalasha’ got stranded at sea owing to heavy rains and strong winds when it was on its way from Mumbai to Mangaluru port. After an alert was receive

Mangaluru: An Indian Coast Guard Ship rescued a 33-year-old fishermen who was stranded in the sea on Wednesday October 23rd. The rescued fisherman is identified as Londa (35) of Odisha. As per sources, a fishing boat ‘FB Shaional Angel’ with Reg No IND KA/01/3820 left from Mangaluru port on a dee

Mangaluru: Heavy rains accompanied with thunder and lightning are expected to hit Karnataka state, especially the coastal area from Mangaluru to Karwar in the next 48 hours as a side effect of cyclone ‘Kyarr’ in the Arabian Sea. The Low Pressure Area, currently located over the east central Arabi

Environmental activists are determined to oppose the expansion of the Kaiga Atomic Power Station near the Kali Tiger Reserve in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka. Currently, the plant has four units. The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has proposed a fifth and a sixth unit, the proposal

If you had gone to Government Model Higher Primary School in Kasaba Bengre in Mangaluru on Wednesday, you would have found scores of children sitting under a tree on the premises. No, it wasn’t an outdoor study session. It was a protest. “Teachers beku! Teachers beku! (We want teachers!)”, about

Byndoor: Two school students drowned in a rivulet near Byndoor on Thursday while they were swimming. The deceased are identified as Vamshit Shetty (12) and Rithesh Shetty (12). The search is in progress to locate the bodies of the deceased. As per the sources the incident took place when the f

Plagued by the battered condition of National Highway 66 (NH-66), a 33-year old social activist Arjun Mascharenas went on a silent-solo-protest. When the protest was joined by a few others, the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) got its act together and repaired the damaged stretch at Nantho

In a shocking incident, a 36-year-old assistant parish priest and the principal of the Don Bosco School in Udupi district’s Shirva was found dead in his official chambers on Friday night. The principal was identified as Mahesh D’Souza and the police investigating the case have stated that they have

Karwar 3 October 2019: The Railway Protection Force (RPF) seized about 6 kgs of Ganja from a train that was travelling to Mangaluru from Mumbai CST station. The RPF unearthed the drugs being smuggled at Karwar Railway Station on Wednesday. Working on a tip-off, the RPF personnel inspected the Mum

Dubai: An Indian expat hit a jackpot on Tuesday to become the latest winner of USD 1 million Dubai Duty Free raffle Dubai-based Praveen Aranha works as a management accountant at the Atlantis in Palm, Jumeirah. He basically hails from Mangaluru but his family had shifted to Mumbai in 1974 and lat

Udupi: The Udupi police have warned jewellers to be cautious of a gang of persons who recently duped a jeweller in Koppa taluk of Chikkamagaluru by purchasing gold jewellery while opting for an online payment mode. The gang is said to have arrived in Udupi hours after cheating the Koppa jew

Mangaluru: The city police have started to take action against unauthorized visa agencies that give visa for employment abroad. The cops conducted raids at 7 such centres in the city on Saturday and booked cases. Only those visa agencies which have a permit from the department of external affairs

South Western Railway (SWR) on Friday decided to extend the proposed Yeshwanthpur-Mangaluru Junction-Yelahanka Suvidha Dasara Special Express via Shravanabelagola and Hassan to Karwar owing to popular demand. With this extension, two more trips will be operated between Bengaluru and Karwar as Kon

Udupi: After becoming state health minister recently, B Sriramalu stayed at the district hospital at Ajjarkadu here on his first visit on Friday, September 27. “I have been travelling to different districts to check the prevailing conditions there and to help district hospitals to get basic infra

A man who made communal assertions about India being a “Hindu Rashtra” where Muslims should not be allowed, was beaten up during an altercation at a Mall in Mangaluru, allegedly by a group of students. The Mangaluru City police have arrested three suspects, including one minor, who allegedly assault

Honnavar 25 September 2019: A man allegedly committed suicide by coming under a train here at Haldipur of Honnavar Taluka on Tuesday. The deceased has been identified as Nagappa Babu Harikanth (35), a reisident of Haldipur. On Tuesday Morning, during inspection of Railway tracks, the railway o