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Mangaluru Smart City: Rs 130 crore plan approved

Mangaluru: Seven plans with a total budget od Rs 130 crore in connection to Mangaluru Smart City project was approved on Saturday March 2nd. The approval for the Rs 130 crore worth works was provided at the Smart City Board of Directors meeting held at KPC Shakti Bhavan in Bengaluru. Including th

Udupi: Youth arrested for circulating video threatening bomb blast

Udupi: Maple police have arrested a youth who had posted a video on social sites threatening to conduct bomb blast on Malpe beach. The arrested youth is identified as Srijan (18), a resident of Thottam near Malpe. Srijan had circulated a 1 minute 24 seconds video in which, having his face covered

Illegal alcohol worth Rs 7 lakh seized in Karwar

Karwar 2 March 2019:(Bhatkallys News Bureau) In a joint operation conducted of Karwar excise officials and local police department on Friday, Goan Alcohol worth Rs 7.15 lakhs was seized here at Amadalli village of Karwar. As the officials received a credible information on Alcohol being stored in

Karwar: PUC Student committs suicide one day before exams

Karwar 1 March 2019: (Bhatkallys News Bureau) A PUC II student on Thursday committed suicide by hanging herself at her home, allegedly depressed over non-preparation for the board exams. The incident was reported from Mallapur village of Karwar. The deceased has been identified as Lakshmi Netrava

Minister UT Khader rules himself out as 'possible candidate' for LS Elections

Mangaluru: Urban Development Minister U T Khader ruled himself out as a possible candidate for the LS Elections due later this year. He was addressing reporters here on Thursday 28 Feb. Addressing the reporters that the party high command will decide on the candidates for the LS elections and tha

Gold worth Rs 40 lakh seized from two passengers in Mangaluru airport

Mangaluru, Feb 27: Gold worth over Rs 40 lakh was seized from two passengers in separate incidents at the international airport here, Customs officials said Wednesday. The two had arrived from Dubai. In one incident on February 25, 925.54 gm of gold concealed as mercury-coated plates worth Rs

Traffic norms violation on highway: 800 cases booked, Rs 1.25 lakh fined

Bantwal: Over 800 cases were registered and a a sum of Rs 1.25 lakh was collected as fine from offenders found violating traffic norms on national highway 75 between Mangaluru and Bengaluru in an operation undertaken by the police on Tuesday February 26th. The operation was conducted by a team do

Ankola: One arrested while smuggling Sangwan tree

Anokla 26 February 2019: (Bhatkallys News Bureau)Ankola Forest Officials on Monday arrested a man while he was smuggling Sagawan (Teak) tree worth Rs.1 lakh here at Mastikatta forest range of Ankola Taluka. The detained has been identified as Abdul Raheem Muhammed Ishaq of Kumta Taluka. Workin

Karwar: INS Kadamba naval base on high alert post surgical strike

Karwar: High alert has been declared in INS Kadamba Naval Base here, following the Surgical Strike 2.0 carried out by the Indian Air force on February 26, deep inside Pakistan territory. As per sources State-I alert has been announced at the naval base that is located at Araga and security has be

Cops raid Mangaluru prison, recover phones, knives

The police team that included two DCPs,  three ACPs, inspectors and other personnel entered the prison at 8 am on Sunday and conducted the search inside it. Giving details about the operation, Mr Patil said that three knives and six mobile phones were seized. A case has been booked at Barke Po

Not afraid of ‘Go Back’ movement: Shobha

Udupi/Kota: “Some Lok Sabha election ticket aspirant for the Udupi Chikmagalur constituency have joined in with 15-20 people and started the ‘Go back’ campaign against me. I am not scared of this. The people will support me,” said MP Shobha Karandlaje responding to a question by the reports regardin

Karwar: Search operation at houses triggers high drama

Karwar: A large number of police personnel and excise officials on Friday searched houses at Gabitawada area of Majali village in Karwar taluk. The search operation was carried out to arrest the culprits who had attacked some excise officials on Monday. Hundreds of police personnel were part of t

12th century Tulu inscription found in city temple

Mangaluru: A 12th century dated tulu inscription has been found at the Sri Veeranarayana Temple in Kulashekhara village of Mangaluru. It is said to be the oldest discovered till date. The inscription is on a 2 feet taal stone with 14 lines of inscription. It was discovered on the left side of the

Nisha James takes charge as SP of Udupi District

Udupi: Nisha James took charge as the new superintendent of police (SP) of the district on Saturday, February 23rd. Nisha was transferred to her current position along with the transfer of the previous SP Laxman Nimbargi by the government in a communication dated February 20. In a message for the

Vande Bharat express coming soon to Mangaluru, railway minister confirms

Mangaluru: ‘Developed with indigenous technology’, engineless train 'Vande Bharat Express' will soon link coastal city Mangaluru to three major cities of the south, Bengaluru, Chennai and Hyderabad. Railway Minister Piyush Goyal confirmed on Friday. “Vande Bharat will soon be introduced on Bengal

New police commissioner of Mangaluru Sandeep Patil takes charge

Mangaluru: Senior IPS officer Sandeep Patil, on Friday afternoon took charge as the Mangaluru Police Commissioner from TR Suresh, who received his transfer orders on Thursday, in a major reshuffle in the department ahead of General Elections. Sandeep Patil, who was serving as the DIG of Bengaluru

City Centre completely safe, open to public : Management

Mangaluru : The fire that broke out at the City Centre has been totally brought under control immediately and the building is now fully safe , said a release from the mall management to the media 'Fire may have happened due to some issue in electrical wiring. We are thoroughly checking to know th

New DC for Uttara Kannada District; SS Nakul transferred as Dr K Harish Kumar takes charge

Karwar 21 February 2019: (Bhatkallys News Bureau) Dr. K. Harish Kumar IAS, who was serving as Chief Executive officer of Chamarajanagar Zilla Panchayat has been appointed as the new Deputy Commissioner of Uttara Kannada district with the immediate effect from Thursday. According to the orders iss