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One dead and three injured in a road accident at Karwar

Karwar 9 February 2019:(Bhatkallys News Bureau) One dead and three injured in a road accident between a car and a lorry that happened near Muguda village of Karwar here on Saturday. The deceased has been identified as Shafiya Muhammed Syed(65). While the injured have been identified Jubair, Meena

Honesty exemplified: Auto driver returns bag with valuables

Udupi: An act of honesty by an auto rickshaw driver of the city, who returned a bag containing gold ornaments worth Rs 50,000 back to the woman who had lost it and thereby has set an example for everybody. The woman identified as Anusha Shetty had travelled in an auto rickshaw with her child to h

Honnavar police raids a Gambling spot in the taluk; over Rs.73,000 seized

Honnavar 8 February 2019: (Bhatkallys News Bureau) The Honnavar police on Thursday early morning arrested 12 people for playing Gambling game in a public place near Subharmanya cross of Honnavar and seized cash over Rs.73,000 during the raid. The accused have been identified as Subhramanya(50) of

One dead in a road accident at Honnavar

Honnavar 7 February 2019: A 26 year old man died on the spot after colliding with a IRB truck at Sharavathi bridge of Honnavar on Thursday. The deceased has been Identified as Jolly Frank Fernandes(26), a resident of Kasarkod. According to the sources, Jolly was returning from Honn

Monkey fever: Visit from World Health Organization

Udupi / Karkala / Siddapura: The team from World Health Organisation (WHO) which has been visiting the hospitals were lie admitted the patients infected by monkey fever or Kyasanur Forest disease (KFD) in the state, visited the Kasturba Hospital to collect information regarding the ground reality on

Siddapur: Depressed over financial instability to treat her disease, woman commits suicide

Siddapur 6 February 2019: (Bhatkallys News Bureau) Depressed over her illness a woman in Balagur village of Siddapur Taluka committed suicide by jumping in to a well here on Tuesday early morning. The deceased has been identified as Sudha Satish Naik (38), a resident of Siddapur. According to

Dakshin Kannada DHO rules out rumors of KFD in district; says “All tested samples reported negative”

Mangaluru: Dakshin Kannada, District Health Officer (DHO) Dr. Ramakrishna, on Wednesday while speaking to reporters, ruled out the rumors of Kyasanur Forest disease (KFD) break out in the district, and confirmed that all the collected samples onsuspicion of KFD have been reported negative after adeq

Bhatkal girl wins university gold medal; women yet again pride of Anjuman

Bhatkal, 6 February, 2019 (Bhatkallys News Bureau) - This year’s annual convocation event at Karnataka University Dharwad marked a special moment for Bhatkal’s Maryam Hira Ishad Ikkeri. A student of Anjuman Hami-E-Muslimeen, Maryam received several accolades for her exceptional academic performance.

Haliyal: Forest official foils Sagwani smuggling attempt, seize furniture worth Rs. 2.35 lacs

Haliyal 5 February 2019:(Bhatkallys News Bureau) Forest officials of Haliyal Taluk on Monday arrested three men for allegedly smuggling teakwood (Sagwani) tree worth Rs.2.35 lacs here at Sankanakoppa village of Haliyal Taluka. The accused have been identified as Sahadeva Marate, Balakrishna Hanum

New Udupi DC Hephsiba Rani Korlapati

Udupi: Hephsiba Rani Korlapati has been transferred as the new deputy commissioner of Udupi. The outgoing DC Priyanaka Mary Francis has been transferred as the director of the Tourism department. Ms Korlapati was appointed as the Managing Director of the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) of Hubballi-

Custom officials foil gold smuggling bids at Mangalore International Airport

Mangaluru: Customs officials at Mangaluru International Airport foiled two gold smuggling bids on Saturday, February 2 and seized 475.36 grams of the yellow metal valued at Rs 15.81 lakh. It is gathered that the officials had apprehended two passengers who had arrived on Spice Jet flight SG60 fro

AJ Hospital Mangaluru to mark ‘World Cancer day’ with inauguration on six day Cancer screening camp with special discounts

Mangaluru 3 February, 2019: (Bhatkallys News Bureau) AJ Hospital and Research Centre Mangaluru will mark the world cancer day oon February 4, Monday, by inaugurating a six day cancer screening camp at AJ Cancer Institute in the city between February 4 to February 9. Registration and consultation wi

Revenue official caught red-handed while accepting bribe at Kumta

Kumta 2 February 2019: (Bhatkallys News Bureau)  The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Friday raided the Kumta Tahsildar's office and nabbed one of the staff of revenue department red-handed while he was accepting bribe in the office. The accused has been identified as Suresh Vakunda. According

Mangalore: Action against marriage hall for causing traffic chaos

Mangaluru: Following the traffic menace that was caused because of a programme held at Kallapu two days ago, the licence of the marriage hall may get cancelled. Around half-a-dozen callers vented their anger against the hall with city police commissioner T R Suresh during the phone-in programme on F

Aztex Nawayath Premier League 2019 ends in grand style

Ajman: A packed house at the Eden Garden Ajman cheered on as DVS United clinched the inaugural title of Aztex Nawayath Premier League 2019 (NPL) on Friday January 25. DVS won the final in an emphatic fashion by beating Al Karimi Challengers comprehensively after restricting them for a below par

New night train between Mangaluru-Bengaluru

Mangaluru: The South Western Railways (SWR) has decided start another night train between IT city Bengaluru and Karavali’s financial gateway Mangaluru. This can be considered as a new year’s gift for the Karavali region. The train will begin its run in a few days and currently, proper arrangement

Congress padayatra from Talapady to Pumpwell demanding completion of NH flyovers

Mangaluru: Demanding immediate completion of flyovers at Pumpwell (Mahaveer) Circle, Thokkottu and four-laning of national highways in the city, Congress workers on Monda, January 28 took out a padayatra from Talapady to Pumpwell. The padayatra was led by district in-charge minister U T Khader, f

Subsidy for regional films to be increased: UT Khader

Mangaluru: The Karnataka government is considering increasing the subsidy for regional films and setting up a Tulu film institute, state Minister for Urban Development and Housing U T Khader said on Sunday. The plan on the subsidy and institute follows the contributions made by the Tulu film indu