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Sirsi: Police arrests rapist of a mentally ill woman within 24 hours

Sirsi 27 January 2019: (Bhatkallys News Bureau) Sirsi police successfully arrested a man who allegedly raped a mentally unstable woman here at Nerlavalli village of Sirsi taluk. The detained has been identified as Vijaykumar Nagappa Katti (32), a resident of Haveri. According to the sources, V

Udupi sand miners to go on indefinite strike again from January 28

Udupi: The sand miners of Udupi district have decided to hold indefinite strike from Jan 28th in front the deputy commissioner’s office demanding that the sand extraction problem be solved and that priority of extracting sand should be given to the miners who have been extracting sand for several ye

Photos: 70th Republic day celebrated at Bhatkal Taluka Stadium ground

Road accident kills one in Kumta

Kumta 25 January 2019: (Bhatkallys News Bureau) One person died in a road accident between a bike and a Tata ace mini truck that happened near Mururu of Kumta Taluka here on Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as Eshwar Gowda from Madagibail of Kumta taluk. The incident took place when

Missing trawler remnants found by Navy

Malpe: The possible remains of ‘Suvarna Tribhuja’, the deep sea trawler which went missing along with is crew of 7 fishermen near Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra, has been found by an Indian Navy ship that was on the lookout for the missing trawler. However the discovered remnants are yet to be c

Ankola police arrests school principal for allegedly harassing female students

Ankola 24 January 2019: (Bhatkallys News Bureau) Ankola police on Wednesday took a Government school principal under their custody for physically harassing the female students here at Bole Hosagadde village of Ankola Taluka. On Wednesday, during the school hours, the parents of the students along

Ice used to cool roadside sugarcane juice is harmful

Kasaragod: It has been found out that the ice used to cool sugarcane juice being sold in push carts has traces of poisonous substances. In a time where food and snacks are becoming poisonous, now even the cool sugarcane juice being sold on the roadsides is turning out to be poisonous. Apparently, th

No more PUBG in Gujarat, government asks schools to take necessary steps to enforce ban

During the first few months of 2018, if you would’ve asked me what PUBG (Player Unknown’s Battleground) was, I probably would’ve responded with “is it a new pub that’s opening in my town?” But by the time the year came to an end, I was absolutely aware of what a global phenomenon it was. But, soc

One dead and two injured in a road accident at Sirsi

Sirsi 23 January 2019: (Bhatkallys News Bureau) One person died and two other sustained critical injuries after two bikes crashed into each other here at Nirnahalli of Sirsi taluk on Tuesday evening. The deceased has been identified as Ganesh Sitaram Bhat (26). While the injured victims are Shrid

Sirsi: Robbers break into locked home; make away with gold and cash worth over Rs. 4 lakh

Sirsi 22 January 2019: (Bhatkallys New Bureau) In a shocking incident at Sirsi Taluka, robbers broke into a residential house near Banavasi road at Sirsi and looted valuables worth Rs.4 lakh. The incident came to light on Monday. According to the source the house belonging to Mangala Shivaram Bha

Man arrested for derogatory FB post against Udupi City Muncipal Council member

Udupi: The city cyber crime police apprehended a person, accused of posting derogatory posts on Facebook through a fake profile. The arrested, Madhu Mohan Raj (37) a native of Kuttikal in Kasaragod is currently residing in Anjaru village. It is gathered that Madhumohan had opened a Facebook ac

Eight dead, one missing after a boat carrying 22 passengers from Jaatre capsized off the Karwar coast

Karwar 21 December 2019: (Bhatkallys News Bureau) At least eight feared dead after drowning while one person has been reported missing after a boat returning towards Karwar from Kurmgad capsized off the coast here on Monday afternoon. The deceased have been identified as Nilesh Rohidas Pednekar,

Meet Ishan Goel, the 19-year old whose ‘Egg’ broke Kylie Jenner’s record on Instagram

Remember that egg which took the internet by storm and set a world record for having the most number of ‘likes’? Of course, you do! That one single egg managed to gather over 48 million likes remarkably tossing aside Kylie Jenner’s (till then) most ‘liked’ picture of baby Stormi’s hand. We wou

Missing fishing boat is not hijacked, says Udupi SP

The search teams engaged for tracing missing boat ‘Suvarna Thribhuja’ have concluded that the fishing boat has not been hijacked, Udupi Superintendent of Police Lakshman Nimbargi said on Friday. he SP told media persons that the fishing boat ventured into the sea on December 13 and after covering

Distribute quality bicycles to students; Education department issues circulars to DDPIs and BEOs

Bantwala, Jan 18: The education department has issued a circular to all districts and taluks to verify the quality of bicycles to be distributed to the students and thus, taken care about distributing quality bicycles to the students. The department, in its circular, asked the concerned DDPIs to

Three monkey deaths near Agumbe: Six persons admitted to hospital

Shivamogga, Jan 17: Despite widespread public awareness and vaccination, the Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD) has been taking toll in the district. Six persons suffering from fever in Sagar taluk were admitted to Manipal hospital on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Carcass of three monkeys were found in Agumbe a

Already in jail, Gurmeet Ram Rahim gets life term for journalist's murder

PANCHKULA: Self-styled 'godman' Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a journalist in 2002. The three others who were convicted along with Ram Rahim in the murder last Friday have also been given the life term by a special court in Haryana's Panchkula thro

Kumta woman delivers baby on ambulance while on her way to hospital

Kumta 16 January 2019: (Bhatkallys News Bureau) A woman hailing from a village of Kumta Taluka delivered a child inside the ambulance while she was being taken to the hospital here on Monday, January 14, night. Manjula, a resident of Kalavodi village distanced about 28 km from Kumta delivered a b