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Kundapur: One killed another injured in a hit and run case

Bhatkallys News Bureau Kundapur 25 Feb 2018: One person was killed and another sustained injuries in a hit and run case at late night on Friday, Feb 23rd at Maravanthe NH-66 in the taluka. The deceased has been identified as Prabhakar, resident of Navunda. The injured person is known to be Sur

Photos: Bhatkal Khaleej Council conference gets underway in Bengaluru

Mangaluru records highest temperature in Karnataka

Bhatkallys News Bureau Mangaluru 24 Feb 2018: with the rise in the temperature from 35 to 36 degree Celsius, the Penambur in the city recorded the highest temperature in the entire state on February 22, Thursday. Earlier, the atmosphere was cool and the locals in the area were experiencing goo

Mangaluru: Illegal liquor worth 11 Lakhs seized; accused arrested

Bhatkallys News Bureau Mangaluru 24 Feb 2018: One person was arrested along with the illegal liquor of around 7,805 litres and the vehicle was siezed by the Excise department here at Bajal on Tuesday during the raid. The accused is identified as Jose Sebastian. Press release by Excise depar

India more corrupt than China, better than Pak: Transparency

New Delhi, Feb 22 (PTI) India has been ranked worse than China and Bhutan in terms of corruption perception, but fares better than its other neighbours including Pakistan and Bangladesh, as per a global list released by graft watchdog Transperency International. In the Corruption Perception Index

Complaint filed against youth for abusive post against woman on Facebook

Bhatkallys News Bureau Mangaluru: A complaint has been filed against a youth by a Dalit woman, Shruti Kotian at Urwa Police Station here in connection with the abusing comments made by youth on social media platform. The accused Harish Raj abused Shruti through his offensive comments against h

Yellapur: Depressed by illness, woman commit suicide

Bhatkallys News Bureau/ Fristen Dias Yellapur 21 Feb 2018: A woman who couldn’t bear her illness commited suicide by jumping into the well near her residence at Machikeri of Yellapur taluk here on Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as Nagaveni Narayan Hegde (59) of Yellapur. Sources reve

Karwar: DC issues notice to officer, suspends driver for dereliction of duty

Bhatkallys News Bureau/ Fristen Dias Karwar: Deputy commissioner (DC) of Karwar District S S Nakul has issued a notice to a government official and also suspended a driver of his vehicle on charges of dereliction of duty here on Wednesday. Nakul had directed the District Backward Class Welfare Off

Karwar man successfully climbs Sahyadri Mountain walking in 40 days

Bhatkallys News Bureau/ Fristen Dias Karwar 19 February 2018: Sushanth Madhukar Anvekar (28) from Siddara village of Karwar has completed the 'Trans Sahyadri' campaign by walking over the Sahyadri mountain of western ghats. Sushant has a dream to climb the Mount Everest since childhood. He has

Karwar: Goan Liquor worth 75000 seized by excise while being transported to Karwar

Bhatkallys News Bureau/ Fristen Dias Karwar 19 Feb 2018: The excise officials on Saturday seized Goan liquor which was smuggled illegally in the car at Bithcol cross here in Karwar. The accused who was illegally transporting the alcohol from Goa to Karwar escaped from the spot after noticing t

Anant Kumar Hegde triggers controversy once again, this time targets Kannadigas

Bhatkallys News Bureau Yet another controversial statement by Union Minister Anant Kumar Hedge has disturbed the sentiments of people in the state and this time he has targeted the 'Kannada Language'. The Minister said, those hailing from Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Shivamogga have fluency ove

Mangaluru: 'India's first 3D planetarium to be innaugurated on March 1 at Pillikulla park' Siddaramaiah

Bhatkallys News Bureau Mangaluru 19 Feb 2018: "Swami Vivekananda 3D Planetarium", country's first 3D planetarium is all set for inauguration located at Dr. Shivaram Karanth Biological Park, Pilikulla, quoted CM Siddaramiah on the eve of recently held budget. The planetarium is in its final pha

Mangaluru to get Karnataka's 10th Central prison; Rs. 85 crore project to begin in April this year

Bhatkallys News Bureau Mangaluru 19 Feb 2018: The announcement on allocation of Rs 85 Crore in the budget on Friday has given a hope finally to shift the Mangaluru's DK district jail into a new premises at Mudipu of Mangaluru. The district jail has witnessed several unpleasant incidents in the

Uttara Kannada now has India's first Canopy walk bridge

Bhatkallys News Bureau/ Fristen Dias Karwar 18 Feb 2018: First wooden Canopy walk of the country has now been inaugurated on February 18 at Kuveshi, just 65 km away from Dandeli, near Castle Rock of Uttara Kannada, around 90 km far from Belagavi. Bharath and Aleem of Mysuru went to Malaysia wh

Yellapur: Oil tanker rams into commercial complex; shop owners faces loss of over Rs 10 lac

Bhatkallys News Bureau/ Fristen Dias Yellapur 18 Feb 2018: A oil tanker crashed into a commercial complex of Taluka Panchayat destroying  two shops of the building here on Saturday night. The driver of the tanker moving towards Ankola from Hubli  crashed into the complex after loosing his consciou

Passenger carrying foreign currency worth Rs. 26 Lac arrested at Mangaluru International Airport

Bhatkallys News Bureau Bhatkal 17 Feb 2018: Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) Mangaluru on Friday arrested a person who was about to take a flight bound to Dubai and was carrying foreign currency worth 26 Lac Rupees concealed in his bags and socks. The passenger has been identified as 

Rahul Gandhi to tour Udupi and Mangalore in March

"Congress President Rahul Gandhi will be touring Dakshina Kannada and Udupi district as a part of upcoming Assembly Election Campaign in the month of March", said U.B. Venkatesh, (general secretary of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee & in-charge of Dakshina Kannada) to media personnel on Wed

We did not demand ban on PFI, says Kerala CM

Bhatkallys News Bureau Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan cleared that demand on ban on PFI which is a Muslim Organisation, from state government is a false allegation that has popped up these days. Union Minister Kiran Rijiju had reported the statement last month in the conference that Ke