Coastal Districts

Moodabidri, Oct 22: In a macabre incident, miscreants have poisoned monkeys and threw them on the road leading to Baradi Kambala on Wednesday evening.

Mangaluru, Oct 22: Former MLA and Congress leader from Mangaluru, Mohiuddin Bava, on Wednesday claimed that he had received a threatening phone call after he visited the Gurupura Ambika Annapoorneshwari temple.

Mangaluru, Oct 21: CFAL has attained commendable results in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) 2020 with 11 student scoring above 500 marks, this being one of the best results produced in Dakshina Kannada. Among the few students who attended NEET this year, 5 students Tejas Bhat, Rashmi R Bhat, Abijith Sharma, Durga Supriya and Akshay secured 672, 640, 614, 608 and 605 marks respectively. The other top scorers who scored above 500 marks are Sumith Colaco (576 marks), Sourav (568 marks), Mayur (544 marks), Pranav Rao (531 marks), Shreekara Aithal (531 marks) and Chinmayi (501 marks). The students opined that they diligently followed all the instructions given to them by CFAL in letter and in spirit, were keen observers, had tremendous interest in conceptual thinking and never indulged in rote learning, as propagated by CFAL. They believe that these qualities were the key to their success.

Bengaluru, Oct 21: The state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nalin Kumar Kateel on Wednesday accused that several Congress leaders had links with the drug peddlers and contributed for its menace in the state.

Bantwal, Oct 21: Tulu film actor and rowdy-sheeter Surendra Bhandary Bantwal was found murdered in a residential apartment in Bantwal.

Kasaragod, Oct 21: Priests were taken aback when a crocodile made an appearance at the Sri Ananthapadmanabha Swamy Lake Temple in Kumbla in Kasargod district last evening.

Mangaluru, Oct 20: KIOCL Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) Subba Rao on Tuesday said that after obtaining statutory clearance for operation of Devadari mines, the company had been planning to set up 2.0 MTPA beneficiation and 2.0 MTPA pelletisation plant, which will generate employment for the local youth.

Bhatkal, Oct 20: Jewelry worth about Rs 40 lakh, which was donated to Durgaparameshwari Temple here by devotees was stolen from the temple premises.

Bengaluru, Oct 19: The Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre (KSNDMC) on Monday predicted heavy rains likely over south interior Karnataka (SIK), Malnad and parts of north interior Karnataka (NIK) regions, and light to moderate rains over coastal regions.

Mangaluru, Oct 19: The Udupi district police have filed a charge-sheet against two siblings from Moodbidri accusing them of hacking the social media account of NRI Harish Bangera and posting provocative posts from it.