Coastal Districts

Mangaluru, Aug 28: Mangaluru CCB officials raided on an illegal sand extraction racket at Kannur Badila in Kankanady town police station and Kallapu in Ullal police station jurisdiction and seized sand and other materials worth Rs 9.91 lakh on Friday.

Mangaluru, Aug 27: A special court in Mangaluru today sentenced Beltangady police circle inspector Y Gangi Reddy to four years in prison after finding him guilty in a disproportionate assets case.

Mangaluru Aug 27: Air India will be shifting its reservations, tickets and sales office from Hathill Lalbagh to Mangaluru International Airport with on August 31.

Mangaluru, Aug 27: U Gangadhar Bhat, Chairman of Sri Sathya Sai Loka Seva Trust, Alike, passed away at a private hospital in the city after a brief illness. He was 90.

Mangaluru, Aug 27: Under the leadership of young NRI entrepreneur All India Muslim Development Forum (AIMDF) chartered a flight to repatriate stranded Kannadigas in United Arab Emirates.

Mangaluru, Aug 26: Yakshagana presenter and a researcher of Kannada prosody Dr N Shimanturu Narayana Shetty died on Wednessdat here at a private hospital on Wednesday. He was 86. He is survived by wife, two sons and three daughters. Shetty had composed four works related to Yakshagana prosody--Yakshagana Chandobudhi, Kannadada Anarghya Ratnagalu, V-Chitra Tripadi and Desi Chandhobandhagala

Mangaluru, Aug 26: Senior Congress leader and former minister B Ramanath Rai on Wednesday alleged that the new sand policy that aims at entrusting sand extraction to Karnataka State Mineral Corporation and Hutti Gold Mines will result in injustice to traditional sand extractors in the CRZ area in Dakshina Kannada.

Mangaluru, Aug 26: M K M Mustafa, president of Mangaluru Central Market Merchants Association, passed away today after a brief illness. He was 59.

Mangaluru, Aug 25: The Adani Group has reportedly roped in Flughafen München GmbH, which operates Germany’s Munich Airport, to operate and maintain three airports in Mangaluru, Ahmedabad and Lucknow.

Mangaluru, Aug 25: With the Karnataka government lifting travel restrictions for people from outside the state, Dakshina Kannada (DK) district administration has opened all its borders for passengers from Kerala.