Coastal Districts

Mangaluru, Jul 26: Rubbishing reports about cancellation of institutional quarantine for international passengers in Mangaluru, local health authorities have clarified that 14 day isolation including first seven day institutional quarantine must for international passengers. For past couple of days rumours were doing rounds on social media that the government has done away with quarantine for

Mangaluru/Udupi, Jul 25: Karnataka’s twin coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi recorded 400 new covid-19 cases and nine fatalities in past 24 hours. While DK’s death toll mounted to 115, Udupi’s toll mounted to 15. Dakshina Kannada Dakshina Kannada alone recorded 218 new covid cases and eight deaths. The total number of positive cases mounted to 4,612. Out of these, 2,370 cases are

Udupi, Feb 2: An alleged affair between a boy and girl belonging to different communities led to a clash between the boy and the relatives of the girl on the premises of St Mary Church at Shirva in Udupi on Wednesday evening. The incident took place when Chetan (21), a resident of Katapady had attended the annual festival of the Church along with his Muslim girlfriend from his village and a few

Mangaluru, Apr 30: Once upon a time, the Dargah or shrine of Sayyid Mohammed Shareeful Madani located at Ullal in Mangaluru taluk was famous for “beautiful stories of miracles and wonders.” Unfortunately, now it has turned into the epicentre of clashes between so called Sunni' groups in the region. With the growing number of devotees thronging the shrine every year and the ever-increasing revenue

Mangaluru, May 17: A 24-year-old girl who went missing from her house in Karkala taluk of Udupi district was finally found with her new husband belonging to another community.

Mangalore, May 28: The Forum Fiza Mall, Mangalore – a joint venture of the Prestige Group, Fiza Group and Capita Malls Asia Limited, threw open its doors to the public with a pre-launch event at the shopping mall located in Pandeshwar on Wednesday.

Washington, Jan 12: A Texas hunting club on Saturday auctioned off a permit to kill a black rhinoceros in Namibia, raising $350,000 (Dh1.29 million) towards conservation efforts for the animal, but not without controversy. The Dallas Safari Club, which said all money would be given to Namibia for “anti-poaching patrols, habitat protection, research and other measures crucial for protecting

Mangalore, Nov 16: Around 250 candidates seeking jobs in Mangalore, Udupi and Madikeri met their recruiting companies on Saturday, in a job fair held at District Employment exchange office, Lalbagh, Mangalore. Job seekers arrived at the job fair and started their hunt for the companies related to their stream. More than five organisations like Winman software, ICICI bank, frontline automobiles

Mangaluru, Dec 13: A final year MBBS student of Yenepoya Medical College was found dead in his flat at Kadri in the city on Tuesday. It is believed that he had died five days ago as the body was in highly a decomposed state. The student identified as Mohammed Hamdan Rashid (29) hailing from Hazratganj, Lucknow, reportedly paid his college fees on Friday and came back to his Kasturi Mansion

Mangalore September 4, An Electrician lost his right hand when a city bus ran over him in the process of overtaking another bus in Vamanjoor on Friday.