Coastal Districts

Mangaluru, Aug 18: An ambulance driver lost his life after the vehicle overturned at Hanchikatte near Vagga in Bantwal taluk while transporting a patient to a hospital in Mangaluru on Friday, August 18.

Udupi, Aug 16: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Karnataka Police has completed the first phase of its probe into the sensational case related to filming of girls inside a restroom of the Nethrajyothi Paramedical College in Udupi by other female students, sources confirmed on Wednesday.

Mangaluru, Aug 14: The Mangaluru International Airport is coordinating with Indian carriers to introduce new international flights to Jeddah and Sharjah, with additional frequency planned for Doha, Abu Dhabi, and Kuwait.

Mangaluru, Aug 11: With hundreds of conjunctivitis cases being reported across coastal districts of Karnataka during the rainy season, the health department has warned people and students to be cautious. The experts have also warned people against self-medication.

Mangaluru, Aug 11: A youth has been arrested for allegedly raping a 19-year-old woman multiple times and also for threatening to leak her intimate pictures online, police said.

Bengaluru, July 28: A Bharatiya Janata Party worker has been taken into custody by the High Ground Police Station after she tweeted an abusive comment against female family members of Karnataka chief minister amidst saffron party’s attempt to give communal tinge to Udupi college washroom video case.

Udupi, July 27: Khushbu Sundar, a BJP leader and member of the National Commission for Women, who visited a paramedical college in Udupi on Thursday in connection with the alleged washroom video case, rubbished the rumours of hidden cameras.

Bengaluru, July 27: Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Thursday appeared to question the need for a visit of the National Commission for Women member Khushbu Sundar to Udupi to inquire into alleged "washroom filming case" at a paramedical college at a time when the NCW has "not gone" to Manipur, where many women were gang-raped and paraded naked recently.

Mangaluru, July 27: A gloomy atmosphere prevailed across coastal district of Dakshina Kannada as the red alert by IMD continued on Thursday. Meanwhile, moderate to heavy rains continued to lash parts of the district.

Udupi, July 27: The Udupi district administration has banned movement of heavy vehicles on National Highway-169A, connecting Udupi with Thirthahalli in Shivamogga district, from Thursday, July 27 to September 15.