Coastal Districts

Mangaluru, June 7: Dakshina Kannada-based biker Syed Mohammed Salim Tangal passed away today a private hospital in Thokottu, here.

Mangaluru, June 7: Twenty-four students studying in a college in Karnataka's Dakshina Kannada district were on Tuesday banned for a period of seven days from attending classes after they refused to remove their headscarves.

Mangaluru, June 6: Gurugram-based ACME Cleantech Solutions Private Limited today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Karnataka government proposing to invest Rs 51,865 crore in the state within five years for setting up a green hydrogen and ammonia plant with an associated solar power unit in Mangaluru.

Mangaluru, June 6: A 39-year-old man suffered injuries after miscreants opened fire at him in Sullia taluk of Dakshina Kannada district on Sunday late in the night.

Mangaluru, June 5: SDPI leader Mohammed Shareef has filed a complaint against a policeman for uploading a fake video of the incident related to the abuse of police personnel in Mangaluru. DCP (Law and order) Hariram Shankar said that a notice will be issued and disciplinary action taken the cop.

Mangaluru, June 5: An electric scooter caught fire at Bondel, a residential locality in the city of Mangaluru today causing panic in the area.

Mangaluru, June 4: The police have arrested a woman and seized ornaments worth Rs 3.08 lakh, that she had stolen from a devotee at Southadka Sri Ganapathi Temple in Kadaba in Dakshina Kannada district in April.

Mangaluru, June 3: Accusing the Syndicate of the Mangalore University of acting at the behest of BJP’s student ABVP, Mangalore University Students Coordination Committee (Vidyarthi Samanvaya Samithi or VSM) has warned of massive protest if the former fails to withdraw decision on banning headscarves of Muslim inside the classrooms.

Mangaluru, June 2: Authorities today suspended 6 students for wearing hijab in spite of a series of warnings in Dakshina Kannada district. In another instance, 16 students were sent back for wearing hijab while attending classes.

Mangaluru, June 1: The police have arrested six more persons in connection with the video of two persons riding on a bike without helmets, holding the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) flag and abusing the police, that went viral recently.