The festival of Mahashivaratri is being celebrated with religious fervor today. Various temples dedicated to Lord Shiva in Mangalore and other parts of the district, are decked up for the great event.
A decomposed body of an unidentified person was found on the second floor of a half constructed building close by Kankanady market on March 9, Saturday evening.
For the first time in the history of Kannada film industry, a differently abled man will play the lead role in a movie named ‘Mooka Manasu’ which will be produced by the Federation of Physically Handicapped Association.
Two youngsters who had planned to have their day by snatching the chain of a woman, landed in the hospital that too after a good thrashing by the public, at Rangapade in Neermarga on March 9, Saturday morning.
A two-day exhibition of flowers and fruits organised by the DK Zilla Panchayat, Horticulture Department, and the Siri Horticultural Association, opened at Kadri Park on March 9, Saturday.
Eminent writer and Kendra Sahitya Academy winner Boluvar Mohammad Kunhi has regretted that the society was still plagued by caste ailments.
A total of six persons sustained injuries, one of them seriously when a group of Bhajrangdal men allegedly attacked a prayer house at Moodubelle on the night of March 8, Friday.
Southern Railway will run the following Special Trains to clear the extra rush of passengers during the summer months of April, May and June 2013. Advance reservation for the above trains will commence on 10.3.2013
With Assembly elections just round the corner in Karnataka, the central BJP held consultations with key leaders to pick a new state unit President
Vidya Poshak and Yakshagana Kalaranga of Udupi, in a kind gesture, have provided solar power connection to the residence of a meritorious female student who resided in a small hutment at Beedinagudde.
Vanaja Poojarti, a woman hailing from Beedinagudde in Udupi can be described as a woman of grit by all means. She has been part of a profession which not many women may dare to venture.
In a concerted bid to put an end to the practice of child labour, the Deputy Commissioner who is also the interim administrator of the Mangalore City Corporation, has directed the officials concerned to conduct an inspection of houses and apartments in the city with immediate effect.
In a latest case of train robbery, an unidentified man snatched the vanity bag of a woman from Thane who was travelling in the Matsyagandha Express bound to Mangalore from Mumbai. The bag contained jewellery cash, all worth around Rs 8 lakh.
“There is no need for the victims of rape to be ashamed of; instead they should fight for justice and make the rapists ashamed of themselves, said Bhanwari Devi from Rajasthan
Sooryanarayana, State Convenor of Bhajrangdal has said that the number of cases of missing of young girls has been increasing over the last six years.