“ We will put an end to moral policing,” these were the firm words of State Home Minister KJ George during his visit to Bishop House in Mangalore on June 19, Wednesday.
Two more Basadis in Belthangady taluk have been burgled within two days of the theft in the Neriya Basadi. Thieves who broke into the Chaturvinshati Basadi in Bangadi by breaking open the front doors have decamped with the Panchaloha idols of Sri Adinatha Swamy, Vrishabhanatha Swamy,
The Vidyanagar Police in Kasargod, have seized nearly 77.5 kg of ganja which was being transported in a lorry on June 18, Tuesday. However, three persons who were in the lorry managed to give the cops a slip.
Deputy Commissioner N Prakash has informed that a Task Force has been constituted to oversee the effective implementation of the Gutka ban in the district.
The murder mystery novel `Behind The Silicon Mask’ authored by Eshwar Sundaresan will be launched at a programme to be held at Lions Seva Mandir in the city on Friday
Karnataka Photographers Association (KPA) will hold a three day International Exhibition and workshop on Photography titled ‘Digi image 2013’
Konkani Writers Forum President Henry Mendonca Pernal has urged the government to elect literary personalities as presidents of academies.
State Home Minister KJ George has said that he was contemplating setting up of an all women police station in Udupi and hold deliberations in this regard with officials concerned.
Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha Member Oscar Fernandes, who is ‘Oscaranna’ to his close circles, is now a Union Minister for the second time. He has already created a record by being a Member of Parliament for over three decades in his political career spanning over four decades.
A police constable who was driving a PCR vehicle of the Mulki police station sustained critical injuries when the vehicle collided head on with a truck near MCF at Panambur on June 18, Tuesday morning.
In a major rain related tragedy, four members of a family lost their lives and seven others injured when a compound wall came crashing down on their house at Thottilagundi in Bajpe on June 18, Tuesday morning. It is said the compound wall was raised by a neighbouring commercial complex situated at a higher level.
A surprise raid on the district jail by a police team led by Mysore Division DIG( Prisons) Vishwanathaiah on June 17, Monday evening, led to the detection of ganja, mobile phones and playing cards inside the jail premises.
MP Nalin Kumar Kateel has said that the BJP will launch a movement against the anti-people policies pursued by the Congress government in the state.
Heavy rains that have been lashing the city since the past few days uprooted a huge mango tree which was standing tall and high near the Land Links Township at Derebail Konchady in Mangalore, on June 17, Monday.
Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha Member Oscar Fernandes has taken oath as a Union Minister and has been given the Roads and Highways portfolio. Oscar is one among the eight new faces inducted into the Union Cabinet led by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.