In a sudden political development, State JD(S) Vice President Nagaraj Shetty, State Secretary of the Party MG Hegde and over 10 others have tendered their resignations to the party.
District BJP President Padmanabha Kottary has said that the BJP was confident of coming to power in the state yet again.
Udupi Deputy Commissioner Dr MT Reju has directed tahsildars of all taluks to remove all the hoardings and flex boards highlighting the achievements of the state government, in all taluk and villages, with immediate effect in view of the enforcement of the poll code of conduct for the ensuing assembly elections.
In a case of gruesome murder reported from Mandedi Undaru in Innanje near here, a man was killed by his very own elder brother, in the latter’s bid to save their mother from getting assaulted by the former.
In a rare case, the district sessions court has sentenced six members of a family to 12 years of imprisonment for attempting to murder a person and his family members in 2009.
A total of nine persons including eight students sustained injuries in a collision between an autorickshaw and a lorry near the Uppinangady-Hirebandadi cross on the National Highway 175 on March 21, Thursday morning.
T.A.P. Shenoy, Pranth Secretary of Vishwa Hindu Parishad has said that every Hindu family should recite Vijay Maha mantra ‘Sri Ram Jaya Ram Jaya Jaya Ram’ everyday starting from ‘Ugadi’ (April 11, 2013) to ‘Akshaya Trithiya’ (May 13), in order to help realize the objective of constructing Ram Mandir at Ayodhya.
The Udupi unit of the Welfare Party of India (WPI) will be launched at a function to be held at Town Hall here on March 24.
Villagers of Beloor in Kundapur taluk are up in arms against the authorities for cancelling as many as 120 ration cards without any prior notice or valid reason.
The frequent power cuts which the district is experiencing only pinpointed at the complete failure of the BJP government in the state and the lack of long term planning on its part, said MLA UT Khader.
Kasargod police have arrested two drug peddlers who were found transporting nearly 110 kg of ganja in an autorickshaw at Honnaoole on March 20, Wednesday.
The arrested are Usman (29) from Talangere and Abdul Khader (44) from Alampady.
Tension prevailed at Bengre in Paduthonse near Malpe on March 20, Wednesday when members of the Hindu and Muslim communities gathered in large numbers in the town consequent upon previous night’s incident wherein members of Hindu organizations took exception to the presence of a cattle in the hose of BK Javed of Bengre.
Bollywood stars Aishwarya Rai and Shilpa Shetty of Mangalorean origin will be gracing the World Bunts Day programme to be held at the Buntara Bhavan, Mumbai, under the aegis of the Bunts Sangha, Mumbai on April 14.
The Election Commission announced the date for Assembly elections in Karnataka on Wednesday. According to an agency report Karnataka polls would be held on May 5 with the counting quickly following on May 8. Details are awaited.
Mystery shrouds the death of the young girl named Pramila whose body was found hanging from a tree in the woods near the Jogi Mutt near Kadri Park on March 19, Tuesday.