Udupi: Kasturba Medical College (KMC), Manipal has taken a pioneering leap in medical education with the launch of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) department in healthcare. This initiative, the first-of-its-kind in a medical college in India, marks a historic moment in the integration of technology and medicine, KMC Manipal stated.The department was officially inaugurated by Lt…
Mangaluru: Former national director of the Young Christian Students (YCS) and Young Students Movement (YSM) and former chaplain of the YCS Asia region, Rev Fr Vincent Monteiro, a priest of the Mangalore Diocese, passed away on Friday. He was 71.A native of Angelore parish, Mangaluru, he was ordained a priest in 1981 and went on…
Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada police arrested a man on charges of sexually assaulting a minor girl on Aug 26. According to police, the survivor was living with her mother and younger sister in a rented house. The accused contacted the survivor over phone, on her mother’s mobile, and he was in touch with her since March….
Mangaluru: The II additional district and sessions court, Mangaluru, sentenced a man from Chikkamagaluru to life imprisonment in connection with a murder case reported in Belthangady in 2014. The case was registered at the Belthangady police station under Sections 302 (punishment for murder) and 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence) of the IPC. The…
Mangaluru: MLC Ivan D’Souza said that the state govt will establish a Coastal Tourism Development Board (CTDB) to promote tourism activities in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, and Uttara Kannada districts.The MLC told reporters here on Thursday, that deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar will convene a meeting of all stakeholders, including elected representatives from the three coastal…
Mangaluru: A total of 90 schools, both primary and secondary, across the district received zero admissions in the last five academic years in Dakshina Kannada. Among them, the majority are aided, followed by unaided, and only 18 of them are govt schools, data revealed.Those schools unable to get admission even after three years of recording…
Mangaluru: In an anti-corruption operation, Sunil, a case worker at the Puttur tahsildar’s office, was taken into custody by the Mangaluru Lokayukta police on Thursday, for allegedly demanding a bribe to issue a no-objection certificate (NOC). Further investigation will focus on the Puttur tahsildar, who is currently absconding.The case came to light when the complainant’s…
Mangaluru: MLC Ivan D’Souza said that home minister G Parameshwara directed top officials of the prisons department to visit Mangaluru to find solutions for the issue of mobile signal jammers installed at the district jail. The MLC told reporters on Thursday that mobile jammers in jail were affecting the mobile network in most parts of…
Mangaluru: A 13-year-old boy was remanded in an observation home after allegedly insulting women on the road as they were returning from work. A case was registered at Bantwal Town police station under Section 74 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty) of BNS, stating that an unknown scooter rider…
Mangaluru: A man reportedly lost Rs 10.8 lakh in an online scam. In a complaint, he stated that on Aug 23, his WhatsApp number was added to a WhatsApp group named LP99. The complainant was then sent hotel links and was lured with promises of payment for providing ratings. Later, his personal details were collected.Subsequently,…
