Mangaluru: Konkan Railway has been conducting intensive ticket checking drives on its route to curb ticketless travel and ensure comfortable travel for authorised passengers. From the beginning of the financial year 2025–26 to date, 3,765 ticket checking drives were conducted. During these drives, 40,602 cases of unauthorised/irregular travellers were detected and penalised, resulting in the…
Mangaluru: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the alleged Dharmasthala mass burial case is now focusing on documentation. “After the fieldwork, the team is now looking at documentation of the process,” said a senior officer. It is also learnt that the complainant-witness appeared before the SIT on Monday as part of the inquiry.Meanwhile, Ganesha and…
Mangaluru: A woman from Ramadurga who came to Shri Kshetra Dharmasthala died after a suspected heart attack. The deceased is Mallavva Ramappa Itagi.In a complaint, Ramappa, stated that he, along with his wife Mallavva Ramappa Itagi, their daughter-in-law, and three grandchildren, left their hometown by bus on Aug 15 in the evening to visit Sri…
Mangaluru: The Dakshina Kannada Truck Owners’ Association has demanded action against overloading, particularly those transporting laterite stones and other materials. The association has stated that overloaded trucks are causing significant damage to roads and creating serious safety hazards.In a memorandum submitted to DC Darshan HV, association president Sushanth Shetty said that overloading is one of…
Karwar: The Uttara Kannada district administration has warned people living on the banks of the downstream Sharavati River, as water will be released from the Linganamakki Reservoir any time. Due to heavy downpour in the district, administration has declared leave for schools in some taluks on Tuesday.According to the IMD and KSNDMC forecast, a red…
Mangaluru: The KSRTC Mangaluru division has requested the Road Transport Authority (RTA) to grant 28 new permits to operate buses on various routes from Mangaluru. At an RTA meeting chaired by the DC on Monday, senior divisional controller of KSRTC Mangaluru division, Rajesh Shetty, said that new routes were proposed heeding repeated requests from the…
Mangaluru: Drivers representing electric autorickshaws urged the RTO not to make zone rules mandatory for their vehicles. Drivers said at the RTA meeting chaired by deputy commissioner Darshan HV on Monday, that electric autorickshaws should be allowed to operate across the district, including Mangaluru city, without zone regulations.Meanwhile, leaders of non-electric autorickshaws said an increase…
Mangaluru: A recent genetic study by the Department of Applied Zoology, Mangalore University, offers fresh insights into the historical origins of the gotra system, revealing that it is far more than a mere indicator of ancestral lineage. The study explains that the gotra concept traces its roots back thousands of years to the ancient Saptarshis….
Mangaluru: In a feat of devotion and perseverance, a BCom graduate from Puttur has become one of the few women in India to write the entire Holy Quran using a traditional dip pen (qalam). Fathima Sajla Ismail, daughter of Ismail Baithadka BP, a private school founder-secretary and Zohra Jasmine, a homemaker, spent about 2,416 hours…
Udupi: An investigation confirmed a total loss of Rs 13.9 crore due to the sale of old machinery at the Dakshina Kannada Cooperative Sugar Factory in Brahmavar. Permission was granted for criminal prosecution against those responsible, said Shivanand Patil, minister for textiles, sugarcane development, and agricultural marketing.The investigation report indicates that the negligence of the…
