Mangaluru: For people residing in coastal Karnataka, where fish is a staple, accidental swallowing of a fish bone is quite a common, and often painful, occurrence.A recent study by Kasturba Medical College Hospital, Mangalore, highlights how CT scans, unlike traditional X-rays, can effectively detect these swallowed bones and even help identify the fish type. The…
Mangaluru: Belthangady police on Wednesday intercepted a speeding SUV with a fake registration plate, allegedly used to transport three cattle illegally and cruelly from Mudigere in Chikkamagaluru to Mangaluru via Charmadi.According to police, the vehicle was driven at high speed and recklessly through Charmadi towards Mangaluru, despite the driver knowing such driving posed a danger…
Mangaluru: No human remains were found as the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the alleged mass burial case near Dharmasthala continued with its search at site No. 13 for the second consecutive day on Wednesday.The search that went on till late evening on Tuesday, with the help of two earth movers, resumed on Wednesday. The…
Mangaluru: The ministry of railways has decided to develop Arebetta railway station as a crossing station on the Sakleshpur-Subrahmanya Road ghat section of the Hassan-Mangaluru railway line.In response to an unstarred question raised in the Lok Sabha by Udupi-Chikmagalur MP Kota Shrinivasa Poojary, on whether a feasibility study was undertaken by South Western Railway (SWR)…
UDUPI: A man from Kirimanjeshwara alleged that he was duped of over Rs 10 lakh in an online investment scam after being lured through a Facebook link into a WhatsApp group promising lucrative stock market tips.The complainant, Altaf Hussain, 42, stated that on July 5, he clicked on a link received on his Facebook account,…
UDUPI: A painter was hacked to death inside his Udupi home late on Tuesday, allegedly in a revenge attack carried out by three men armed with sharp weapons. The deceased is Vinay Devadiga, 40.Udupi SP Hariram Shankar said Soumya Shri, 31, of Puttur village, Subrahmanya Nagar, stated that Vinay left for Udupi at 10am on…
Mangaluru: The long-pending demand of Kavu Government School in Puttur to be upgraded to a high school has finally been met, with the government granting approval for admissions from the next academic year. The DK ZP Government Model Upgraded Higher Primary School, Kavu , a century-old institution once on the brink of closure, received a…
Mangaluru: The power of literature has no parallel, said Mahaling Bhat, dean, Language Department at St Aloysius (Deemed University).He was speaking during the inauguration of a book exhibition organised by Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi, in collaboration with Konkani Institute and Vision Konkani of St Aloysius (Deemed University) on Tuesday, and marks the centenary celebration of…
MANGALURU: Site No. 13, linked to the alleged Dharmasthala mass burial case, was at the focus of the special investiga-ting team’s (SIT) probe until late Tues-day evening, though no human remains were found.As part of the ongoing probe, the SIT deployed a drone-mounted ground penetrating radar (GPR) to survey the area, after calibrating the device…
Udupi: Police across Udupi district registered several cases over the past week in connection with illegal sand extraction and transportation, seizing several vehicles and arresting key suspects.On Aug 11, acting on a tip-off about sand being moved from Yadtadi towards Heradi, Brahmavar police intercepted a tipper tempo. The driver, identified as Amruth S, was found…
