Udupi: In a breakthrough, Karkala Rural police on Wednesday, arrested three persons involved in the theft of nine sandalwood trees worth Rs 4 lakh from a private plantation in Nitte village.The accused are Ganesh,44, and Santosh,35, from Karkala taluk, Udupi district, and Moidin alias Moyidu Kunja,60, from Bantwal taluk, Dakshina Kannada district. On the night…
Mangaluru: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Mangalore sub-zonal office, conducted search operations on Tuesday, covering five premises in Mangaluru under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, in the case of conman Roshan Saldanha and others.A release stated that the ED initiated an investigation based on multiple FIRs registered by the…
Mangaluru: A new research study conducted by a medical college in the city found that individuals who were infected with Covid-19 infection experienced a higher incidence of severe malaria and dengue compared to those without a history of it.A case-control study was conducted at the department of community medicine at Kasturba Medical College, Mangaluru. It…
Mangaluru: An aided school in Modankap in Bantwal taluk has been quietly making a revolution in water conservation by digging percolation pits. Started in 2019, with the help of schoolteachers, a total of 796 percolation pits were dug to date. This year alone, 164 percolation pits were dug.Carmel High School in Modankap started this initiative…
Mangaluru: A man was booked for allegedly murdering his sister-in-law by pushing her into flowing water after assaulting her, reportedly following a dispute. The deceased was identified as Mamatha. According to police, an unnatural death report was initially registered at Puttur Town police station based on a complaint filed by Ganapathi alias Ramanna Gowda ,…
Mangaluru: A team led by the Surathkal inspector Pramod Kumar arrested an accused who was absconding for four years in connection with a 2014 murder case. The accused, Shahnawaz alias Shanu, was arrested from Karad in Bhopal on Aug 4. He was produced before the II JMFC court in Bhopal, where a transit warrant was…
Mangaluru: Mangaluru CEN crime police arrested four persons on Thursday and seized 51g of MDMA worth Rs 1.3 lakh. The accused are Devaraj Poojary alias Devu,38, from Udyavara village; Jeevan Amin,32, from Kaup in Udupi; Imran,40, from Moodushedde Post; and B Mohammed Hanif,56, from Dambel in Mangaluru.City police commissioner Sudheer Kumar Reddy CH said that…
Mangaluru: Commuters reaching the bus stand in Belman village of Udupi district need not check notice boards to know the bus timings and other details. Instead, they may just scan a QR code poster pasted on the walls of the bus stand to obtain information regarding timings of buses to various places and other details….
Mangaluru: Fr Aloysius D’Souza, a senior priest of the Diocese of Mangalore, passed away at St Zuze Vas Home in Jeppu on Thursday. He was 100 years and seven months old. His funeral mass and burial rites will be held at St Vincent Ferrer Church, Valencia, on Friday.Fr D’Souza was a priest for 72 years,…
Udupi: A 17-year-old girl allegedly ended her life. The deceased is Megha,17. In a complaint, Krishna said that his daughter, a I PU commerce student, was suffering from health issues for the past year. She was undergoing treatment at a hospital and showed some signs of recovery. However, on Wednesday, between 5.10pm and 5.30pm, Megha…
