Mangaluru: An alert bank manager and timely intervention by Mulki police helped an elderly couple from avoiding losing Rs 84 lakh in a digital arrest scam.Fraudsters attempted to extort the couple near Kinnigoli through a digital arrest threat. City police commissioner Sudheer Kumar Reddy said the couple were under digital arrest for a couple of…
Mangaluru: The annual ‘Santvanada Sanchara 3.0 – A Day with Special Kids’, organised by Coastal Friends Mangalore (CFM), will take place on Dec 7. This year, the journey will be with children with special needs, said Sharief Abbas Valalu, president of the CFM.He told reporters on Thursday, that in 2023, the first Santvanada Sanchara, ‘A…
Mangaluru: Mangalore Bar Association president Raghavendra HV said that chief minister Siddaramaiah agreed to discuss the demand for a circuit high court bench in Mangaluru with the chief justice.Quoting Siddaramaiah, Raghavendra said that the CM is aware that there is a necessity for a circuit high court bench in Mangaluru. “Chief minister Siddaramaiah promised to…
Mangaluru: A three-year-old boy died in a road accident at Charmadi village, Belthangady taluk, on Wednesday. Belthangady traffic police station said the deceased is Azleen Siddiq. According to a complaint filed by Abdul Nazeer B, a resident of Charmadi village, he was standing in the courtyard of his grandmother’s house, trying to cross the road,…
Mangaluru: Researchers from Kasturba Medical College (KMC), Mangaluru have developed an innovative tool to accurately estimate the time of death, a crucial aspect of forensic investigations.The Indian Patent Office officially published the patent, titled ‘A Method for Profiling Postmortem Volatile Organic Compounds by Headspace Solid-Phase Microextraction’, recently. This innovation assures enhanced accuracy in forensic investigations,…
Udupi: Udupi district is set for a major upgrade in traffic management with the rollout of AI-powered surveillance for automatic detection of traffic violations and new traffic signals at key junctions. SP Hariram Shankar said the modernisation aims to streamline vehicle movement and reduce dependence on manual enforcement. He said the govt has allocated funds…
Mangaluru: Mangaluru city police have registered a suo motu case against social media accounts that allegedly shared provocative messages with threatening contents.Kankanady town PSI Anitha Nikkam, while monitoring the social media on Tuesday, noticed instagram account ‘team_targetttt_900′ sharing a hate message with a picture of lethal weapons. Similarly, the Instagram account ‘team_nagara_900′ wrote a provocative…
Mangaluru: No matter how the education and knowledge system evolves, there is no use if one has no rational thought and does not develop a scientific temperament, said chief minister Siddaramaiah.Siddaramaiah on Wednesday laid the foundation stone for a series of ambitious projects by PA College of Engineering at Konaje, including the Knowledge City, AI…
Karwar: Thousands of migratory seagulls, also known as seabirds and locally as “samudra kaage” or “Kadala hakki” (sea crows), have arrived along the beaches of Keni and nearby Belekeri in Ankola taluk here.These striking birds belong to a rare species, listed as a protected bird species. In recent days, an estimated 4,000 seagulls descended upon…
Mangaluru: Whether it was by design or coincidence, the naati koli saaru diplomacy continued in Mangaluru on Wednesday, where CM Siddaramaiah relished his favourite country chicken curry in Mangalurean-style at the Cauvery Guest House of Mangalore University.He was in the coastal district for various programmes, including the centenary celebration of the dialogue between Mahatma Gandhi…
