Mangaluru: In separate incidents, three persons including a woman from Mysuru, met watery graves at Ullal and Mangaluru. In the first incident, two persons from Mysuru were drowned in the sea at Panambur Beach in Mangaluru this morning. The deceased have been identified as Diwakar Aradhya (45) and Ningappa (60) of Mysuru. Two others —…
Mangaluru airport bomb scare: Accused sentenced to 25 years imprisonment
March 17, 2022Mangaluru: The Fourth Additional District and Sessions Court yesterday sentenced a man, accused of placing explosives at Mangaluru International Airport, to 25 years imprisonment besides imposing a fine of Rs. 10,000. The man who was sentenced is Aditya Rao. He had placed the explosives at Mangaluru Airport on Jan. 20, 2020. He was sentenced under…
Former Union Minister Oscar Fernandes passes away in Mangaluru
September 14, 2021Funeral to be held in Bengaluru on Thursday Mangaluru: Senior Congress leader, former Union Minister and a close aide of the Gandhi family, Oscar Fernandes breathed his last here yesterday afternoon. He was 80. Fernandes was undergoing treatment in the ICU of Yenepoya Hospital in city since July after he sustained injuries in an accidental…
Kodagu girl drowns at Malpe Beach
August 2, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: A trip to Mangaluru after hectic online classes turned tragic for a 20-year-old girl from Kodagu who drowned in the Malpe Beach yesterday. She was a student from Jyoti Nivas College in Bengaluru. Uddappanda Dechamma, daughter of late Uddappanda Jayanth had been to Mangaluru along with a group of friends in Mysuru after her…
Heavy rains predicted from June 29 to July 1
June 28, 2021Mangaluru: Meteorological Department has sounded a yellow alert for coastal districts as well as various other parts of Karnataka from June 29 to July 1 and has predicted heavy rains during the period. Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts received good rainfall on Saturday. Meanwhile, the problem of sea erosion too has intensified in some places. Kodagu…
‘Attack on Covid Warriors will not be tolerated’
June 6, 2021Mangaluru: City Police Commissioner N. Shashi Kumar on Saturday said that any attack on Covid warriors will not be tolerated. Speaking to reporters here, he said that the Police Department was investigating the recent case of assault on doctors in the city and also regarding the allegation that a Covid positive pregnant woman was denied…
Ship carrying 40 MT medical oxygen reaches Mangaluru
May 11, 2021Mangaluru: INS Kolkata reached New Mangalore Port (NMP) on Monday carrying 40 MT of medical oxygen filled in ISO tanks from Kuwait. It also carried five tonnes of oxygen cylinders and four high flow oxygen concentrators. The vessel arrived at berth number 7 and the work of unloading the tanks is in progress, according to…
Minister Poojary wants medical team to take care of Covid patients in home isolation
May 7, 2021Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada District in-charge Minister Kota Srinivas Poojary has instructed officials to form medical teams to take care of Covid patients in home isolation as over 85.70 percent of patients in the district are in home isolation. Presiding over a meeting of experts here on Thursday in the backdrop of the rising Covid cases…
K.R. Nagar man gets RI in harassment case
September 30, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Sixth Additional District and Sessions Court of Mangaluru has sentenced a person to Rigorous Imprisonment (RI) for molesting a medical student at a hostel in Mangaluru and robbing her of money and ATM card. The accused, Nagesh aka Naagu (30), a resident of K.R. Nagar in Mysuru district, had gained entry into a hostel…
Oscar Fernandes hospitalised
June 11, 2020Mangaluru: Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Oscar Fernandes has been admitted to a private hospital in city owing to illness. The 79-year-old had issues related to the chest and kidney, for which he was admitted to a hospital on June 8. However, hospital sources have informed that his condition is stable. Oscar was…
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