The accused was procuring narcotic drugs from abroad and selling them to students and others in Mangaluru. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Mangaluru city police have arrested a person from Puttur and seized 300 grams of hydro weed worth ₹30 lakh, which was reportedly trafficked from Thailand. The police gave the name of the … Read more
The boats have been parked at Adyar Katte, closer to the police station and further investigation is on. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu A team of officials from the Department of Mining and Geology carried out a raid at an illegal sand mining site in Mangaluru taluk and seized sand and 23 boats used … Read more
Mangaluru Central-Madgaon Vande Bharat Express began its inaugural run after Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off six VB trains across India from Ayodhya, on December 30, 2023. | Photo Credit: Anil Kumar Sastry The Vande Bharat (VB) Express to Madgaon left Mangaluru Central railway station at 12.10 p.m. after being flagged off by Prime Minister … Read more
Train No. 16585 Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal Bengaluru-Murdeshwar Express switches towards the single-line track towards Mangaluru Central Railway Station from the Mangaluru Junction-Shoranur double line at Jeppu Kudpady in Mangaluru on December 10, 2023. | Photo Credit: ANIL KUMAR SASTRY Notwithstanding demands from railway patrons, including the Pashchima Karavali Railway Abhivriddhi Samithi to double the … Read more
ADGP (Law & Order) Alok Kumar inspects the auto-rickshaw in which a blast occured at Padil-Pumpwell main road the previous day, as part of investigation process in Mangaluru on November 20, 2022. | Photo Credit: MANJUNATH HS The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday filed a chargesheet against two accused in the “Islamic State-sponsored” pressure … Read more
A regular traveller from Bhatkal said hundreds of daily commuters between Mangaluru and Karwar do not have daily train service in the evening. | Photo Credit: ANIL KUMAR SASTRY With no daily train service from Mangaluru towards Karwar/ Madgaon between 3.30 p.m. and 9.30 p.m., patrons have urged the Railway Ministry to provide at least … Read more
Concerned citizens allege that about a five km stretch of Kochi-Panvel National Highway 66 between Kulur and Baikampady has almost become a deathtrap for motorists. | Photo Credit: H.S. Manjunath Concerned citizens have alleged that about 5 km stretch of Kochi-Panvel National Highway 66 between Kulur and Baikampady has become a death trap for motorists … Read more
City Police Commissioner Kuldeep Kumar R. Jain said teams each having 12 police personnel have been constituted in all 15 police stations under the commissionerate. File | Photo Credit: Anil Kumar Sastry Stepping up the drive against trafficking and consumption of drugs, the city police will shortly initiate a programme to enlighten students, particularly in … Read more
A file photo of at Mangaluru Central Railway Station in Mangaluru. | Photo Credit: MANJUNATH HS Southern Railway’s Palakkad division will allow videography and photography in trains, and also at Mangaluru Central and Mangaluru Junction railway stations. Licence fee of ₹5,000 per day will be collected for still photography for wedding and other commercial purposes. … Read more
Tourists at Thottikallu Falls (TK Falls), also known as Swarna Mukhi, off the Kanakapura road in the Bangalore Urban district. | Photo Credit: K. Murali Kumar After taking severe blows for the better part of two years due to the pandemic, the tourism sector made a strong comeback in the State in 2022, as “revenge … Read more