Continuous rainfall in Dakshina Kannada including Mangaluru, is now posing threat to the low-lying areas with flooding if the rain continues for next few hours.

In the background of heavy rains in Dakshina Kannada district, including Mangaluru city, the degree and pre-university colleges have announced a holiday on June 30, Thursday. 

Bhatkal: Things have taken an ugly turn in Bhatkal since Monday, June 27, when the renovated Town Municipal Council (TMC) building’s name was painted in Urdu along with Kannada and English by officials.

Dr. SI Manjur Basha, Principal of Bearys Institute of Technology, Mangalore, was on Wednesday nomiated as the member if Academic Senate of Visvesvaraya Technological University Belgavi by Governor of Karnataka.

Udupi: A 25-year-old man from Udupi, who tried to fleece his parents by enacting an abduction drama, has finally landed in prison.

Karnataka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra has directed the Dakshina Kannada district police and the city police commissionerate to conduct station-level survey of foreign nationals illegally staying in the district.

The locals at Sullia Taluk have described their experience of going through yet another episode of earth tremors. On Tuesday around 7.44 am, 7.45 am, the region is said to have experienced slight earth tremors. Reportedly, the ground shook for a couple of seconds’ accompanied by peculiar sounds. The people who were alarmed by this ran out of their homes during the occurrence. 

Mangaluru: The Agnipath scheme introduced by the Union government would aggravate unemployment in the country and undermine the spirit of aspiring youth who ardently wish to join the armed forces, senior Congress leader and former minister B Ramanath Rai said Monday.