The Sandesha Foundation for Culture and Education has revealed the names of eight distinguished individuals who will be conferred the prestigious ‘Sandesha Awards 2025’. The announcement also included the recipients of the Esteem Award and Talent Award for this year.

 The SKSM Youth Wing successfully conducted its workshop titled "Business in Islam" on January 16, 2025, at Hotel Royal Plaza Suites in Attavar, Mangaluru. The event, which focused on the theme "Financial Freedom & Wealth Creation," was a first-of-its-kind workshop in the region and drew a full house of 150 participants.

The state government is determined to ensure quality healthcare for the underprivileged, said Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. Speaking at the foundation stone-laying ceremony for the regional office of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) at Mary Hill on Friday, he emphasised the need for government institutions to work with a people-centric approach.

A daring robbery took place at the Talapadi KC Road branch of Kotekar Co-operative Bank on Friday afternoon when five armed robbers, arriving in a car, stormed the branch. They threatened the staff at gunpoint, forcing them to hand over valuables.

A 22-year-old local youngster, Abubakar Siddique Razvi, was killed in a collision between his two-wheeler and a goods transport vehicle near Nadupadavu under the jurisdiction limits of Konaje Police Station on Friday morning.

A young man, aged 25 years old, died as he lost control over the motorbike that he was riding on and the bike fell on the road near Kalmanja Nidigal, late Thursday night.

A 16-year-old school boy died of the severe injuries he sustained in an incident near Peradka on the Dharmasthala-Subrahmanya state highway on Friday morning, as the rider lost control over the motorbike and the vehicle toppled into the roadside drain.

Bhatkal: The Anjuman Institute of Technology and Management (AITM) is set to host AITM CodeFest 2025, a national-level hackathon aimed at bringing together some of the brightest minds in technology from across the country. Organized by the final-year students of AITM, the event will serve as a platform for innovation, creativity, and real-world problem-solving through technology.