Mangaluru: Ismail Nameer Ruknuddin, a 13-year-old student in Mangaluru, has secured first place in the kata and kumite categories at the national level competition organized by Guru Goju Ryu Karate Academy India. The competition, held in Mangaluru, featured Nameer in the 13-14 age category.

Mangaluru: The PP Gomathi Memorial Education Trust, in collaboration with the Department of Journalism at University College Mangaluru, recently hosted its annual lecture at the Ravindra Kalabhavana in the city. The guest for the event was Dr. Sindhu Manjesh, an award-winning journalist, Fullbright Humphrey Fellow, and former Lecturer at the University of Maine.

Mangaluru: In a strict action, Dakshina Kannada district Superintendent of Police Rishyant C.B during an SC/ST grievance redressal meeting, on Tuesday at his office, ordered police officers to register a case and scrap the licenses of those buses(both private and government) plying with passengers hanging on the footboard and vehicles used for transporting school children running overcapacity. “ A report of such cases from each police station should be submitted to me before 25th of December,” he added, instructing the Police Officers.

Mangaluru: In an incident reported on Tuesday morning, Zareena Shaheen Kola (57), a resident of Bhatkal, lost her life in a fire that broke out on the twelfth floor of a seventeen-story building in Attavar. The unfortunate incident occurred in the wee hours of Tuesday at around 4 o'clock.

Pandeshwar Police officers have arrested two men, Akshay Rao and Shibin Padikkal, under charge of indulging in immoral policing over two employees of a sports equipment shop in the city on Monday night.

Karkala: In a tragic incident, a bike rider identified as Nagaraj (20), resident of Palli Kokaikallu died on the spot after his bike collided with a bus near Bailoor on Monday.

Mangaluru: Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) has secured two prestigious national awards. The airport received the 23rd Greentech Environment Excellence Award 2023 from the Greentech Foundation in Sonmarg, Jammu & Kashmir.

Manjeshwara (Paivalike): At a time when the Kerala Government has set in motion its majestic ‘Nava Kerala Sadas,’ outreach program here at Paivalike on Saturday(Nov18). Residents from the state’s northern tip, in Kasaragod, Kayyar under the Paivalike Panchayat limits here, complain of persistent rise in pollution and mosquito menace caused by a nearby ‘plastic shredder unit’ arising questions over the state’s firm pursuit on the ‘Malinya Muktham Nava Keralam’ (Pollution free new Kerala) campaign covering every nook and corner of the state.