Udupi: Udupi Town police arrested two men for allegedly producing a fake Aadhaar card before a court to impersonate another person and stand as a surety for an accused seeking bail.The case came to light after Abbas, administrative officer of the Udupi district and sessions court, filed a complaint on Aug 13. According to the…
A family in Dakshina Kannada has maintained Sanskrit as their primary language at home. By: Ishan SinhaMANGALURU: As social media relentlessly bends established languages with abbreviations, slang and unconventional usage, a family in Dakshina Kannada has gone the other way – keeping a classical language alive, not just as a tradition, but as the language…
Udupi: A 55-year-old rubber tapper died at Karkala Govt Hospital on Sunday, two days after he was allegedly bitten by an unidentified inspect while working at a rubber plantation at Alapalli near Mala village.The deceased, Surendran PA, a resident of Nellimattam in Kottamangalam taluk of Kerala, had been working as a rubber tapper at Jobish’s…
Mangaluru: A 21-year-old man, identified as Srikanth, a resident of Jangalpalli in Andhra Pradesh, has been arrested in connection with a Pocso case registered at Dharmasthala police station.According to the complaint, Srikanth allegedly sexually assaulted a minor girl between Sept and Nov 2025 and threatened her against disclosing the incident to anyone. The girl subsequently…
Mangaluru: Tulu Wikipedia, which has been documenting the Tulu language, literature, culture and heritage in the digital space, has completed 10 years of its live edition.To mark the milestone, the Karavali Wikimedians User Group will organise a two-day decennial celebration at AJ Grand Hotel in Mangaluru on Sept 12 and 13.Speaking to reporters on Saturday,…
Sesappa from Navoor in Bantwal at work Mangaluru: For Sesappa,45, a sanitation worker from Navoor in Bantwal, owning a car had been a long-standing dream. Today, after years of hard work, additional jobs and loans, he drives a second-hand Toyota Fortuner.Sesappa began working in 1996 for a daily wage of Rs 50. A class 3…
Udupi: A 44-year-old daily-wage labourer died after accidentally falling into a well near his house while he was attempting to drive away wild animals from his agricultural land at Muduveri Kodgimane in Halady-76 village of Kundapur taluk.The deceased has been identified as Krishna. According to the complaint filed by his wife Devaki, 40, Krishna cultivated…
Mangaluru: The state govt appears reluctant to act against those allegedly dumping hazardous waste into rivers such as the Nethravati, Kumaradhara, Phalguni, Swarna and Seetha in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts, MLC Kishore Kumar Puttur has complained.He said the response of the forests, ecology and environment minister indicated that the state govt has not initiated…
TiE Mangaluru president Shyamprasad Hebbar addresses reporters at the Press Club in Mangaluru on Friday Founding president of TiE Mangaluru, Rohit Bhat, addresses the media on Friday TiE Mangaluru president Shyamprasad Hebbar addresses reporters at the Press Club in Mangaluru on Friday Founding president of TiE Mangaluru, Rohit Bhat, addresses the media on Friday TiE…
