Mangaluru

The DK Zilla Panchayat Government Higher Primary School in Veeramangala, Puttur, which operates seven days a week, has been honoured as the ‘Best PM-SHRI School’ in DK district.

A police case has been registered in Sirsi after four Instagram accounts allegedly circulated false and defamatory content linking the suicide of Sub-Inspector Khierappa Ghatakambale.

Karavali Toastmasters Club installed Sophia Zacharias as President for 2025–26 at a grand ceremony in Mangaluru, highlighting the club’s unique trilingual tradition.

Veteran rice conservator and Plant Genome Saviour Award recipient B K Deva Rao has called upon farmers to resume traditional paddy cultivation, not only to preserve native rice varieties.

In a quick breakthrough, the Bantwal Rural Police have cracked a theft case involving 45 sacks of dried areca nuts, collectively worth around ₹2.2 lakh, stolen over a span of nearly three weeks.

The body of 21-year-old Hemanth Acharya, a resident of Kadeshivalaya in Bantwal taluk who had gone missing four days ago, was discovered in the Netravati River near Bajal Mugeru.

In a long-pending case dating back to 2017, the Puttur 5th Additional District and Sessions Court, also functioning as the Special POCSO Court, has delivered a verdict against a man.

The Mangaluru City Police have successfully arrested two accused individuals who had been evading justice in long-pending cases (LPC), both registered at the Women’s Police Station.

Several schools in Dakshina Kannada are grappling with a stark reality — no new students enrolling. This academic year, 13 institutions, including six government and aided schools.

Undergraduate Society of Orthopaedics at Kasturba Medical College (KMC), Mangalore, hosted ReAlign 2025—a pioneering event that seamlessly blended academic competition

B K Deva Rao, an 81-year-old rice conservator and Plant Genome Saviour Awardee, has called on farmers to revive paddy cultivation not only to conserve native rice strains

A 22-year-old woman from Odisha has been reported missing after fleeing a shelter home in Mangaluru, prompting police to issue a lookout notice

Fast Track Special Court (FTSC-2) in Mangaluru has sentenced a 30-year-old man from Bantwal taluk to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment in a 2023 case involving a minor.

MP Captain Brijesh Chowta met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi on Wednesday to thank the Centre for transferring the Suhas Shetty murder case to the National Investigation Agency

Skeletons, when intact and well-preserved, offer vital leads in medico-legal investigations, such as age, gender, stature, and cause of death, say forensic anthropologists.

After a two-month monsoon ban, the 2025 fishing season along the Karnataka coast will officially begin on August 1, bringing hope to the fishing community after months of challenging weather.

Denis D’Silva, a seasoned Congress party worker with over 25 years of grassroots involvement in Dakshina Kannada, has been appointed as the President of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Campaign.

In a significant turn in the multi-crore fraud case involving Roshan Saldanha, the Karnataka High Court has issued an interim stay on police investigations in two major cases lodged against him.

Father Muller College of Physiotherapy inaugurated its Research Cell with a workshop on cross-sectional studies for students and faculty.

In a strong appeal to the state government, BJP MP and legislators from Dakshina Kannada on Wednesday submitted a petition to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.