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DAKSHINA KANNADA DISTRICT NEWS
Plan to hold Kambala race during Mysuru Dasara celebrations runs into hot water
July 05, 2026 7:39 pm
Stating that Dasara and Kambala have earned distinct identities, BJP Mysuru MP Yaduveer Wadiyar asks the Congress government to preserve them.
Congress MLA Ashok Kumar Rai, former BJP MLA Sanjeeva Matandoor among several booked for cockfighting in Karnataka
December 22, 2025 3:22 pm
Congress MLA Ashok Kumar Rai defended cockfighting as a cultural practice linked to the Ullalthi shrine in the Dakshina Kannada district.
‘Dharmasthala secret burials’: Former sanitation worker who ‘disposed of bodies in cases of suspicious deaths’ appears in court to make statement
July 11, 2025 11:08 pm
Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara had earlier stated that formal investigations were yet to begin in the case since the former sanitation worker had not appeared in court to provide a statement
Prohibitory orders imposed after pickup van driver killed in Karnataka's Dakshina Kannada district
May 27, 2025 11:04 pm
While condemning the murder, minister Dinesh Gundu Rao says there is an organised network trying to disrupt peace in Dakshina Kannada district.
BJP MLA Harish Poonja booked for ‘provocative’ speech days after communal tensions erupt in coastal Karnataka districts
May 05, 2025 8:11 am
Prohibitory orders are in force in Mangaluru till May 6 to prevent any untoward incidents
Unsung Heroes: Charmadi Hasanabba – a hotel owner at the foothill of a treacherous ghat who turned life saver for accident victims
December 15, 2024 10:31 am
In 2023, the Karnataka government awarded Charmadi Hasanabba the Rajyotsava Award for social service to mark the anniversary of the state formation day.
Bengaluru News Highlights: BMTC bus catches fire; Red alert in Dakshina Kannada
July 10, 2024 9:20 am
Bengaluru News Highlights: Dakshina Kannada and Udupi received 150 mm and 152 mm of rain, causing 2,225 villages to be waterlogged.
Solving Crime: How a cricket tournament helped Karnataka Police crack a 13-year-old murder case
June 24, 2024 11:03 pm
In 2014, Vishwanath Shetty had settled down in his new life as a financier in Erode. But unknown to him, the Puttur police had had a breakthrough in an unsolved case – one that would lead to Shetty’s arrest and conviction for murder.
Zero admission recorded in 55 govt schools in Udupi, Dakshina Kannada districts
July 10, 2023 6:38 am
Zero admission to Class 1 has been recorded in 24 schools in Dakshina Kannada – two schools in Puttur taluk, four in Bantwal, three in Belthangady, two in Mangalore North, two in Mangalore South, three in Moodbidri, and eight schools in Sullia taluk.
Karnataka man, female friend attacked while waiting to watch movie; moral policing suspected
December 10, 2022 9:49 am
Five persons in the Sullia region have been booked for assaulting the couple. Moral policing incidents are common in the communally divided Dakshina Kannada region, police said
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