The Latest Breaking News from Dakshina Kannada

Red alert sounded for Karnataka’s coastal districts on July 7

The IMD has predicted extremely heavy rainfall ranging above 204.5 mm in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Uttara Kannada

The Hindu · Jul 6, 2022

Covid-19: Sporadic infections increase active caseload in Dakshina Kannada

MANGALURU: Sporadic cases of Covid-19 in Dakshina Kannada, are gradually increasing the active caseload in the district. The number of active cases in the district, has increased tenfold in two months. The district’s active caseload was just six on May 4, and it increased to 63 on Monday. Similarly, the…

The Times of India · Jul 6, 2022

Technical team to visit Kodagu, Dakshina Kannada to study earthquakes, says Karnataka Revenue minister R Ashoka

BENGALURU: Revenue minister R Ashoka on Monday said the state government will depute a team of experts from Hyderabad based CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI) to study and assess a series of earthquakes that occurred in Kodagu and neighbouring Dakshina Kannada district over the past few days.

The Times of India · Jul 5, 2022

Tremors felt in Dakshina Kannada’s Sullia taluk

The area falls beneath the Kodagu region on the foothills of the Western Ghats that had witnessed massive landslides and changes in the river course several years ago

The Hindu · Jun 25, 2022

Causing scratch marks can’t be offence under IPC sec 323: Karnataka HC

BENGALURU: Causing mere scratch marks cannot become an offence under section 323 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the high court observed in a recent judgment, while quashing a criminal case against a resident of Puttur taluk in Dakshina Kannada district.

The Times of India · Jun 22, 2022

Karnataka: Admissions robust in some bilingual government schools in Dakshina Kannada

MANGALURU: Some of the English-Kannada (bilingual) medium schools in Dakshina Kannada have recorded three-fold to four-fold admissions. In total, 82 bilingual schools have admitted a total of 2,619 children to class I, as on June 10.

The Times of India · Jun 19, 2022

II PU examination: Dakshina Kannada emerges as Karnataka PU topper

Udupi ranks second with 86.38% of students passing the exam

The Hindu · Jun 18, 2022

Mangaluru: Woman among 4 arrested for possession of MDMA

MANGALURU: The CCB police on Wednesday arrested four persons, including a woman, on the charges of purchasing MDMA (Methylenedioxymethamphetamine) commonly known as ecstasy from Bengaluru and transporting it in a car for sale in Mangaluru in Karnataka's Dakshina Kannada district.

The Times of India · Jun 15, 2022

Parents opt for residential schools to wean children off mobile phones, gadgets

Almost all schools, including well-established private ones, in Hassan, have seen parents seeking transfer certificates to admit their children to residential schools in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts

The Hindu · Jun 9, 2022

24 more Muslim students suspended in Dakshina Kannada’s Uppinangady for wearing hijab

Last week, the Government First Grade College, Uppinangady in Dakshina Kannada district had suspended seven Muslim students on the same charge

The Hindu · Jun 8, 2022