Dakshina Kannada District

The Dakshina Kannada district administration has issued a 'red alert' for Tuesday with the Met department predicting heavy rainfall.

Banjarumale, an interior hamlet in Belthangady taluk of Dakshina Kannada district, recorded 100 per cent voting in the Lok Sabha election on Friday.

Three girl students suffered third degree burn injuries on their face after a youth threw acid on them at a government pre-university college in the taluka headquarters town of Kadaba in Dakshina Kannada district on Monday, police said.

The government has transferred D Ramachandra Naik, deputy director of public instruction in Dakshina Kannada district, apparently in view of the controversy over the removal of a teacher in the city following her alleged 'anti-Hindu' remarks.

A teacher of a private school in Karnataka's Dakshina Kannada district has been arrested for allegedly abetting the suicide of a girl student by sending a derogatory message about her to a classmate, police said today.

The Dakshina Kannada district administration in Karnataka has sounded an alert in the district following the confirmation of Nipah cases in neighbouring Kerala.

Unique ancient terracotta figurines in different states of preservation, with bone and iron pieces, have been found in recent archaeological explorations conducted in the megalithic dolmen site at Mudu Konaje in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka

In a tragic incident, a 14-year old boy lost his life after he accidentally got entangled in the rope of a swing while playing near his house in Dakshina Kannada district, police sources said.

With the death of a woman in a landslip early Friday, the death count in rain-related incident in the twin coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi this week has risen to eight.

A special squad will be set up in Karnataka to check moral policing, especially in Mangaluru, the district headquarters of Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara said on Tuesday.

A 24-year-old national level woman volleyball player hailing from Belthangady in Dakshina Kannada district died of heart attack at a hospital here on Wednesday.

The Belthangady police in Dakshina Kannada district on Thursday registered a case against local BJP MLA Harish Poonja and another person for alleged hate speech against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah recently.

In an alleged case of moral policing, a student was assaulted by a group of right-wing activists for talking to a girl at Puttur in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka, police said.

After the scrutiny of nominations for the May 10 Karnataka Assembly election on Friday, seven nominations were rejected in Dakshina Kannada district and three in Udupi, officials said.

A woman lost her life and five others including the Ujire Gram Panchayat chief were injured when the car in which the panchayat president's family members were travelling fell into a gorge in Dakshina Kannada district, police sources said.

The Dakshina Kannada district administration has issued a 'red alert' for Tuesday with the Met department predicting heavy rainfall.

Banjarumale, an interior hamlet in Belthangady taluk of Dakshina Kannada district, recorded 100 per cent voting in the Lok Sabha election on Friday.

Three girl students suffered third degree burn injuries on their face after a youth threw acid on them at a government pre-university college in the taluka headquarters town of Kadaba in Dakshina Kannada district on Monday, police said.

The government has transferred D Ramachandra Naik, deputy director of public instruction in Dakshina Kannada district, apparently in view of the controversy over the removal of a teacher in the city following her alleged 'anti-Hindu' remarks.

A teacher of a private school in Karnataka's Dakshina Kannada district has been arrested for allegedly abetting the suicide of a girl student by sending a derogatory message about her to a classmate, police said today.

The Dakshina Kannada district administration in Karnataka has sounded an alert in the district following the confirmation of Nipah cases in neighbouring Kerala.

Unique ancient terracotta figurines in different states of preservation, with bone and iron pieces, have been found in recent archaeological explorations conducted in the megalithic dolmen site at Mudu Konaje in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka

In a tragic incident, a 14-year old boy lost his life after he accidentally got entangled in the rope of a swing while playing near his house in Dakshina Kannada district, police sources said.

With the death of a woman in a landslip early Friday, the death count in rain-related incident in the twin coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi this week has risen to eight.

A special squad will be set up in Karnataka to check moral policing, especially in Mangaluru, the district headquarters of Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara said on Tuesday.

A 24-year-old national level woman volleyball player hailing from Belthangady in Dakshina Kannada district died of heart attack at a hospital here on Wednesday.

The Belthangady police in Dakshina Kannada district on Thursday registered a case against local BJP MLA Harish Poonja and another person for alleged hate speech against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah recently.

In an alleged case of moral policing, a student was assaulted by a group of right-wing activists for talking to a girl at Puttur in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka, police said.

After the scrutiny of nominations for the May 10 Karnataka Assembly election on Friday, seven nominations were rejected in Dakshina Kannada district and three in Udupi, officials said.

A woman lost her life and five others including the Ujire Gram Panchayat chief were injured when the car in which the panchayat president's family members were travelling fell into a gorge in Dakshina Kannada district, police sources said.