Seven persons were injured when they were allegedly assaulted by Bajrang Dal activists during an attack on a Christian prayer house at Moodubelle in Udupi district, on suspicion that conversion activities were being carried out there, police said on Saturday. ...
05:43 PM, Mar 09, 2013
Indian-origin nurse Jacintha Saldanha, who had committed suicide in a London hospital after a prank call about Princess Kate from an Australian radio channel, was laid to rest at her husband's hometown of Shirva in Udupi on Monday evening. ...
07:40 PM, Dec 17, 2012
Bangalore: Karnataka has been hit by incessant rains for the past eight days after battling a drought for two months. Coastal Karnataka has reportedly received the most rainfall, while parts of Udupi are flooded. Heavy rains are also being reported from previously drought-hit areas like Raichur, Shimoga, Hassan and Belgaum as well. The rainfall deficit there is now down to 28 per cent. This has caused the water levels in...
10:14 AM, Aug 09, 2012
Bangalore: Close on the heels of a girl child who was made to drink her urine as a punishment in Shantiniketan, a dentist, who suspected his wifes fidelity, allegedly forced her to drink his urine. Unable to bear his torture, the 27-year-old woman has filed a case against him and her in-laws. Sapna, a native of Davanagere, was married to Akash Raj, a dentist at Subramanyanagar in Puttur of Udupi...
12:27 PM, Jul 14, 2012
Bangalore: The loss of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Lok Sabha bypoll for the Udupi-Chikmagalur seat may prove to be a gain for former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa. The win by the Congress in the Udupi-Chikmagalur Lok Sabha bypoll by a margin of 40,000 votes over the BJP candidate is being seen as a huge setback for Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda, who is already facing a rebellion...
03:56 PM, Mar 21, 2012
Bangalore: Counting for the March 18 bypolls to Udupi-Chikmagalur Lok Sabha seat will be taken up on Wednesday, election officials said. With BJP government in Karnataka facing turmoil, there is intense anticipation and anxiety in ruling and Opposition Congress circles over the outcome of the bypolls. Electoral authorities said tight security arrangements have been made for the counting. About 66 per cent of 12.53 lakh electorate had cast their votes....
05:04 AM, Mar 21, 2012
Bangalore: The bypoll to Karnataka's Udupi-Chikmagalur Lok Sabha seat ended peacefully Sunday with over 60 percent of 1.24 million voters casting their ballots. "Around 60 percent voting has taken place and the process was peaceful," a spokesperson for the state election office told reporters in Bangalore. Booths opened at 8 am and voting closed at 5 pm. The bypoll has been caused by Bharatiya Janata Party's DV Sadananda Gowda vacating...
07:08 PM, Mar 18, 2012
Udupi: About 12.53 lakh voters are expected to seal the fate of 14 candidates in the by-poll to Udupi-Chikmagalur Lok Sabha seat on Sunday, where three major parties Congress, BJP and JDS have gone on a high voltage campaign. This is the second by-poll being held in Karnataka after DV Sadananda Gowda assumed office as Chief Minister. The by-poll was necessitated after Gowda vacated the seat following his elevation as...
09:58 AM, Mar 18, 2012
Bangalore: Udupi is known for temples and Chikmagalur for enchanting coffee plantations, but over the next two weeks a battle of controversies will unfold in the two Karnataka districts. It will be the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) scandals against Congress scams in the byelection to the Udupi-Chikmagalur Lok Sabha seat. The fight for the March 18 bypoll is mainly between the ruling BJP's Sunil Kumar and the Congress' Jayaprakash Hegde...
12:52 PM, Mar 01, 2012
Bangalore: Allowing TV channels to cover the legislature proceedings from the visitors' gallery cost the BJP government in Karnataka dear, as video cameras caught its two ministers watching porn in the Assembly. The state legislature secretariat, which for security reasons banned video and photo journalists from covering the proceedings from the margins of the house, however, allowed them to record the current 10-day session from the visitors' gallery on the...
12:17 PM, Feb 10, 2012
Udupi: St Mary's Island on the Malpe coast played host to hundreds of foreigners and tourists who had come from Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai, Goa and other parts of India to participate in a three-day Rave Party called 'Spring Zouk' - the Island Festival that began on Friday. Over 600 couples participated in the festival. Flashy lights, crowded beaches, loud rock music, round the clock acid house party packed with high...
12:01 PM, Feb 04, 2012
EC has made elaborate arrangements to ensure smooth voting in the state. ...
02:34 PM, Apr 30, 2009
Cricket experts, including Imran Khan and Anil Kumble, analyse the strengths and weaknesses of the two WC semifinalists. ...
09:46 PM, Jan 08, 2008
The area near the Manipal-Udupi route has now become a huge dump yard, says citizen reporter Bhaskar Ballal. ...
02:35 PM, May 31, 2007
