At least 19 people have been killed in a stampede at the Love Parade dance music festival in the German city of Duisburg, police have said. Police had been trying to stop people reaching the parade area because of overcrowding. But the revellers panicked at a tunnel entrance.
Due to heavy rain in Ratnagiri region, rail tracks at Nivasar station on Konkan Railway route has been damaged and restoration work is in progress. As a result, following trains will run via diverted route of Kalyan-Pune-Londa- Madgoan.
A false alarm over a fire in the tail of a Dubai-bound Air India plane caused a flutter at Bajpe airport. According to ATC sources, they received a call about the tail of the aircraft having caught fire. This was immediately relayed to the pilot, who returned to the airport 11 minutes after take-off
The new integrated terminal building (NITB) of the Mangalore airport at Kenjar will start functioning from 02 August, according to MR Vasudeva, director of the airport. The present terminal building is at Bajpe.
Prof. T. Pilavendran, a Professor from Chennai wanted to give a surprise to his nephew, John Sounder Raj who was marrying Zeena from Moodubelle. He did not want his nephew to know that he would be coming to attend his marriage.
A six feet height, eye-catching statue of father of the nation is likely to be installed at the tourist attraction Malpe beach on Aug 15th. Udupi based artists Purushothama Adwe, Harish Mallappanavar from Bangalore and Anil, a native of Davanagere have fiber casted the statue of Gandhi.
St. Thomas II Ward is surrounded by the Belle River towards the south and the west, St. Thomas I Ward in the north and Red Hill Junction-Ankudru Road towards the west. The ward comprises of sub-divisions such as Kongi-bail, Rajanottu, Puthrottu, Devaragudde, Pademar and Poidapady. There are 31families in the ward.The Gurkar of St. Thomas II Ward is Robert D’Souza. He has been the Gurkar of the ward for the last ten years
Heavy rain over Wednesday and Thursday caused severe disruptions in the Konkan. Traffic on stretches of the Konkan Railway, the Mumbai-Goa Highway and other arterial roads was blocked due to landslides. The Konkan Railway has cancelled seven trains and terminated a short-route train
Appreciating efforts of Mandd Sobhann, which is organizing the first World Konkani Cultural Convention, Goa Chief Minister Digamber Kamat said that state government will fully support this event to make it big success, which is very important to take Konkani to greater heights.
Fresh Fish Sellers’ Association President-Baby H. Salian has handed over an appeal to the Home Minister of the Karnataka Government-Dr. V.S. Acharya requesting him no to give sanction to any new fresh fish outlets in the entire Udupi District as it would adversely affect their livelihood
Mantri Karnataka Premier League (KPL) season II will hit Manipal grounds with action packed four-day cricket tournament in the city. The four-day cricket match of Mantri Karnataka Premier League (KPL) Season II-2010 at End Point grounds would be held during last week of September.
The District Administration of Udupi will impose a ban on the abuse of plastic from Aug 15, said P Hemalatha, Deputy Commissioner of Udupi. “Prior to implementing the ban, we shall be ready with some of the alternatives.
Shyam N. Shetty, the Vice President of the Mumbai Bunts’ Association who is also the proprietor of the Shetty Caterers was honoured by his native village, Nakre recently in the Shri Mahalingeshwara Higher Primary School. With his assistance all the 240 students of the school were given
Heavy rain continued to lash the district with the district receiving an average rainfall of 76.87 mm on Wednesday. Kundapur taluk received the highest at 99.80 mm, Karkala recorded 82.60 mm and Udupi recorded 48.20 mm rainfall for the last 24 hours.
Tourists can now cut through the waves of the Arabian Gulf, looking out over Jumeirah Beach and cruising by the Palm Islands, all from the comfort of an air conditioned cabin and soft leather reclining seats. They can now avoid the traffic jammed highways and chaotic roads