The Mangalore Desk at Dot Times covers Mangaluru and coastal Karnataka — city news, crime, education, weather, courts and community stories from Dakshina Kannada and Udupi, reported first and reported straight.
Mangalore
The Billava Yuva Vedike of Brahmavar Billava Sangha held a Deepavali service programme for economically disadvantaged families of widows, giving them provisions, new clothes, firecrackers and gifts.
Mangalore
A woman from Udupi district who jumped into the Kumaradhara river near Kukke Subrahmanya in an alleged suicide attempt was saved when a crocodile bit her. Her screams brought locals to the spot, and she was pulled out and treated in hospital.
Mangalore
Senior Congress leader and former taluk panchayat member Narayana S. Poojary of Hejamady, Udupi, died in the early hours of Friday, 7 November, aged 78.
Mangalore
Public-sector oil marketers IOCL, BPCL and HPCL have rejected the Karnataka government's claim that petrol at some outlets contained up to 31.2 percent ethanol, saying the tests did not follow prescribed procedures.
Mangalore
The family of Pradeep Poojary of Perdoor and Hindu activists in Udupi have demanded a CID or CBI probe into his suspicious death, alleging lapses in the police investigation. A protest has been announced in Udupi on 11 November.
Mangalore
Union Minister Suresh Gopi accused those opposing the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls of attempting to undermine the country's democracy and electoral system. He was addressing a public meeting at Kadri Grounds in Mangaluru as part of the BJP's Save Democracy, End Anarchy campaign.
Mangalore
Health and Family Welfare Minister U T Khader announced plans for a government-run IVF centre at Lady Goschen Hospital in Mangaluru at an estimated cost of Rs 5 crore, and a Rs 35-crore project to upgrade Moodbidri Community Health Centre into a fully fledged taluk hospital.
Mangalore
Police in Mangaluru have arrested a 42-year-old woman for allegedly supplying the synthetic drug MDMA to youths and students across the city. Officers seized 153 grams of the drug, valued at about Rs 15.30 lakh, from the flat where she was staying.