Day: January 14, 2020

Anti-CAA rally: Security beefed up in Mangaluru

8:30 pm January 14, 2020

Mangaluru: Security has been tightened in the city and suburbs ahead of the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protest rally planned by Muslim central committees of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts at Adyar-Kannur near here on Wednesday. Police have made elaborate security arrangements and a roll call of police officers was held at the police grounds […]

Onion auctions to resume after Maha CM's assurance

States shun imported onions; Centre fears stock may rot

8:26 pm January 14, 2020

New Delhi: Forced to import onions to check spike in prices, the Union Government now fears that the key kitchen staple may rot in godowns as states have shown little interest in buying them despite its offer to bear transportation cost. Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said the Centre is offering onions to states […]

SSI’s killing: Two suspects held in Udupi

8:22 pm January 14, 2020

Mangaluru (Karnataka): Two prime suspects in the murder of a policeman at a check post in Tamil Nadu were arrested from the Udupi railway station, about 55 KM from here, on Tuesday, police said. The arrested suspects have been identified as Abdul Shameem (29) and Taufeeq (27), both hailing from Thiruvithancode near Nagercoil in Kanyakumari […]

ASI assaulted in Rajasthan's Chittorgarh

Nigerian arrested for duping Keralite couple

8:19 pm January 14, 2020

Thiruvananthapuram: A 26-year old Nigerian national was arrested from Mumbai on Monday for allegedly defrauding a couple here of Rs 13 lakh by promising jobs in a hospital in the US. The accused, Kolawole Boboye, has been arrested and produced before a court here, police said. The arrest was on the basis of a complaint […]

Dolphin population in Odisha's Chilika Lake rises to 156

Dolphin census in Odisha sanctuaries on Jan 19

8:16 pm January 14, 2020

Kendrapara (Odisha): After a five-year break, annual headcount exercise of dolphins inhabiting along brackish water bodies of the Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary and Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary in Odisha will be held on January 19, a forest official said on Tuesday. A survey of these animals is vital for the study of the growth pattern of the […]