Mangaluru: Two employees die, another critical due to toxic gas leak at MRPL

Mangaluru: Two employees die, another critical due to toxic gas leak at MRPL

Follow Us on Google News Mangaluru, July 12 (IANS) Two people have died and another is in critical condition following a toxic gas leak at the Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL) on Saturday in Karnataka’s Mangaluru district. The incident occurred in the Oil Movement Section (OMS) of the MRPL unit, which is located on … Read more

Karnataka Home Minister holds peace meeting in Mangaluru to address communal unrest

Karnataka Home Minister holds peace meeting in Mangaluru to address communal unrest

Follow Us on Google News Mangaluru (Karnataka), July 9 (IANS) Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara chaired a peace meeting in Mangaluru on Wednesday with leaders of various religious communities to address rising communal tensions, including incidents of revenge killings and stabbings in the coastal region. The meeting, held at the Mangaluru Zilla Panchayat auditorium, was … Read more

Bold new anti-drug initiative gains ground in K’taka’s Mangaluru

Bold new anti-drug initiative gains ground in K'taka's Mangaluru

Follow Us on Google News Bengaluru, July 6 (IANS) The Karnataka Police have undertaken a novel initiative to curb the drug menace in the coastal district of Mangaluru, a region that has witnessed communal strife and incidents of moral policing but is also known as a major educational hub attracting students from across the country. … Read more

K’taka BJP delegation visits Mangaluru; warns authorities against threatening Hindu activists

K'taka BJP delegation visits Mangaluru; warns authorities against threatening Hindu activists

Follow Us on Google News Mangaluru, June 9 (IANS) The Karnataka BJP delegation, on Monday, visited the district authorities in communally-sensitive Mangaluru and warned the authorities not to threaten Hindu activists and organisations in the region at the behest of the Congress-led state government. A delegation comprising State BJP President and MLA B.Y. Vijayendra, Leaders … Read more

Appeasement, double standards causing unrest in Mangaluru: Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje

Appeasement, double standards causing unrest in Mangaluru: Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje

Follow Us on Google News Bengaluru, May 31 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Labour and Employment, Shobha Karandlaje, has alleged that whenever the Congress government comes to power in Karnataka, peace in the coastal district of Mangaluru is disturbed. Speaking to the media on Saturday at the BJP … Read more

K’taka: Death toll rises to five in Mangaluru due to heavy rains

K’taka: Death toll rises to five in Mangaluru due to heavy rains

Follow Us on Google News Mangaluru, May 30 (IANS) The death toll in the coastal district of Mangaluru, Karnataka, rose to five on Friday following heavy and incessant rainfall. Authorities, with the assistance of the residents, have launched rescue and relief operations across the district despite the downpour. Among the deceased are two infant siblings … Read more

Mangaluru IPS officers transferred based on local sentiment & requests: Karnataka Home Minister

Mangaluru IPS officers transferred based on local sentiment & requests: Karnataka Home Minister

Follow Us on Google News Bengaluru, May 30 (IANS) The transfers of the Mangaluru Police Commissioner and Superintendent of Police, following incidents of mob lynching, revenge killings, and stabbing incidents, took place on the requests and sentiments of the local people, Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara said on Friday. Addressing reporters here in the wake … Read more

2 men get death threat from suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed affiliate amid communal tensions in Mangaluru

2 men get death threat from suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed affiliate amid communal tensions in Mangaluru

Follow Us on Google News Mangaluru (Karnataka), May 30 (IANS) Amid rising tensions in the communally-sensitive Mangaluru district following incidents of mob lynching, revenge killings, and stabbings, two members of the Hindu Jagaran Vedike have reportedly received death threats from individuals claiming allegiance to the terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed. One of the men, 31-year-old Rakshit K … Read more

Heavy rain continues to lash coastal Karnataka, girl killed in Mangaluru landslide

Heavy rain continues to lash coastal Karnataka, girl killed in Mangaluru landslide

Follow Us on Google News Mangaluru (Karnataka), May 30 (IANS) A girl was killed in a landslide, while authorities rescued two people in the Mangaluru district as heavy rainfall continued in the coastal Karnataka region on Friday. Rescue operations are underway to locate and save three others trapped under the debris. Due to incessant rain, … Read more