Naxal leader Vikram Gowda, wanted for over 20 years, was killed in an encounter with the Anti-Naxal Force at Kabbinale forest, Udupi district in Karnataka, on Monday. Sources said that the ANF and Udupi police personnel went to a place near Hebri taluk on a tip off that about five armed Maoists had arrived to collect groceries. Acting on a …
An elderly woman's body has been found in Hebri taluk of Udupi district, following flash floods that hit the region on Sunday. The body was washed away in the Bammagundi rivulet and was found stuck in shrubs about 4 km downstream from her residence. Villagers took out the body while the Hebri police arranged the postmortem procedure.
Notwithstanding the reduction in the intensity of rains in the two coastal districts since Sunday till Monday, as many as 21 houses were partially damaged in rain-related incidents in Udupi district while a tree fell on Malpe-Tirthahalli NH 169A near Seetha Nadi blocking vehicular movement on Monday. The overall rainfall in Udupi district had been 57.5 mm from Sunday to …
A 40-year-old entrepreneur and a 34-year-old doctor, both hailing from Shivamogga district, allegedly drowned in Sita river, near Nellikatte Cross of Hebri in Udupi district, on Sunday. Around 5.30 p.m., they stopped the car at Nellikatte Cross of Nadpalu village, for swimming in Sita river. He called the police and local swimmers, who managed to fish out the bodies of …
The widening project of Malpe-Tirthahalli NH 169A into four lanes that will reduce the distance between Parkala and Hebri by about 2 km, is going on at a brisk pace with the national highways division of the Public Works Department expecting it to get completed by December 2024. Initiated by Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje, the project sanctioned and funded by …
