Buntara Sangha Scholarship distribution

Padubidri  Buntara Sangha:  "Siri Mudi" Datti Nidhi Social Welfare and scholarship distribution programme was organised on Sunday at Buntara Bhavana.

Padubidri Grama Panchayat president and the member of Kadipatna Mahila Mandali, Damayanti V. Amin, was felicitated by Kadipatna Mogaveera Mandali at Kadipatna Shri Vishnu Bhajana Mandira.

One more vehicle skids off the road at the dangerous curve near Kannangar bypass

Another accident at Kannangar bypass. A Ritz car coming from Mangalore skids off the road at the dangerous curve at Kannangar bypass on Saturday (June 29th) morning at around 10.30 am.  The driver Sachin from Adi Udupi escaped with minor injuries.  Pic: HK Hejmady

Samudra Pooja at Yermal Tenka

Samudra Pooja was performed at Yermal Tenka in a traditional manner on Saturday, August 29th, 2015.

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Samudra Pooja performed at Hejmady

Traditional Samudra Pooja was performed at Hejmady near Amavasya Kariya seashore on Saturday, August 29th, 2015, by pouring milk and tender coconut water into the sea as offerings.

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Captive-bred fish worth Rs. 8 lakhs stolen from Mulki

Mulki August 25th, 2015:  Captive-bred fish valued around 8 lakhs was reported stolen from the Kolachekambla estuary of river Shambhavi the night between Monday and Tuesday.  Under the sponsorship of the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI), two species of fish, Tomato Sea-bass  (Cephalopholis sonnerati Valenciennes) which is locally called ‘kemberi’ and another local favourite ‘mudaavu’ are being  bred in cages placed in the estuary near Kolachikambla Basappa Mane, for quite some time. The project was for the benefit  of about 12 tribal families who hailed from Brahmavar.

The fish grow up to 2 to 3 kgs in weight in two years and fetch Rs 400 to 600 per kilogramme. This factor may have lured  the thieves to the spot. The current crop had grown up to a kilogramme each.

Using sharp weapons, the culprits appear to have ripped open all the nets placed over the cages and taken away an  estimated catch of 2,000 kgs. The value of the stolen fish is placed around Rs 8 lakh.

Officials from CMEFRI visited the spot and lodged a complaint at the Mulki police station. Enquiries have revealed that  the stolen fish was being sold in the fish markets in Mangalore the next morning.

News by: HK Hejmady