Coastal Districts

Mangaluru, July 22: An veteran ascetic reportedly died by suicide in his ashram in Bajpe police station limits in Mangaluru today.

Mangaluru, July 21: The video of students of a reputed college indulging in French-kissing in the presence of other students at a private residence has gone viral on social media stirring a hornet’s nest in Mangaluru city in the coastal district of Dakshina Kannada in Karnataka.

Mangaluru, July 21: A teenage boy was brutally assaulted by a group of miscreants belonging to a saffron outfit earlier this week, breathed his last at a hospital in Mangaluru without responding to treatment.

After the Udupi police gave clean chit to former minister K S Eshwarappa in suicide case of civil works contractor Santosh Patil, the latter’s wife has accused the cops of succumbing to the political pressure from the veteran BJP leader and not doing fair investigation.

Udupi, July 20: A 7-year-old girl was choked to death after gulping the chocolate in Bijur village near Baindur town in Udupi district today.

Udupi, Jul 20: In a grisly road accident, a speeding ambulance skidded and crashed against a toll plaza at Shiroor in Byndoor taluk of Udupi district today killing four people on the spot.

Mangaluru, July 18: Special monitoring is being done in Dakshina Kannada district in view of the confirmation that a man from Kerala, who landed at Mangaluru International Airport on July 13 has contracted monkeypox, official sources said.

Udupi, July 17: Two college students lost their lives in a ghastly road mishap near Kambadakone, Byndoor in Udupi district today.

Mangaluru, Jul 17: The police today opened fire at a rowdy sheeter after he alleged attacked two cops in a bid to escape near Konaje on the outskirts of the city.

Mangaluru, July 16: The CCB sleuths of Mangaluru city police have arrested a couple on the charges of supplying ganja to college students and the general public in the coastal city.