Coastal Districts

Udupi, Apr 12: A contractor and BJP worker, who had recently accused Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Minister K S Eshwarappa of corruption, today found dead in Udupi.

Mangaluru, Apr 11: Deputy Leader of the Opposition and Mangaluru MLA U T Khader has called upon the people of Karnataka to foil any attempt of the "communal forces" to disrupt harmony in the society.

Mangaluru, Apr 11: The sleuths of Mangaluru South Police arrested two rowdy sheeters for allegedly assaulting employees of a chicken stall and later trying to create fear in the area by brandishing knives at the general public who had tried to prevent them from stabbing, at Valencia Junction in Mangaluru.

Mangaluru, Apr 10: Two young women drowned at NITK beach in Surathkal on the outskirts of the city today.

Mangaluru, Apr 9: Two persons including a seven-year-old boy suffered injuries after a BMW car driven by an interior designer jumped the divider and hit vehicles on the other side of the road on the busy Ballalbagh Junction, on Saturday noon.

According to the analysis by RMSI, a global risk management firm, some critical properties and road networks in Mumbai, Kochi, Mangaluru, Chennai, Vishakapatnam, and Thiruvananthapuram will be drowned by 2050 because of the rise in sea level.

Mangaluru, Apr 8: A private bus caught fire after ramming into a two-wheeler at Hampankatta traffic signal in Mangaluru on Friday.

Udupi, Apr 7: Three students of an engineering college from Kerala, met watery grave at St Mary’s Island in Udupi today.

Puttur, Apr 6: In a bizarre development, a group of miscreants belonging to a Hindutva groups last night waylaid a bus in which Puttur MLA Sanjeeva Matandoor was travelling and took him to task for failing to protect the men who were detained by the police in connection with “immoral policing”.

More than four years after journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh was shot dead by motorcycle-borne men outside her house here, the trial in the case is set to start from May 27, the prosecution lawyer said.