Mangaluru: Environmental activists from the city have opposed all developmental projects that involve felling of trees and which lead to an ecological imbalance. They were expressing their opinions on the National Highway Authority of India's (NHAI) decision to cut down 99 trees for the expansion of a stretch of the highway, from KPT to Nanthoor, at a grievance redressal meeting organized at the Range Forest Office at Hoige Bazar in Mangaluru on Monday.

Moodbidri: A second PUC student from a private college in Moodbidri has been reported missing, a complaint in this regard has been lodged at the Moodbidri police station.

Puttur: An FIR has been filed against Arun Kumar Puthila, a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka, following allegations of sexual harassment and blackmail. The complaint was filed by a 47-year-old woman at the Puttur Women’s Police Station.

A leopard that had been causing concern among locals in Savanalu village was captured on Sunday.

Deputy Commissioner Dr. K Vidya Kumari has prohibited the public from visiting four islands off the shores of Udupi district as precaution to safeguard citizens’ safety and maintenance of law and order

Mangaluru: The Mangalore City Police Commissioner, Anupam Agarwal, has assured the public that the police are taking the case of a young woman assaulted at a city hotel very seriously. The incident, which took place on August 25, reportedly stemmed from a dispute over parking and escalated into an assault.

Malpe (Karnataka): An ‘influencer’ was allegedly stopped by the police while shooting a reel, because she was wearing a bikini, at Padukere beach.

Udupi: The Udupi police have arrested two more individuals in connection with the supply of narcotics used in the alleged drugging and rape of a 21-year-old woman in Karkala.