A much-needed move towards digitisation in the private bus sector in Dakshina Kannada district will likely be witnessed as private buses will soon accept UPI payments from passengers, aiming to enhance convenience and efficiency of bus travel in the coastal region.

A MESCOM lineman was electrocuted while working on an electric pole at Parla near Alekkadi on Monday.

Days after Monsoon rains in the state went weak, the Indian Meteorological Department has forecasted intensified rains across the three coastal districts accompanied by heavy winds during the next few days.

The police have launched an investigation into the suspicious death of a 37-year-old woman, Hemavathi, at her residence in Biliyuru Darkhas near Perne on Sunday night.

A dead body of a young man was found under mysterious circumstances in Kanthamangala of Ajjawara village in Sullia on Monday.

Eid-al-Adha (Bakrid) is being celebrated with great enthusiasm and excitement in the Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts on Monday, June 17.

Mangaluru: Bajpe Police have taken into custody two minor boys from Suralpady, who are suspects in a case of theft at the residence of a MESCOM official at Tenka Ekkar recently.

Mangaluru: Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee working president Dr Manjunath Bhandary on Friday condemned the incidents at Boliyaru in Bantwal Taluk that took place soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi took oath as Prime Minister for the third term.