Belthangady: A bus traveling on the Charmadi Ghat road late Wednesday night was forced to stop abruptly when a wild elephant appeared on the road. The bus driver immediately applied the brakes upon spotting the elephant standing in the middle of the road, causing alarm among the passengers.

Mangaluru: Social activist and convener Umar UH, who had been recently appointed as the chairperson of the Karnataka Beary Sahitya Academy, took charge at the Academy office situated in the Mangaluru Taluk Panchayat building on Thursday.

Mangaluru: The city police have nabbed five more individuals, in connection with the Boliyar stabbing incident taking the total number of arrests to 11, on Wednesday.

Bantwal: A woman alone at home was sexually harassed and received death threats from a man from Hassan at Bondala near Kalladka on Tuesday.

Air India Express is all set to increase frequency of its flights from Mangaluru International Airport to Abu Dhabi to a daily flight from July 22. Currently the Airlines operates 4 flights in a week to the capital city of United Arab Emirates from the coast.

When the Congress came to power in the state, it promised to take action to control communal activities in the Dakshina Kannada district. However, communal activities inciting hatred have continued, stated a joint Forum of secular parties and organization demanding action to prevent such incidents, submitted a request to the district in-charge minister.

In the latest development concerning the Boliyar stabbing incident, the Konaje police have detained three suspects believed to be involved in the altercation near Boliyar, Mudipu, on Sunday night.

Mangaluru: The Mangaluru Central Crime Branch Police arrested three individuals for allegedly plotting to rob rich people, traders and businessmen in Mukkancheri area of Ullal.