Mangaluru Police Commissioner Sudhir Kumar Reddy said the city police have tightened their drive against drug abuse, with regular checks being carried out in colleges. Addressing a press conference at the Police Commissioner’s office, he said that in the last one-and-a-half months, 10 students were found to have consumed drugs during surprise inspections.

The Additional District and Sessions Court (FTSC-2 POCSO), Mangaluru, on Friday sentenced Fakirappa Hanumappa Madar (58), a resident of Hanchinal village in Savadatti taluk, Belagavi district, to death for sexually assaulting and brutally murdering a minor girl.

A shocking incident was reported from Kuttikol in Kasargod on Friday morning, where a man allegedly attacked his wife with a knife before taking his own life.

Sowjanya Movement activist Mahesh Shetty Timarodi  visited the office of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the Dharmasthala mass burial case here and filed a complaint on Thursday night alleging that four unidentified people had died under suspicious circumstances in various lodges in Dharmasthala village between 2006 and 2010.

The Bhatkal Municipality on Thursday clarified that the viral video and photos circulating on social media with the claim “cattle slaughter has taken place in Magdoom Colony” are old visuals, not linked to any recent incident. 

Udupi police seized over 65 kg of ganja and arrested two men during an anti-narcotics operation on Thursday, officials said. 

Bearys Institute of Technology (BIT) and BIT Polytechnic inaugurated World Green Building Week 2025 on 9th September 2025 at the BIT campus. 

Police have arrested the prime accused in a 2017 case involving assault and attempt to murder of a police officer, officials said on Thursday.