Mangaluru: An ex-serviceman was handed over to the Ullal Police after he allegedly sexually harassed a lady police officer who was on her way to the station, on Tuesday at Bagampila near Kumpala.

Udupi: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah who was on his visit to the coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi for the first time after getting elected in the second term, accepted request letters from more than 100 people at the Udupi Deputy Commissioner’s office premises.

Sullia: In a heart-wrenching incident, a 17-year-old boy identified as Hanseef, took his own life by hanging himself at his residence in Biliyar, Aranthodu village of Sullia taluk. The incident occurred on Tuesday morning, leaving the community in shock and sorrow.

Dinesh Gundu Rao, the District In-charge Minister, issued a stern warning on Tuesday, stating that individuals engaged in illegal activities under the pretext of moral policing in Dakshina Kannada would face deportation. He made the remarks during his visit to Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts alongside Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.

Ruling out an investigation by a special investigation team into the recent washroom video incident at an Udupi college, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said a Deputy SP-level probe is going on.

A 65-year-old man was killed on the spot as a car hit his scooter on Sunday evening, near the Shrikatte Bhandari Temple in Kalavara village of the taluk.

 In a significant development in the rape case involving a Dalit girl, local police have made the fourth arrest of a Sangh Parivar member. Jayaprakash (38), a resident of Peruvayi, was apprehended by the authorities, while another suspect from the same area is still at large, according to police sources.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah arrived at the Bajpe International Airport in the city on Tuesday morning, August 1, to review the progress of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts.