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Protesting the lathi-charge by police at Uppinangady on Tuesday, the District Committee of Popular Front of India (PFI) organized a protest in Mangaluru on Friday. 

Mangaluru: Police on Thursday arrested ten persons in connection with the violent protest by Popular Front of India (PFI) activists before Uppinangady police station in Puttur taluk of Dakshina Kannada district on December 14, police sources said.

Mangaluru: Customs officials at the Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) on Thursday seized 739 gm of gold from a woman passenger, who arrived here from Dubai.

 In an incident that reportedly occurred on early Thursday morning, a private bus caught fire on the road resulting in the bus being engulfed in flames, burning the vehicle down near Jodakere in Yellapur at Uttara Kannada district. 

 Under allegation of illegal sand mining at the Kumble Shiriya Lake, a team of police led by DYSP Balakrishan Nayar reportedly seized 10 boats. 

Puttur: The demolition of a 156-year-old heritage school building at Nellikatte in Puttur taluk of Dakshina Kannada district has kicked up a controversy, after which the DK deputy commissioner K V Rajendra has sought a report from the education department.

Mangaluru: Prohibitory orders under Section 144 have been imposed across Puttur, Sullia, Kadaba and Belthangady taluks from Wednesday till Friday midnight in the wake of the tension prevailing in the region over the lathicharge on Popular Front of India (PFI) workers at Uppinangady in Puttur on Tuesday.