Mangaluru: Highland Islamic Forum (HIF) on Monday organised a felicitation ceremony for the students who scored more than 90% marks in the recently announced PU II examination results. The forum also awarded scholarships to the students during the ceremony to honor their feat.

Udupi: Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Shobha Karandlaje on Monday symbolically inaugurated the electrification of the entire 740-km Konkan railway stretch at the Indrali railway station in Udupi at the same time when Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the electrification project to the nation in Bengaluru.

Udupi: Hotel Manipal Inn on Sunday organised a felicitation ceremony for the students and academic achievers. The event was organised at the hotel premises here.

Senior writer U.A. Khasim (74), who was one of the architects of the Beary Andolan reportedly passed away at his residence in the city during the early hours of Monday. 

Mangaluru: IndiGo, a private airline, on Sunday started the regular operation of its new flight in the Mumbai-Mangaluru-Mumbai sector on Sunday. The daily flight leaves Mumbai at 8.50 AM and reaches Mangaluru at 10.20 AM. Then, the flight leaves Mangaluru at 11 AM to reach Mumbai at 12.40 PM. IndiGo is using Airbus A320 for the new service, a release from the airline said.

Bantwal: Two persons have been arrested and 355 grams of ganja was seized from them at Melkar in Bantwal taluk of Karnataka's Dakshina Kannada district, police said on Saturday.

Udupi: A stone inscription belonging to 15th century Vijayanagara empire was found in Nandanavana village of Byndoor taluk in Udupi district.

Mangaluru: The interrogation of Rahul Gandhi by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has exposed the BJP's constant fear of the Congress leader who has been fighting against the Centre's "anti-people" policies, deputy Leader of Opposition in the Karnataka assembly U T Khader said on Wednesday.