A 44-year-old man from Karkala was arrested for the alleged murder of a man at Kuntalpadi within the limits of Karkala Town Police Station limits on Tuesday over a dispute regarding relationship with a woman.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted heavy rainfall across Karnataka from August 27, with showers likely to continue until September 1.

Officers of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) for the Dharmasthala mass burial case, who had brought the complainant-witness CN Chinnaiah to the house of activist Mahesh Shetty Timarodi in Ujire on Tuesday for an inquest, have confiscated various things belonging to Chinnaiah, including his mobile phone, found there.

A 50-year-old man residing alone in an apartment on the way to Kuntalpady was hacked to death at a junction near a chicken farm recently, with the incident coming to light on Tuesday morning.

Sujatha Bhat, mother of the missing Ananya Bhat, appeared at the office of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) here early Tuesday morning and for questioning regarding the disappearance case filed by Dharmasthala Police.

The complainant and witness in the Dharmasthala mass burial case, who is currently in the custody of the Special Investigation Team (SIT), was taken by the team to the residence of Mahesh Shetty Timarodi, activist in the Sowjanya movement for an inquest.

Bearys Institute of Technology (BIT), in association with IEEE BIT Student Branch and IEEE Mangalore Subsection, organised an invited talk on “Igniting Ideas: Opportunities in Entrepreneurship” at the International Seminar Hall on August 25.

Home Minister Dr. G. Parameshwara has ruled out the demand to hand over the Dharmasthala case to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), stating that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) is conducting the probe in a proper manner.