Mangaluru: In what has been reported as the 13^th COVID-19 positive case in Dakshina Kannada District, a 39-year old Uppinangady resident has tested positive for the virus, according to an official statement from the authorities.

Madikeri: Excise officials who were going for inspection of illegal liquor sale in Siddapur in Aloor fight each other on road. Now this case has knocked police station.

A person has been booked for allegedly entering the Dakshina Kannada district illegally during the lockdown period, police sources said.

Mangaluru: In a reported incident from  near Nethravathi Bridge here in the city an abandoned car was found on NH 66 near the bride on late Wednesday night with its driver missing from the scene.

Mangaluru: Amidst the pressure of controlling the spread of COVID-19 in the city limits, Mangaluru City Corporation Mayor and other senior officials visited the Thumbay Dam and took stock of the water as the summer season has hit the Coastal Karnataka.

Puttur: A lecturer in Punchappady village in Puttur taluk has built a home on a tree to maintain social distancing. He has built a hut on a tree near his home and has lived there for the past 8 days.

New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry has declared 170 districts in 25 states as COVID-19 hotspots and 207 districts in 27 states as non-hotspots, officials said on Wednesday, reiterating that there has been no community transmission of the disease in the country so far.

Mangaluru: People in Dakshina Kannada heave a sigh of relief as 42 people have been tested negative to COVID-19 on Wednesday . With this, there is no positive case of COVID-19 in the district for 11 consecutive days.