Belthangady: The complainant in the ongoing Dharmasthala mass burials case appeared before the Principal Civil Judge and JMFC Court in Belthangady Taluk, Dakshina Kannada district, on Friday for the recording of his statement under Section 183 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), earlier Section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC).

Mangaluru: City CEN Police have arrested a Bidar-based man currently living in Kodipalya under charge of supplying narcotics to citizens, including college students, in Mangaluru.

City Police Commissioner Sudhir Kumar Reddy has suspended five police personnel in connection with a bribery case involving a demand of Rs 50,000 in exchange for returning a vehicle licence.

A traffic police constable was caught red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 5,000 from a complainant, Karnataka Lokayukta officials said on Thursday.

Bhatkal, July 10: The Majlis-e-Islah wa Tanzeem, a prominent socio-religious organisation based in Bhatkal, has opposed the release of the controversial film Udaipur Files, alleging that it spreads misinformation, promotes communal hatred, and targets the Muslim community in a biased manner. In a press statement issued on Thursday, the organisation demanded an immediate and permanent ban on the film, warning that its release would only deepen existing communal divisions in the country.

Uttara Kannada (Karnataka): One fisherman died and another went missing when a boat capsized off the coast of Murudeshwar in Uttara Kannada district on Thursday morning, officials said.

With the recent renaming of Ramanagara as Bengaluru South and growing calls to rename Tumakuru as Bengaluru North, a similar push is now underway in coastal Karnataka.

Puttur: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has issued a show cause notice to P.G. Jagannivas Rao, former Nagar Mandal President and current member of the Puttur City Municipal Council, in connection with a controversy involving his son that has drawn public and media attention, causing embarrassment to the party.