A gas cylinder explosion at a hotel near the RSB auditorium in Manipal on Thursday evening resulted in the entire establishment catching fire, according to reports.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit schedule to Udupi has been revised, with his arrival now planned 40 minutes earlier than originally announced.

 An FIR has been registered at the Panambur Police Station after a woman alleged that her gold jewellery and mobile phones were stolen while she was swimming at Panambur Beach.

KM Haidar, who taught at Alia Arabic College here for more than five decades, passed away on Wednesday night at a private hospital in the city following illness. He was 78.

A 28-year-old scholar from Kinya, Jalaluddin Humaidi, who had been grievously injured recently in an accident in Chikkamagaluru, reportedly died in a private hospital in Derlakatte on Wednesday morning.

A 57-year-old woman from Mangaluru became the latest victim of an online fraud, losing Rs 13.38 lakh to a group of fraudsters posing as a London-based woman and her associates.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a roadshow in Udupi on November 28, BJP district president Kutyaru Naveen Shetty has said.