Mangaluru: Former Lok Sabha MP from Mangalore and Union Minister Venur Dhananjay Kumar on Monday afternoon passed away at a private hospital in Mangaluru. He was 67.

Bantwal: The Punjalkatte police arrested a person on the charges of sexually assaulting a minor boy and threatening to kill him, in the limits of Punjalkatte police station on Sunday. 

Bantwal: Superintendent of police Laxmi Prasad has warned that appropriate action will be taken against those who prevent loan recovery agents and fish sellers. This came after two groups allegedly stopped a loan recovery agent and a fish seller at two different places, recently.

Bantwal: A pillion rider killed and rider seriously injured when a speeding truck collided with their bike at Panantabail in the Bantwal taluk on Sunday.

Manipal: In another reported death due to Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD), a 38 year old woman died at Jasturba Hospital at Manipal (KMC) here on Sunday.

Udupi: Srujan Poojari (18) of Malpe, who was arrested in connection with a bomb hoax and 'Pakistan Zindabad' slogans, has been sent to judicial custody.

As the coastal Karnataka leans towards summer with the beginning of March, the temperatures in the coastal districts have eventually began to rise after remaining mild throughout the winter season.

A gas tanker travelling between Mangaluru-Bengaluru, overturned after the driver lost control over the vehicle here near Lavathadka here on Sunday, 3 March afternoon.