A medical store caught fire following a short circuit on Central Market Road in the city on Tuesday night. It has been reported that the medicines and other materials in the store have burnt in the incident.

Thieves barged into a house in Bobbekeri Devasya Bail in Vittla and decamped with cash and valuables worth lakhs of rupees.

A gang of miscreants allegedly abducted, thrashed, and looted a 37-year-old man on the pretext of offering a lift in the car.

Two workers seriously injured due to electric shock while they were working on an electric pole in Kudtamugeru in Kolnadu village here on Tuesday.

Six boats from Tamil Nadu, anchored on the banks of Netravati at Kotepura near Ullal, have been seized by the department of fisheries, the coastal security force and the police here.

It would be best if we keep the age-old traditions alive at Sabarimala temple, opined Dr. D Veerendra Heggade, Dharmadhikari, Dharmasthala.

The Toll Gate Virodhi Horata Samiti's dharna, demanding the closure of the illegal tollgate at Surathkal, continued for the second day. The organizers have informed that the protest would continue until their demands are met.

Demanding the immediate implementation of the minimum wages of Rs 210 for 1000 beedies, beedi workers, under the aegis of various labour organisations, began an indefinite strike from today.