The KSRTC authorities said that all Volvo and Rajahamsa bus service between Mangaluru and Bengaluru route was suspended following heavy rains in the region. KSRTC red buses would ply on Charmadi Ghat road to Bengaluru.

Following heavy rainfall in the district, deputy commissioner (incharge) N Devidas has declared holiday for all schools and colleges across the district on August 16.

Residents of Gerukatte in Perampalli in the city staged a protest keeping the body of a dalit youth who died of alleged negligence of the district government hospital authorities, in front of his house on Wednesday.

The floods that were created in the Bantwal region following the heavy rainfall for the last two days have declined to some extent on Wednesday

 The 72nd Independence Day was celebrated with patriotic zeal in Udupi today when rains gave a break after four days today.

Four persons injured when the car they were travelling in toppled after hitting a road divider at the dangerous curve in Talapady on the national highway.

The vehicular movement on the Shiradi Ghat and Sampaje Ghat has completely been stopped following the heavy rainfall in these regions, informed DK Deputy Commissioner Sasikanth Senthil.

Following the weather forecast that the rain will continue for few more days across the Dakshina Kannada district, Deputy Commissioner Sasikanth Senthil appealed the people living in low-lying areas to move to safer places or their relatives houses for some days to avoid further inconvenience.