Record-holder swimmer K Chandrashekhar Rai Surikumeru (52), who was known for performing yoga and somersaults underwater, died of drowning in the Mangaluru City Corporation swimming pool on Sunday.

Mangaluru: Belthangady MLA Harish Poonja has called on police to take strict action against those spreading false information regarding the ongoing investigation into alleged burials near Dharmasthala. Speaking to the media on Saturday, he said that he has refrained from commenting publicly on the matter, in order to avoid disrupting the Special Investigation Team’s (SIT) work.

Mangaluru: The Bantwal Rural Police have arrested another accused in the Kolathamajalu Abdul Rahman murder case.

Mangaluru: A retired woman here lost Rs 3.09 crore to cybercriminals in a ‘digital arrest’ scam, police said on Sunday.

Belthangady: Police have registered a case against Vasanth Giliyar of the Punya Kshetra Samrakshana Samiti for allegedly posting content on Facebook that could create enmity between religions.

Udupi (Karnataka): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman received the ‘Bharata Lakshmi’ title from Paryaya Puthige Mutt seer Sugunendra Tirtha Swami at Sri Krishna Mutt here on Saturday.

Belthangady: Dharmasthala police on Saturday arrested six persons in connection with the August 6 assault on four YouTubers near Pangala Cross in Dharmasthala village.

Mangaluru: Under the Drug-Free Mangaluru campaign, police from various stations under the city commissionerate have carried out multiple operations, arresting seven people, including a Kerala-origin engineering student, for selling ganja in separate incidents.