A case has been registered at the Belthangady Police Station against the owner and staff of Prithvi Jewellers, located near Santhekatte, for allegedly assaulting three schoolboys on Monday afternoon.

A unique chessboard made entirely from beeswax has earned Prajwal M, a beekeeper from Kinnigoli near Mangaluru, a place in the India Book of Records.

This year’s Karavali Utsava will commence on December 20, with a wide range of cultural, adventure, and tourism-focused programs planned across Mangaluru and other parts of the Dakshina Kannada district, Deputy Commissioner Darshan H.V. said.

In a tragic incident, a one-and-a-half-year-old child died after slipping from her mother’s hand and falling into a well while water was being drawn near Kinnimulki in Udupi on Tuesday.

Intensifying action against drug peddling, Mangaluru City police arrested 25 people and registered 12 cases under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act between November 30 and December 13. During the operation, police seized 685.6 grams of MDMA and 1.5 kg of Ganja, The Times of India reported.

A search operation was carried out at the Regional Transport Office here on Monday after the office received a bomb threat email, which later turned out to be a hoax, police said.

Police have arrested four persons in connection with the murder of a 30-year-old man following a quarrel after a drinking party at Kotathattu Padukere in Brahmavar taluk.

 Bantwal Rural Police have arrested two men who were allegedly attempting to sell narcotics illegally near the National Highway 75 stretch in Hanumanagar of Thumbay in Bantwal taluk on Saturday evening.