Udupi: Assistant Public Prosecutor Ganapathi Vasanth Nayak was arrested by Lokayukta Police on Wednesday under charge of receiving a bribe of Rs 3,000 for filing of an objection.

Udupi: A wounded civet cat, attacked by stray dogs, was rescued in the city on Wednesday by social worker Nityananda Olkadu.

A case under Dalit Atrocities Act and POCSO Act has been registered at Vitla Police Station against a BJP leader of the Manila village unit accused of sexually assaulting a minor girl.

Udupi: Karnataka Dalit Sangharsh Samiti Ambedkar Vad District General Convener Manjunath Gilliyaru has criticized former minister Pramod Madhwaraj and former MLA Raghupathi Bhat for exposing their regressive mentality by justifying the heinous act of tying a Dalit woman to a tree and assaulting her in Malpe.

Malpe, March 22: A suo motu case has been registered at the Malpe Police Station against former Karnataka minister Pramod Madhwaraj for allegedly making provocative and inflammatory statements during a protest meeting in Malpe. The gathering was organized by the Malpe Fishermen's Association in response to the recent incident where a woman was tied to a tree and assaulted at Malpe port.

In an incident reported from Belalu village of the taluk, people travelling on the stretch connecting Kodolukere and Mundrottu of the village on Saturday found a four-month-old female infant lying beside the road.

Mangaluru: Mangaluru Police Commissioner Anupam Agarwal directed the traffic police to identify and take action against the misuse of fake media identity cards and stickers on vehicles.

Malpe: The Dalit woman who was accused of stealing fish at the Malpe port and assaulted recently has expressed a disinterest in working any further at the port, admitting that it would be difficult for her to work there.