Mangaluru: The Dakshina Kannada District administration on Thursday ordered closure of Charmadi Ghat for traffic movement on August 9.

The Ghat section that is witnessing heavy rain from last five days was closed for traffic on August 7 and 8 but the administration extended the closure till Friday.

The move comes in the wake of several land slides and tree falls that have been reported in the Ghat section over the last few days due to rain.

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Udupi: The Udupi Excise Department seized more than 200 boxes of Goa liquor, worth lakhs of rupees, which had been stored illegally in a house owned by Avinash Malli in Bola village of Karkala taluk.

The excise officers conducted a raid on the two houses owned by Malli in the village under suspicion that a liquor racket was functioning from there. They found and confiscated the 200 boxes of illegal supplies of Goan liquor in one of the houses, during the raid.

Further investigation on the matter is on.