Prominent Kannadiga businessman SM Syed Khalil passed away after brief illness in Dubai in the wee hours of Thursday.

Kundapura (Karnataka): Seven passengers in an SUV sustained injuries when their vehicle allegedly collided with a truck near the Chandika Durga Parameshwari Temple on National Highway 66, close to Kumbashi village, on Wednesday, police said.

Renowned journalist, writer, thinker, and founder-editor of the Dalit Voice magazine, V T Rajshekar y, passed away on Wednesday morning at a private hospital in Mangaluru. He was 93. Rajshekar had been leading a retired life in Shivabhag, Mangaluru, and was reportedly unwell in recent months.

Vitla: In an incident reported on Monday, a 40-year-old man trying to catch a snake, died after being bitten by the reptile here in Mameshwara near Mangalapada.

Udupi: A man who had been working as home nurse at Badagubettu village of Udupi taluk is suspected to have stolen jewelry worth lakhs of rupees from the house on Sunday.

Manipal: A family that was traveling from Mumbai to Udupi to attend a wedding function recently lost 900 grams of gold jewelry worth Rs 63 lakh during the train journey.

A 14-year-old boy reportedly died after lightning struck him when he was sitting outside his house in Dakshina Kannada district, police said on Monday.