Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner Mullai Muhilan on Friday issued an order declaring holiday for schools and Pre-University Colleges on Saturday, July 6. The order was issued as a precautionary measure due to the heavy rains in the district over the past few days.

Mangaluru (Karnataka), Jul 5: Renowned Yakshagana exponent Kumble Sridhar Rao died of a cardiac arrest on Friday.

Udupi: In the wake of heavy downpour for the past few days, as a precautionary measure Udupi Deputy Commissioner Dr. K Vidyakumari has issued an order declaring holiday for all Anganwadis, primary schools and high schools as well as pre-university colleges in Udupi district on July 6.

Mangaluru (Karnataka): Amid a spike in dengue cases in Karnataka, Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao on Friday launched an awareness campaign in this district headquarters town of Dakshina Kannada to eliminate breeding sites of Aedes mosquito that causes the vector borne disease.

Mangaluru: Ten persons have been arrested in connection with a dacoity at the house of a PWD contractor, police said here on Friday.

Nihal Mohammed from Mangaluru has secured the seventh rank in the national-level entrance examination for the LLM Master’s degree conducted by Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.

Mangaluru Police have filed an FIR against three persons in connection with an accident at a construction site where a worker died, police said on Friday.

Manipal: A 10th grader allegedly committed suicide on Wednesday after he failed in the SSLC re-examination.