Polling commenced today for the State Assembly general elections across eight assembly constituencies in the district. From the early morning hours, voters were observed forming queues outside several polling booths. To ensure the smooth conduct of polling, over 4,500 police and paramilitary officers have been deployed in the district.

A bike rider died on the spot in the vicinity of the railway bridge of Subhash Nagar near Katapady on Tuesday morning, after his motorbike collided head-on with a tempo.

The BJP is spreading lies and misinformation to divert the attention of people from their "inept governance, corruption and price rise", Congress leader and deputy Leader of Opposition in the Karnataka assembly U T Khader said on Monday.

Expressing confidence that the BJP would achieve a clear majority in the May 10 Karnataka Assembly elections, party state president and Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel on Monday said former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah would be defeated in the Varuna constituency, as a group within the Congress was conspiring against its senior leader.

Zinterio, a provider of interior and exterior home and office solutions for the AEC industry, has opened its doors to the public with the inauguration of its showroom. The inauguration ceremony was attended by Ar. Venkatesh Pai, Chairman, IIA Mangalore and Partner, Pailand Associates, and Ar. Mohammed Nissar, Chairman, IIID - MLRC, Chairman, Indian Design School, and Founder, aBL designs.

Inbasekar K, an IAS officer, has been appointed as the new District Collector of Kasargod by the Kerala State government on Monday. 

Srilahari Devadiga, a student of Kundapura Sri Venkataramana English Medium High School, secured the second position in the state and the first position in Udupi district by scoring 624 marks in the SSLC examination. 

The Congress had only used the Muslim community as a vote-bank, while doing nothing concrete for their welfare, Janata Dal (S) leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy has said.