Mangaluru: Water level is rapidly depleting in the dams across D K district due to intense heat. Thumbe dam, supplying water to the 60 wards of Mangalore municipality, has seen a rapid decrease in the water level and the extreme heat has also contributed to increased evaporation rate.

Mangaluru: Former Mangaluru City North MLA B A Mohiuddin Bava said that he was still in JDS and would extend his support to BJP. He was addressing the media in the Press Club in Mangaluru on Monday. However he refused to agree with all the policies of BJP, Mohiuddin Bava stated.

Kasaragod (Kerala): One person died and 30 others were injured when a private bus they were travelling in was involved in an accident on the highway here on Monday, police said.

State Legislative Assembly Speaker U.T. Khader has announced the allocation of funds for various development projects in Ullal. A total of 8 crores has been sanctioned for the construction of Abbakka Bhavan, while 6 crores has been allocated for Beary Bhavan. Khader confirmed that a tender has already been issued for these projects.

Mangaluru: In an incident reported, an activist associated with Arun Kumar Puttila Parivar alleged hooliganism against Journalists at the Dakshina Kannada district BJP office in the city on Saturday.

Arun Kumar Puttila, who contested the last assembly elections as an independent rebel, causing the BJP to secure the 3rd place in the Puttur Vidhan Sabha constituency, faced widespread opposition from Puttur BJP leaders regarding his rejoining the BJP. As a result, his inclusion in the party has been postponed.

Mangaluru: The city Lokayukta Police have reportedly conducted a surprise inspection at the Mangaluru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) office on Wednesday (March 13) evening, in the backdrop of complaints regarding delay in disposing of the files of public and the increasing role of middlemen in the office.

A Sangh Parivar member has been accused having verbally abused a women and child rights activist in the city, with the members of a women's forum complaining to the city police against him.