Udupi: Senior BJP leader and former governor of Nagaland Padmanabha Acharya passed away in Mumbai on Friday, party sources said.

A lot has been said about the carelessness and the menace the city bus drivers in Mangaluru has created on the roads of the city leading to multiple fatalities and casualties over the last few years. Several people have died due to overspeeding buses or the carelessness with which these bus drivers ply buses on the road in the city.

Mangaluru: Pilikula Biological Park, renowned for its conservation initiatives, welcomed a pair of endangered wolves from a zoo in Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. This move, executed under the animal exchange program, aims to safeguard the near-extinct species.

Bantwal: Tension gripped Loretto near Bantwal when a car traveling from Mysuru to Moodbidri was struck by an over-speeding tipper carrying gravel. The collision, which occurred at Loretto, caused significant damage to the front of the car, fortunately leaving the driver, Krishna Urs from Mysuru, unharmed.

Mangaluru: The 'Karnataka Konkani Sahitya Academy,' established in 1994 to foster the growth of Konkani language, literature, art, and culture, is now approaching its third decade of existence. However, a significant imbalance is evident within the Academy, as the Konkani-speaking Roman Catholic (RC) and Gowda Saraswat Brahmin (GSB) communities dominate its ranks. In contrast, the remaining 40 communities that speak Konkani, and are consequently members of the Academy, are notably underrepresented, raising concerns about equal representation within the institution.

A man who had been grievously injured in a wild elephant attack on Konaje Road in Aittur village of Kadaba taluk a month ago and was under treatment in hospital till a few days ago died here at around dawn on Tuesday.

An 18-year-old student Mohammed Irfan of Shanthibettu in Kaukradi village near Nelyadi here died of a sudden heart attack after her returned home from college on Monday evening.

The local police have arrested three men for the murder of a young man who was a member of the Kallega tiger dance group, Akshay Kallega, using lethal weapons in Nehru Nagar on the outskirts of the town late Monday night, after a fight between them over a trivial issue a few hours before.