In an incident reported on Sunday morning a farmer from Vamapadavu lost his life in a head-on collision between his motorbike and a truck carrying crushed stone on the new Panemangalore Bridge.

In a devastating incident, more than 3,200 saplings of various plant and tree species, including jackfruit, wild jack, bamboo, and a variety of bananas, meant for transplantation in forest areas, were destroyed in a wild elephant attack. The incident occurred at the Forest Department nursery in Kapu, Mundaje, Belthangady taluk.

Different airlines operating from Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) on domestic and international routes recorded good passenger traffic.

The Railway Ministry has informed that a Vande Bharat Express will be made operational from Mangaluru to Goa by October-end, BJP Karnataka unit president and Daskhina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel has said.

Two college students belonging to different faiths from Kaup taluk in Udupi district were allegedly harassed by a group of right-wing activists when they were returning after visiting a waterfall at Agumbe in Shivamogga district on Friday, police said.

As part of its drive to make Mangaluru drug-free, the central crime branch (CCB) police have arrested two drug peddlers who were selling banned MDMA drug to students and the public in the city.

Dr. SA Khan, an aerospace engineering expert from IIUM Malaysia, visited the BIT National Seminar Hall for an exciting event. Sponsored by IEEE Mangalore Subsection and the Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC), Dr. Khan gave a talk on "Numerical and Experimental Study of Passive Control in the Form of Ribs at Sonic and Supersonic Mach Numbers with the Application of Neural Networks."

Bearys Institute of Technology and Bearys Enviro-Architecture Design School (BEADS) organized an orientation program on Wednesday for their newly enrolled undergraduate students, to welcome students pursuing various disciplines, including Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, Electronics & Communication, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Bachelor in Architecture.