Udupi: On Monday, July 4, Rashmi Samant, a self-proclaimed Hindu Rights Activist, took to her Twitter account and made several misleading and false claims about the Udupi incident, where three students of a paramedical college allegedly filmed a fellow student in the restroom as part of a prank video and later deleted it.

Udupi: In light of the continuous heavy rainfall and the red alert forecast issued by the Meteorological Department, Dr. K. Vidyakumari, the Deputy Commissioner of Udupi and Venkat Raja Deputy Commissioner of Kodagu district as a precautionary step, ordered the closure of all Anganwadi centers, primary schools, high schools, and pre-university colleges in both the districts on Wednesday July 26.

Udupi: Udupi district police have urged the public not to believe rumours regarding news circulating in social media that a hidden camera was placed in the washroom of a private college in Udupi by female students of a particular community.

Mangaluru: With heavy rains continuing across the district, Dakshina Kannada district Deputy Commissioner Mullai Muhilan as a precautionary measure has declared a holiday for all Anganwadi centers, government, private, aided primary and high schools, PU colleges in the district on Wednesday June 26.

Mangaluru: The Mangaluru police arrested a young man from Kerala on Tuesday, July 25, after he allegedly murdered his grandparents and attempted to sell the stolen gold ornaments in the city.

Mangaluru: On Tuesday morning, Mohammad Naeem Momin, a senior rank KAS officer, assumed office as the 17th Registrar (Administration) of Mangalore University. Hailing from Bagalkote district, he has previously served as Assistant Commissioner in Bidar and Hassan districts. Additionally, he has worked as Under Secretary to the State Government at Vidhana Soudha.

Four people were grievously injured in a collision between a car and a tipper lorry at Parlottu near Mitturu on the Mani-Mysuru State Highway on Tuesday.

The search operation is underway for a missing youth identified as Suresh (28), hailing from Makke Kolakehole, Jadkal village, Byndoor taluk. The distressing incident occurred when Suresh mysteriously disappeared on the morning of July 23, following a family dinner at his residence in Makkeya Kolkehole on July 22.