Renowned urologist of the Kasturba Medical College Hospital (KMC) in the city Dr. G.G. Lakshman Prabhu, who had suffered a heart attack earlier, died at the hospital on Friday morning. He was 61.

Udupi: A viral social media post shared in the instant image sharing platform, Instagram, celebrating the chilling quadruple murder in Nejaru has garnered widespread outrage from netizens. The viral Instagram story is seen portraying the accused as a ‘world-record breaker.’

Puttur: Former Puttur MLA, Sanjeeva Matandoor has reportedly suffered a snake bite on Thursday night at his residence here at Hirebandadi. The BJP leader has been admitted to hospital.

Mangaluru: BJP leader and Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel on Thursday strongly protested against the externment notices served on Bajrang Dal (BD) workers of Puttur taluk in the district.

Udupi: Local police on Thursday Lathi-charged people who tried to assault the Nejaru Murder Case accused outside the crime scene where he was brought for investigation in the afternoon.

Was Praveen Chowgale, the accused in the murder of four members of a family in Udupi, overly possessive about his young colleague Ainaz, who was his real target during the fatal attack last Sunday? Police are attempting to find the real motive behind the crime as they are not considering all the claims made during his confessional statement.

Mangaluru International Airport witnessed improvement in daily air connectivity to Bengaluru as Air India Express inaugurated its domestic operations on the route on November 15.

Udupi: Following the arrest of the accused in the gruesome Nejar massacre within two days of the incident, Udupi District Muslim Okkuta released a press statement lauding the action by the Udupi Police.