Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has dismissed the appeal petition filed by senior advocate K.S.N. Rajesh Bhat, who sought to quash the sexual harassment case filed against him by a law student. The petition requested the quashing of case filed at the Mangaluru Women’s Police station and the ongoing criminal proceedings in the third JMFC court.

A senior advocate in the city, who was living alone, was found dead at his residence in Bejai, police said on Wednesday.

Mangaluru: An incident of alleged caste abuse involving a BJP worker and a Dalit girl has come to light in Kandavara village under the jurisdiction of Bajpe police station. The young woman has filed a complaint against the accused, identified as Sudarshan, who was a BJP worker.

Mangaluru: The Mangaluru City Police Commissionerate has registered 21 cases of communal disturbance in the past one month.

Mangaluru: An Air India Express flight scheduled to depart for Dubai from Mangalore International Airport faced a delay of 12 hours due to a technical fault. The flight, which was supposed to take off at 11.05 p.m. on Monday night, finally departed at 12.10 p.m. on Tuesday.

Police have arrested four more persons in connection with the murder of Bantwal-based Ganja peddler Sawad at Mudigere in Chikkamagaluru last month.

Passengers of the Monday 11 pm Mangaluru-Dubai Air India Express flight were caught in the city airport till Tuesday morning as the flight was delayed due to problem in the engine and the concerned authorities failed to make alternate arrangements.

The soil from a pit dug for the work on the underpass of the National Highway 66 has collapsed by the service road at Santhekatte in town on Monday morning, due to the incessant rain.