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.

A youth in Dakshina Kannada district has been arrested for having a physical relationship with a minor girl and impregnating her.

Mangalore Electricity Supply Company (MESCOM) has alerted its consumers on Sunday regarding fake messages circulating on WhatsApp from a fake profile claiming to be the Managing Director of MESCOM. The company further requested consumers not to respond to the messages from the fake profile.

Mangaluru: Many government primary schools in the twin districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi are facing a situation in which not a single student has enrolled for Class I (first grade) during the current academic year.

Four people were seriously injured and three cattle were killed in a car accident at Kuttaru Pandit House near Thokkottu in Dakshina Kannada at around 3:30 am on Sunday.

Five people, including children, were injured following a collision between two cars near Farla Church on the national highway from BC Road to Belthangady on Sunday morning.

A 32-year-old grocery shop owner has been arrested from Mulihithlu here on charges of murdering his labourer by setting him on fire and later passing it off as an electrocution, police said.