Udupi: The only BJP MLA who retained his seat and managed to get the party ticket from Udupi district, Sunil Kumar on Thursday filed nomination from the Karkala constituency for the Karnataka Assembly Elections.

Mangaluru: The CPI(M) and CPI have decided not to contest in any seat in the coastal districts of Karnataka in the coming assembly elections to prevent division in anti-BJP votes.

Nataraja Malpe, the Malpe reporter for Udayavani newspaper, has been selected for the Divine Dancer Kirtishesha Sridevaiah Kharvi Gangolli Endowment Award.

Byndoor (Udupi): Actor Rishab Shetty was spotted with the Chief Minister of Karnataka, Basavaraj Bommai, during a visit to the Kollur Mookambika temple on Thursday.

A major accident was averted on Wednesday when a fire broke out near the helipad at Areshiroor near Byndoor just as the helicopter in which CM Bommai arrived was about to take off.

With the announcement of Gururaj Gantihole, a partyman with strong RSS background, as its candidate from Byndoor in Udupi, the ruling BJP in Karnataka has presented four new faces from the coastal district, which was swept by the party in the 2018 Assembly elections.

Puttur: A 32-year-old woman, allegedly committed suicide by jumping into a well at her mother’s house here in Gummatagadde in Bettampady village of the taluk.

Udupi: Udupi MLA Raghupathi Bhat on Wednesday broke down before the media reporters and said he was yet to make a decision on contesting the Karnataka polls without BJP ticket after he was replaced by Yashpal Suvarna by the party as its candidate.