Mangaluru, a major educational hub in south India, has of late been in the news for the wrong reasons, with the arrest of a few medical practitioners and medical students on charges of drug consumption.

Mangaluru: Social worker, entrepreneur and Billava leader Sesappa Kotian (75) died in Hubballi on Friday due to cardiac arrest, family sources said.

Majlis e Islah wa Tanzeem on Thursday held a panel discussion to mark the 74th Republic Day on the topic understanding Constitution of India and our fundamental rights.

A 26-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself at home in Nanguli near Paddambail of Ajjavara village in the taluk on Thursday.

City Police have arrested a man from Belthangady who had assaulted and issued a death threat to a businessman from the city.

The official YouTube Channel of Vartha Bharati ( youtube.com/varthabharatinews) was on Thursday suspended by the video sharing platform over a copyright strike that came on a Government of India programme.

The 74th Republic Day was observed with jest and patriotism at Bearys Knowledge Campus at Bearys Institute of Technology on Thursday. The function began with the unfurling of the national tricolor by Chief guest Dr. Lokesh K.M, Professor, Department of History, Mangalore University, Mangaluru. It was followed by saluting the flag and presenting the national anthem

A 23-year-old man has been arrested on charge of attempting to molest a minor girl at Maravoor in Mangaluru taluk, Karnataka, police said on Thursday.