A young newspaper agent died on Thursday night after losing control of his motorbike and falling on the road while returning home the previous night.

A 21-year-old student has been arrested by Hosdurg police in relation to the suicide of a local college student.

In an early morning operation led by the Udupi district administration at the Malpe port on Thursday, 16 minors who were found working at the port were rescued, officials said.

Bhatkal: JD(s) leader Inayathullah Shabandri was on Thursday elected as the President of Majlis-e-Islah Wa Tanzeem Bhatkal.

The airport authority of India (AAI) has issued an official aeronautical information publication (AIP) supplement stating the change of city and airport name from Mangalore to Mangaluru with effect from December 1.

Concerning the disappearance of a 12-year-old schoolgirl, a case has been registered at the Bantwal town police station.

Mangaluru: Congress deputy leader in the Karnataka assembly U T Khader on Wednesday alleged that BJP state president Nalin Kumar Kateel and other saffron party MLAs in Dakshina Kannada district are running away from the people's protest against the toll gate at Surathkal here.

The Karnataka state government has appointed Bengaluru advocate S Balakrishnan as special public prosecutor to represent the government in the case of the murder of RTI activist Vinayak Baliga.