Udupi: Hotel Manipal Inn on Sunday organised a felicitation ceremony for the students and academic achievers. The event was organised at the hotel premises here.

Senior writer U.A. Khasim (74), who was one of the architects of the Beary Andolan reportedly passed away at his residence in the city during the early hours of Monday. 

Mangaluru: IndiGo, a private airline, on Sunday started the regular operation of its new flight in the Mumbai-Mangaluru-Mumbai sector on Sunday. The daily flight leaves Mumbai at 8.50 AM and reaches Mangaluru at 10.20 AM. Then, the flight leaves Mangaluru at 11 AM to reach Mumbai at 12.40 PM. IndiGo is using Airbus A320 for the new service, a release from the airline said.

Bantwal: Two persons have been arrested and 355 grams of ganja was seized from them at Melkar in Bantwal taluk of Karnataka's Dakshina Kannada district, police said on Saturday.

Udupi: A stone inscription belonging to 15th century Vijayanagara empire was found in Nandanavana village of Byndoor taluk in Udupi district.

Mangaluru: The interrogation of Rahul Gandhi by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has exposed the BJP's constant fear of the Congress leader who has been fighting against the Centre's "anti-people" policies, deputy Leader of Opposition in the Karnataka assembly U T Khader said on Wednesday.

Belthangady: A Bike rider reportedly passed away on the spot after crashing into a tree that had fallen in the middle of the road going towards Netravati Snanaghatta at Dharmasthala around 5 am on Wednesday.

Mangaluru: Customs officials at the Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) have seized 2.468 kg of gold worth Rs 1.36 crore from two passengers in separate incidents on Tuesday.