Surathkal: Even as the indefinite agitation against the Surathkal toll gate entered the ninth day on Saturday, the action committee has warned of intensifying their stir after November 7, by which Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel has promised to stop the toll collection.

Officials of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) have raided the homes of leaders of the Popular Front of India (PFI) and Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) in connection with the murder of BJP activist Praveen Nettaru.

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.