The unfortunate incident which took place at Kutrupady near Kadaba on 1 May where some miscreants reportedly placed a Hanuman portrait inside Immanuel Assembly of God Church while destroying the cross to replace it with saffron flag is taking new twists day by day, it is learned.

Bhatkal: Local Police on Saturday raided a warehouse and seized several boxes of illegally stored foreign cigarettes here in Chowk Bazaar of the city.

Udupi district BJP president Kuilady Suresh Nayak on Friday said that the final decision over Congress leader Pramod Madhvaraj’s migration to BJP will be taken by the BJP state president.

Bhatkal crescent moon committee on late Sunday evening announced that Eid-ul-Fitr in Bhatkal will be celebrated on Tuesday, May 3 as the crescent moon was sighted on Sunday.

Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada Qazi Thwaka Ahmed Musliyar on Sunday evening announced that Eid-ul-Fitr in the district will be celebrated on Tuesday, May 3 as the crescent moon was not sighted on Sunday.

Kasargod: A 16-year-old student died while five others are being treated in critical condition after allegedly eating Shawarma from a local eatery here in the city.

Mangaluru: A 26-year-old man was arrested by the Ullal Police for allegedly barging into the women’s section of mosque and misbehaving with the women worshippers who were praying at the mosque on the occasion of “Lailathul Qadr”.

 In a video that has gone viral on social media, a Mannagundi Nelyadi woman resident has accused the BJP and Bajrang Dal gang of assaulting her and her employee three days ago while they were taking home a female calf belonging to the woman after the day’s grazing. Reportedly, the victimized woman is seen crying in the video detailing the physical assault inflicted on her by the BJP and Bajrang Dal gang.