A truck transporting timber on National Highway 66 caught fire after one of its tyres blasted near Uliyaragoli Kotalakatte in Kaup on Friday morning.

Surathkal: Members of several organizations, led by the Tollgate Virodhi Horata Samithi, on Friday declared an unending, round-the-clock fast, demanding the clearance of the tollgate in Surathkal.

Kundapur: In a tragic incident that occurred on Thursday in Tallur town of Kundapur here, a 13-year-old girl died after suffering from a heart attack.

Prohibitory orders under Section 144 of CrPC have been clamped within a radius of 200 metres around the toll plaza at Surathkal in the city where the anti-toll gate protesters have announced an indefinite day-and-night protest from Friday.

A private bus, attempting to overtake another in Valencia in Mangaluru, hit an egg supply vehicle from behind, as the driver lost control over the bus.

The bodies of a couple were found near the Peelaru Panjandayana Daivasthana in Ullal on Thursday morning, with the police suspecting it to be a case of murder followed by suicide.

A man accused of posting defamatory remarks against social activist and KPCC coordinator Pratibha Kulai on social media has surrendered in court in Mangaluru.

Mangaluru: A man from Karnataka, who was seriously injured in a road accident in neighbouring Kerala four months ago and remained in coma since then, has died at a hospital here on Wednesday, an official said.