In a case where a woman was allegedly raped after being promised marriage and later deceived while pregnant, the DNA report has now confirmed that the child belongs to the accused, Shri Krishna J. Rao, son of BJP leader P.G. Jagannivas Rao. The report was disclosed by K.P. Nanjundi, State President of Vishwakarma Maha Mandal, during a press conference held in Puttur on Saturday.

AKMS bus owner Saifuddin was murdered by three men armed with deadly weapons. According to preliminary investigation, the assailants were drivers employed in Saifuddin’s own bus service, Udupi Superintendent of Police Hariram Shankar confirmed.

In a shocking incident, Saifuddin alias Saipu Aatradi, owner of AKMS buses, was murdered on Saturday morning near Salmara in Kodavoor, Udupi.

A fresh clarification has been issued by Advocate KV Dhanajay on the Supreme Court’s May 5, 2025 order in the Dharmasthala case, where a former sanitation worker had alleged mass burials of victims of murder and sexual assault inside the temple town. The statement, dated September 26, 2025, stressed that the top court’s dismissal of the writ petition had been purely on procedural grounds of delay and laches, and not on the merits of the grave allegations.

Barke police have arrested two men in connection with the possession and supply of narcotic substances and seized 174 grams of opium along with other valuables from them.

The Departments of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE), Artificial Intelligence & Data Science (AI & DS), and Electronics & Communication Engineering (ECE) of Bearys Institute of Technology (BIT) have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with JumpWhere Solutions LLP, an ed-tech and finishing school focused on bridging the gap between academia and industry.

The Departments of Computer Science and Engineering and Electronics and Communication Engineering at Bearys Institute of Technology (BIT) organized a 24-hour inter-department Makethon, “Ecoverse,” on September 23 and 24 at the Bearys Knowledge Campus, supported by the IEEE BIT Student Branch.

A 58-year-old man was seriously injured as a car hit him while he was crossing the Mani-Mysuru National Highway stretch in Sampya of Aryapu village, Puttur taluk, on Wednesday morning.