In an incident that occurred on Thursday night, a leopard reportedly ventured into the compound of a residence and caught a dog, but the canine managed to escape the leopard’s mouth and save itself when the wild animal leaped across the compound wall at Padukonaje in the Taluk. The entire episode was captured on CCTV, it is learned.

Mangaluru: Karnataka government on Thursday relaxed the COVID restrictions in Dakshina Kannada district after the number of cases in the district fell significantly in the last few days.

 In the background of the district wide lockdown imposed due to the second wave of the corona, the private bus operation which had halted since the last 2 months resumed operation on Thursday, July 1. 

Udupi: A car reportedly crashed into a tanker in an accident that occurred in the early hours of Wednesday causing grievous injuries to personnel from the Home Guard unit at Udyavar.

 It has been mandatory for those coming from Kerala to Karnataka via the D.K District border to possess a negative RTPCR report to avail entry into the district. In the wake of this mandatory requirement, check posts have been erected at the D.K and Kerala connecting border areas of Talapady,  Jaalsur, Nettanige Mudnur, and Gram Panchayat jurisdiction, where police are inspecting travellers and allowing entry to only those who possess an RTPCR negative report. 

Mangaluru: BJP Karnataka President and Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel’s brother passed away on Monday after brief illness. He was being treated at a private hospital in Puttur where he breathed his last.

Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner Dr. KV Rajendra on Monday informed that people traveling from Kerala into Dakshina Kannada district will have to mandatorily provide RT-PCR Negative report to enter the district.

Mangaluru: Noted Physician and activist Dr. Srinivas Kakkaliya along with a student and parents of students has issued a legal notice to the Karnataka government against the statement of the state’s Dy.CM wherein he had said the state will resume offline classes for students in colleges after a vaccination drive for students and teaching and non-teaching staff of colleges in the state.