Police have arrested a leader of the Hindu Jagarana Vedike on charges of delivering a provocative speech during a protest meeting in the city.

The proposed visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Udupi on November 28 has not been confirmed yet, Deputy Commissioner Swaroop T.K. clarified on Monday.

Advocate Nithin Kuttar has submitted a formal complaint to the City Police Commissioner alleging that an Inspector at the Women’s Police Station misbehaved with him while he was handling a case.

Al Ibaadah Indian School held a dignified felicitation ceremony on Monday to honour Karnataka Rajyotsava Awardee and prominent NRI entrepreneur Zakria Jokatte.

This year’s Karavali Utsav has been scheduled from December 19 to January 4, Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner Darshan H announced on Monday.

Inspector General Bhisham Sharma, Commander of the Coast Guard (West), visited the New Mangaluru Port Trust (NMPT) headquarters in the city and reviewed the work by the NMPT.

A woman was killed and two others sustained serious injuries in a collision between a car and a Thar jeep near Muttam, close to Bandiyodu on the National Highway, on Sunday night.

 In a serial accident reported from the National Highway 66 stretch near the Panambur Signal, three people were killed on the spot as two tankers, an auto rickshaw and a car collided on Saturday morning.