The District Health and Family Welfare Department’s official Dr. Kishor Kumar informed that the test reports of the Karwar based youth who had undergone medical tests to determine if he has Nipah, had come out negative. Earlier, the young microbiologist who worked in a lab in Goa creating RT PCR test kits, had voluntarily opted to test for the Nipah virus. 

Mangaluru: Customs officers at the Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) on Tuesday seized gold worth Rs 10.55 lakh from a passenger who arrived here from Dubai.

Mangaluru: A mega vaccination drive with a target to administer 1.50 lakh doses of Covid-19 vaccines will be held in Dakshina Kannada (DK) district of Karnataka on September 17, Deputy Commissioner K V Rajendra said on Tuesday.

The Puttur City police reportedly arrested three individuals on Monday, who had allegedly stolen gold ornaments worth lakhs of rupees from the Jos Alukkas jewellery store on September 1. The accused had reportedly visited the jewellery shop posing as customers and stolen ornaments from the shop. 

The body of the former Congress leader Oscar Fernandez was taken from Mangaluru to Udupi around 9.30 am on Tuesday.

A Goa-based individual reportedly underwent tests in Mangaluru after suspecting symptoms of Nipah virus and their reports are expected to be out by September 15. 

Mangalore: Mangaluru girl Ruth Clare D’silva has brought laurels to the city and Dakshina Kannada district by securing All India first rank (Old scheme) in Chartered Accountants (CA) July 2021 examination conducted by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI).

Mangaluru: Gold worth 5.58 lakh was seized from a plane passenger at the Mangaluru International Airport (MIA), Customs have said. The seizure of the metal, weighing 116.4 gm, was made on Sunday, they said. The passenger arrived here from Dubai, a press release from the Customs said.