Several special trains on the Konkan railway route have been temporarily cancelled to due to reduced passenger traffic in the backdrop of the spread of Covid-19.

Udupi: Brahmavar’s Iqbal Saheb passed away after prolonged illness at a private hospital here on Tuesday. He was 80.

Kumbale: In a tragic incident reported from Kumbale, two teenagers died after drowning in a river when they were reportedly swimming on Monday evening.

Mangaluru: New oxygen plants will be set up at hospitals in the city and other centres in Dakshina Kannada district, Mangaluru city south MLA D Vedavyas Kamath said on Monday.

Udupi: The first oxygen refilling plant in Udupi district has been set up at Belapu, which will supply industrial and medical oxygen cylinders to hospitals and industrial units.

After a two-day long weekend curfew, business activities of essential services resumed in Mangaluru on Monday morning.

Belthangady: Violating all the COVID-19 norms and protocols issued by the state government, a mass marriage ceremony was held on Sunday that was led by BJP leader and Zilla Panchayath Member Tungappa Bangera. A video of the ceremony has gone viral leading to outrage by people who have expressed anguish over organising of the event.

Two undertrials were injured in an attack by a fellow prisoner inside the district sub-jail here Sunday morning, police sources said.