Udupi: Devu Poojary, who had won last year’s Gram Panchayat election as a Congress-backed candidate and was also elected as the president of the Perdur Gram Panchayat, has now joined the BJP.

Ankola: In a tragic road accident reported from NH 66 here, a mother and her child died on the spot after their scooter rammed into an electric pole beside the road here.

London, Feb 13: Rashmi Samant has made history after she became the first Indian woman to be elected president of the Oxford University Student Union (SU), on a manifesto promising syllabus decolonisation and decarbonising the world-famous institution.

Karwar: Local consumer court on Friday ordered a petrol bunk owner to pay a compensation of Rs. 15, 13,475 after it ruled in the favor of complainant who had alleged that the petrol bunk owners had scammed consumers by mixing water in fuel in 2018.

(Press Release)  A 3 days old baby of Padma (name changed) was referred to A J Hospital, Mangalore with complaints of bluish discoloration of lips and fingertips along with poor feeding and lethargy.  She was evaluated by Dr. Prem Alva, Interventional Pediatric Cardiologist.  Baby had low oxygen level of 58%.  Diagnosed to have the heart on the right side of the chest.  The blood vessel arising from the heart to the lungs was totally blocked, this condition is called pulmonary atresia.  Baby also had a large hole in the heart. 

Mangaluru: A 23-year-old man from Udupi has created a new record by running the 100 metre distance of Kambala (traditional buffalo race of Karnataka) using buffaloes in just 9.15 seconds.

Mangaluru, Feb 11: Eleven nursing and physiotherapy students were arrested on Thursday for their alleged involvement in ragging in a private college here, police said.

 In an incident that was reported on Wednesday, two young men have been charged under the POCSO Act at the Vitla Police Station with charges of raping a girl, possessing nude photos of the victim which they allegedly used to further threaten her.