Mangaluru: Pushparaj Jain, the President of CREDAI Mangalore, on Tuesday wrote to the Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada District seeking assistance in comforting the migrant laborers who he said were leaving the city fearing lockdown amidst the second wave of COVID-19.

Mangaluru: Gold worth Rs 14.55 lakh has been seized from a passenger who arrived here from Dubai, customs officials said.

Manjeshwar: In a road accident that occurred on Sunday night, a youngster died after a bus collided with his bike at Hosangadi Town in Manjeshwar.

Mangaluru: Karnataka Yakshagana Academy president, scholar and author M A Hegde died in Bengaluru early on Sunday.

Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada District Congress President, MLC Harish Kumar tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday. Kumar has been shifted to a private hospital in Mangaluru after testing positive for the virus.

Mangaluru: Karnataka Minister for Muzrai and Backward Classes Welfare Kota Srinivas Poojary has urged Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa to relax the conditions of the ban imposed on religious programmes in the wake of increasing Covid-19 cases.

Mangaluru: Air Customs officials at Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) on Sunday seized 504 grams of gold worth Rs 24.44 lakh from a passenger from Dubai.

New Delhi: Indian Naval Ship (INS) Nireekshak continued its underwater search on Saturday to find six fishermen who have been missing since their boat collided with a foreign cargo vessel off the Mangaluru coast on Tuesday, Navy officials said.