A horrific road accident near the Talapady toll gate on the K C Road claimed the lives of five people on Wednesday afternoon.

In a shocking incident, three members of a family allegedly consumed acid, leading to their deaths in Ambalathara during the early hours of Thursday.

Due to heavy rainfall, a holiday has been declared on Thursday, August 28, for all schools and PU colleges in the taluks of Mangaluru, Bantwal, and Ullal.

A case has been registered against Vasanth Giliyar of the Punya Kshetra Samrakshana Samiti for allegedly making a speech to provoke hatred among communities and sharing it on YouTube.

A 44-year-old man from Karkala was arrested for the alleged murder of a man at Kuntalpadi within the limits of Karkala Town Police Station limits on Tuesday over a dispute regarding relationship with a woman.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted heavy rainfall across Karnataka from August 27, with showers likely to continue until September 1.

Officers of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) for the Dharmasthala mass burial case, who had brought the complainant-witness CN Chinnaiah to the house of activist Mahesh Shetty Timarodi in Ujire on Tuesday for an inquest, have confiscated various things belonging to Chinnaiah, including his mobile phone, found there.

A 50-year-old man residing alone in an apartment on the way to Kuntalpady was hacked to death at a junction near a chicken farm recently, with the incident coming to light on Tuesday morning.