Mangaluru: The district administration has informed that the sale and publicly using the chewable tobacco products such as pan masala, zarda and khani is banned in the public interest until further orders across the district.

Mangaluru: In a gruesome incident a couple was on Wednesday murdered in broad daylight by their neighbor over a land dispute beside their house here in Kinnigoli vicinity in the city.

Bantwal: The Bantwal Town Police has registered a case against a youth of Alampady in the Taluk for sharing a post on social media with communally sensitive content and for spreading hate among people of communities with the post.

Udupi: Deputy Commissioner G. Jagadish has informed that with an aim to help revive the economy, lockdown will be relaxed in the district and several developmental works will be permitted as no coronavirus cases have been reported in the district for the last 30 days.

Mangaluru: Violating the lockdown and social distancing norms hundreds of migrant labourers on Tuesday gathered at the Mangaluru Townhall premises as the Dakshina Kannada District Administration began procedure of sending migrant labourers to their home districts.

Former Kundapur MLA and senior Congress leader Winnifred Fernandez passed away on Tuesday afternoon in Kundapur. She was 92.

Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner, Sindhu B Rupesh on Tuesday announced relaxation of seal-down in three parts of the District.

Trucks carrying fish loads from Kerala will not be allowed to enter Dakshina Kannada district as the authorities are not being able to control the rush in markets, state Fisheries Minister and district-in-charge Kota Srinivas Poojary said Monday.