Mangaluru: Twitter users, mainly from Coastal Karnataka demanded apology from media houses for reporting fake news and for defaming Bhatkal in the wake of spread of COVID-19.

Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada District on Monday evening reported two more positive cases of Corona Virus, according to the latest health bulletin issued by Department of Health and Family Welfare on Monday evening.

 Winston Sebastian Pais, a third-year Computer Science and Engineering student of St Joseph Engineering College (SJEC), Mangaluru, brought laurels to the institute by winning the First Place in the State Level Online Coding Contest “Debug Your Lockdown” HACK-2020, conducted by ISTE Karnataka Section.

Heavy rain accompanied by thundershowers and lightning lashed various places in Dakshina Kannada district, including Mangaluru City on Monday morning. 

Katapadi: A 20-year-old youth died after a thunderbolt stuck him at Padu Yengudde in JN Nagar here on Sunday night.

Bengaluru, May 17: Private bus owners have decided not to run their vehicles for four more months.

Mangaluru, May 17: The rise of the cyclone Amphan due to the depression in the Bay of Bengal has, in turn, given rise to fear among the people in the coasts.

Udupi, May 17: A 44-year-old man from Bannanje in Udupi district died of heart attack on Saturday at the district hospital.