Bhatkal: Uttara Kannada District unit delegation of Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR) on Monday visited the family of Affan Jabali, a 25-year old youngster who was found murdered in a private lodge in Bhatkal on Saturday night, in what turned into a sensational case in the region.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday rubbished reports that claimed the BJP government in the state was planning to drop implementing National Register of Citizens (NRC). Bommai added that there was no question of dropping the NRC.

Mangaluru/Udupi: Banking services in Dakshina Kannada district were hit as a majority of employees went on strike on Tuesday as part of the nationwide stir called by various employees unions to protest mergers of banks.

Mangaluru: Local Police has arrested nine people in connection with the recent attack on a auto-rickshaw driver near Neermarga. The police team investigating the matter made the arrests on Tuesday afternoon.

Mangaluru: Driver of a Maruti Omni car lost control over the wheels and rammed the vehicle into a compound of Masjid here on Tuesday afternoon at 10th Mile in Farangipet.

Mangaluru: In a rare case, a team of doctors at Yenepoya Hospital has successfully implanted an artificial metallic bone in the right hand of a 30-year old patient from Ullal who was suffering from right arm bone cancer (Osteosarcoma of humerus).

Bantwal: A sand-mining labour hailing from Uttar Pradesh has been missing since Monday morning when he was busy extracting at Netravathi River at Pudhu village near Farangipete here.

Udupi: Karnataka Meteorological Department has predicted heavy rainfall for three days starting October 24 in Coastal Karnataka and has also issued red-alert in Udupi District for three days starting October 24.