Mangaluru: Urban Development and Housing Minister UT Khader arrived here from Bengaluru on Saturday. Khader received a grand reception at the airport by Congress activists and well-wishers.

Mangaluru: As the monsoon continued to lash the coastal region, heavy rains battered normal life at the most place in the district including Mangaluru city.

Mangalore: A  serious of accidents between cars took place on Ullal bridge on National Highway 66 today.

Desperate over the family problems, a gram panchayat member hanged himself after sending a WhatsApp message to his friends at Lakshmi Nagar in Malpe on Thursday night.

Noted writer Dr Hampa Nagarajaiah said that either the Prime Minister or the respective governments should take steps to stop using loudspeakers in centres of worship.

Moosa Fazil, a young entrepreneur from the city, has secured the certification of Google Local Guide, through which he will be contributing to Google about local business and places of interest for updation on Google maps.

Mangalore: The biennial elections to the Karnataka Legislative Council from South West Graduates and Teachers constituencies, for which the Election Commission has set up 23 polling stations in the Graduates constituency and 14 in the Teachers constituency in Dakshina Kannada, has recorded a poor response following the heavy rainfall in the district.

Mangaluru: As a precautionary measure, Deputy Commissioners have declared holiday to all the schools in the districts of D.K and Udupi on Friday.

Deputy Commissioner Priyanka Mary Francis has announced a holiday to all the schools in the Udupi district on Friday following heavy rainfall.

In the same way, Deputy Commissioner Sasikant Senthil has also declared two-day (today, tomorrow) holiday to all the schools in DK district following the heavy downpour.