Udupi: Police succeeded in arresting Hanumantha Basappakambili (39) within 24 hours from Pernankila forest in Hiriyadka.

Mangaluru: The Election Commission of India is coming up with new and innovative ideas to reach out to voters. This year being the election year, the commission has started a drive with hash tag #NoVoterToBeLeftBehind and has started various services for voters to ease their hassles faced during elections.

Mangaluru: Condemning the Central Government’s decision to merge Vijaya Bank with the Bank of Baroda, Dakshina Kannada District Congress Committee on Monday staged protest outside the Vijaya Bank branch in Mallikatte here in Mangaluru.

Mangaluru: Beary’s Institute of Technology (BIT) and Beary’s Enviro Architecture Design School (BEADS) has come out with an innovative idea of turning April 1, a day celebrated as the ‘April fool day’ among masses by playing pranks, jokes and bluffing each other into a ‘April Cool Day’ by planting trees.

Mangaluru: Ilyas Muhammed Thumbe, who has served as the Karnataka State President and National Secretary of PFI, SDPI National General Secretary and State President, is now the SDPI’s candidate from Dakshina Kannada Constituency for the upcoming Lok Sabha Election.

Manipal: Veteran Play-writer, writer and actress Malati Sagar died at a private hospital in Manipal on Sunday night here.

Udupi: Basappakali (39), a resident of Badami Taluk on and accused in the rape and murder case of a minor girl in Mondusagri, escaped from the police custody hours after he was produced before a magistrate here.

Haliyal: One person was arrested in Haliyal following a complaint by block Congress against a Facebook post on Indira Gandhi. The arrest was made on Saturday 30 March here.