An elderly man from Tenka Yedapadavu has gone missing while travelling from Mangaluru Railway Station to Srikakulam in Andhra Pradesh. A case regarding missing has been registered at railway police station.

 In a tragic incident, a woman and her daughter were killed by electrocution when they incidentally came in contact with a live wire that was snapped and fell outside their yard at Gunupade in Pernankil Grama Panchayat limits at around 6:30 am today.

The deceased have been identified as Jalaja Nayak (80) and her daughter Sumathi (55).

Shiroor Mutt seer Lakshmivara Tirtha Swamiji passed away on Thursday morning at Manipal KMC Hospital. He was 66.

KMC doctors announced that the Swamiji, who was admitted to Manipal’s KMC Hospital following a brief illness on Wednesday, did not respond to treatment and breathed his last on Thursday morning.

Lakshmivara Theertha Swamiji of Shiroor Mutt who was suffering from illness admitted to the Manipal hospital on Wednesday morning. After the religious programme at Shiroor Mutt, Swamiji complained of stomach pain and vomited.

In a gruesome incident, a woman threw her one-and-half year old child to a well and killed it at Erial on the outskirts of the city on Wednesday evening.

The Mangaluru Arya Samaj has condemned the attack on Swami Agnivesh who has been toiling for the welfare of the tribal communities, by a team of youths in Jharkhand.

Former minister BA Mohidin's autobiography 'Nannolagina Naanu' would be released at the Mangaluru Town Hall on July 20 at 4 pm.

One person electrocuted and ten others sustained burn injuries when they came in contact with live high tension electric wire which was snapped, at Maravur on the outskirts of the city on Wednesday.