Mangaluru: Well-known businessman, pioneer of the Beary movement, poet, writer, translator, thinker Abdul Raheem (65), passed away after a brief illness on Tuesday morning at his residence in Mangaluru. He is survived by wife, two sons, four brothers, including Umar Teekay of Bengaluru.

Mangaluru: Around 40 CRPF soldiers have been killed in a worst ever suicide terror strike in last two decades, on their convoy at Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday.

Udupi: With the arrest of two more accused including main accused Chandrashekar Reddy (48), the total number of accused arrested in the double murder case of Chikkanakere of Kota Manur village has increased to 15.

Udupi: By winning the Mrs. South India Universal beauty pageant held at Brisbane in Australia in last October, Udupi-based dentist Padma Gadiyar (34) will represent India in the Mrs Universal beauty pageant contest to be held in Mexico in August.

Bantwala: Local police arrested a youth on charges of raping a girl after promising her to getting married and rejected later.

Mangaluru: New office of Charvi communication Pvt. Ltd. was inaugurated on Wednesday at Manasa tower on MG road here.

Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada District BJP on Thursday staged protest outside Deputy Commissioner’s office and condemned the attack on the party’s Hassan MLA Pradeep J Gowda by JDS workers.

Two people injured when a pendol of a programme being held at Mahamastakabhisheka of Lord Bahubali at Dharmasthala was collapsed on Thursday.