The Second Additional Principal District and Sessions Court and POCSO Special Court on Saturday convicted a person to 10 years rigorous imprisonment on charges of sexually harassing a four-year-old girl and slapped a fine of Rs 10,000.

Asaigoli: An iron pipes-laden lorry stopped amidst the road with its front part high due to heavy weight in the rear of the vehicle at Asaigoli near Konaje on Saturday afternoon.

Bantwala: SDPI Bantwala town municipal council ward committee members staged a dharna in front of the TMC here on Saturday, urging the authorities to solve drinking water problem in ward number 8 of Kelaginapete of the town.

A house was completely burnt into ashes due to the fire broke out because of suspected electric short circuit at Meenankaliya near Baikampady on Saturday morning.

Mangaluru: MLC Ivan D’Souza said that “I want to contest for the forthcoming Lok Sabha election. I am also one among the ticket aspirants. If the party high command gives me ticket, I will contest the election”.

Udupi: Kundapura district special court on Friday sent teacher Prasad (28) who was arrested on charges of raping a minor student of a private school in Karkala, under POCSO Act, to 14 days judicial custody.

Mangaluru: A woman killed on the spot when a tanker knocked down her scooter at Mulki junction on Friday afternoon.

Udupi: Theatre actor and amateur theatre artiste P Prabhakar Kalyani of Perdur village has got the Karnataka Nataka Academy award for 2018.