Mangaluru: Mangaluru CCB police and Barke police took a young woman into custody for allegedly attempting to supply marijuana to the prisoners in Mangaluru Jail.

Udupi: A junior health assistant of Brahmmavara Health Center has attempted to commit suicide by consuming poison alleging harassment by a medical officer.

The Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) urged Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan to take action against district Youth Congress President Mithun Rai and his friends for assaulting INTUC South Assembly Constituency Unit President Puneeth Shetty in front of the party leaders in a programme recently.

The Principal District and Sessions Court on Thursday convicted an accused to rigorous life imprisonment on charges of killing his father and attempting to kill his brother over a property dispute.

Following a demand from Mangaluru South MLA Vedavyas Kamath, Food and Civil Supplies, Minorities and Wakf department Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan surprised the gathering by announcing Rs 5 crore on the stage here on Thursday.

Following the recent natural disaster in Kodagu in Karnataka and in Kerala, three young bike riders from Kerala have decided to make their hobby of bike riding as an awareness drive to protect the environment. On Thursday morning, Mangaluru Police Commissioner flagged off their journey in front of the Commissioner’s office here.

Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan showed his humane gesture by giving away Rs 1 lakh each to four youths who rescued around 200 people at Jodupala in Kodagu district during natural disaster, to take their families to pilgrimage.

Due to acute leg pain, Urban Development and Housing Minister UT Khader underwent scanning and treatment at a private hospital in Bengaluru on Wednesday.