Mangaluru South Anti-Rowdy Squad police arrested five persons with drugs, two pistols and 22 rounds of bullets here on Tuesday.

Former deputy chief minister R Ashok said that the Bengaluru BJP unit has contributed around 15 loads of relief materials to the Kodagu flood victims and it was the duty of the Bengalureans.

A youth who had sustained serious injuries n a road accident on Tuesday night breathed his last on Wednesday.

Puttur town police team headed by D district SP Dr.B.R. Ravikanthe arrested four persons and seized two Deer antlers.

Muslim brethren offered special namaz on the auspicious day of Eid Ul Azha (Bakrid) on Wednesday August 22.

Robotic kidney transplantation has created a revolution in the medical field. Interestingly, the Yenepoya Medical College of Mangaluru is the first college in the state and the second in the country to have such a modern medical facility. With this facility, a patient was successfully transplanted a kidney in the college.

The report of the Forensic Science Lab (FSL) on the death of Lakshmivara Tirtha Swamiji of Shiroor Mutt reached the Manipal KMC doctors who conducted the post-mortem of the body, on Tuesday and the final report is expected to reach the police by week-end.

As there are chances of damaging the road and bridges on Balebare Ghat on State Highway 52 due to the movement of heavy vehicles and goods carriers, the district administration has banned the movement of heavy vehicles on the road with immediate effect till further orders.