“In a bid to safeguard the rich capitalists, the central government is merging the Vijaya Bank, which was giving financial livelihood to the coastal region and was in benefit; with Dena Bank and Baroda Bank, which are in the loss;” accused former minister B. Ramanatha Rai.

The First Additional District and Sessions Court on Monday rejected the anticipatory bail plea of four suspected accused from Sullia in the Gauri Lankesh murder case.  

Acting on a tip off that explosives are being transported illegally in a two-wheeler, police arrested an accused and recovered the materials worth lakhs at Keddalike in Punjalkatte police station limits on Monday.

A bus agent was attacked with machetes by bike borne unidentified assailants in Kaikamba-Gurukambala near Suralpady on Monday night around 8pm.

To mark the World Heart Day, a pediatric cardiac check up camp would be conducted at the AJ Hospital and Research Centre out patient department here on September 29. The participants would be given free medical advice and echocardiographic check up at 50 per cent rate.

The police arrested an aged person on charges of outraging Badagannur grama panchayat member and ASHA worker at Dembale in the taluk on Sunday. The accused was produced before the court which remanded him to judicial custody.

A passenger was robbed of cash and valuables after making him unconscious in a train while coming from Mumbai on Sunday.

The body of Muhammad Sameer (35) of Ganjimata in Badaga Ulippady village, found at Devathanapatti near Krishnagiri in Keni district of Tamil Nadu, is being taken to his native place in a special Ambulance.