The Dakshina Kannada District Railway Users Forum has launched a petition campaign demanding the restoration of the Mangaluru Central–Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Navyug Express (Train No. 16687/88), the only direct train linking Mangaluru to Jammu & Kashmir. The train service, which was suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic, has not been reinstated, leaving lakhs of passengers from Coastal Karnataka and other parts of South India without direct rail access to North India.

Eighteen crew members rescued from the blaze-hit Singapore-flagged container ship were safely brought to the New Mangalore Port Authority (NMPA) Coast Guard berth at Panambur by Indian Naval Ship INS Surat.

Senior Yakshagana artiste Mundaje Sadashiva Shetty died of heart attack at his residence here in Mangaluru on Saturday night. He was 67.

A fire, suspected to have been caused by a short circuit, severely damaged a tiled house in Thalangara, Kasaragod town, on Saturday night.

A case has been lodged at the city’s Bunder police station for allegedly circulating derogatory messages targeting Speaker UT Khader, CM Siddaramaiah, the Congress party and the Karnataka Police in a Whatsapp group called ‘Pirsa Eppolu Ikkatt.”

Not a member of Karnataka Ulema Coordination Committee: DK Qazi Twaka Ahmed Musliyar clarifies

A medical student was taken into custody on Saturday by the Ullal police on suspicion of making a hoax call, implying a bomb threat to her medical college and hospital on June 4, police said.

Devotees celebrated the festival of Eid-ul-Azha (Bakrid) with enthusiasm, offering prayers in various mosques across Udupi district on Saturday.