One person died and 15 others injured when a tempo in which they were travelling from Bhatkal to Murudeshwar, hit by a truck from the rear and plunged into a gorge after the tempo driver lost control over the vehicle near Shirali National highway bridge on Sunday.

In an election held here on Sunday, Srinivas Nayak Indaje was elected as the president of the Dakshina Kannada District Working Journalists Association.

A tyre of moving lorry burst and fire broke out at Kinnimulki Balaipade on national highway 66 at 10 am near here on Sunday.

A rear tyre of a lorry carrying cement from Tumkur to Udupi exploded. Suddenly, the driver the lorry parked the vehicle on the roadside. Suddenly fire broke out in the burst tyre. Suddenly the fire brigade of Udupi was informed.

A clash between two classmates ended up in the murder of one boy at Adka near Bandiyod on Sunday.

The victim is identified as Mohammad Midlaz(13) of Adka. The incident happened at 8.15 am. Verbal dual started between them. At this time, his classmate stabbed Midlaz injuring him seriously. Though he was rush d to a private hospital at Bandiyod, he breathed his last.

As there was no bus facility for Hajjis to reach Bengaluru from Mangaluru to leave for Madina, Minister Zameer Ahmed arranged free bus facility to the pilgrims in his own expense. This gesture of the minister attracted good appreciation.

Dr.Madhavi Bhandari of Udupi and Dr.Siddalinga Pattanashetty have been selected from Karnataka to participate in the 11th International Hindi Conference that will be held at Mauritius from August 18 to 20.

A 44-year-old two-wheeler rider died on the spot when a speeding Scorpio hit his two-wheeler and escaped near Pavanje on Saturday morning.

There were reports that various places in the district including Udupi received ash and salt-mixed rain between 3 pm and 4 pm on Friday.