A symbolic protest was held at Hejamadi Tollgate on National Highway 66 on Thursday, demanding the exemption in toll for local vehicles, and the immediate completion of the National Highway 66 works.

I am an independent MLA of KPJP. I am inside the government. I have no invitation from the BJP. Media is simply ridiculing this, said forest Minister R. Shankar.

Shocking charges in the victim’s complaint

Bantwal: Sparing the other children who were with me, I was only taken on the housetop and to a new building. I was forced to remove my clothes then sexually assaulted,” narrated the rape victim of Goodinabail in the police complaint.

Bantwal: The Bantwal police on Wednesday night arrested three persons in connection with the serial rape of a Class 4 student in Goodinabail near Panemangaluru taluk.

Miscreants attempted to rape an eight year old girl at Gudinabali near Panemangaluru in the taluk.

Karkala police arrested one more accused in the death of Girija Poojarthi after touching the live electric wire laid for hunting wild boars, on Wednesday. The accused is identified as Shivaram Shetty (80) of Posral of Mundkur village.

The SSS University of Technology and Medical Science has awarded Ph. D award to John Mathew, Principal of Green Valley National School and PU College, Shiroor, for his research on “Global Changes in Quality Education with Professional Ethics through Information Technology”.

International athlete M.R Poovamma, who won the gold medal in the Asian Games, was felicitated by the Canara High School Association at its high school here on Wednesday.