A motorbike-borne youth was robbed of his cash and jewelry after throwing chilli powder on him at Badur in the taluk on Monday.

105 year-old environmentalist Saalumarada Thimmakka on Monday visited St. Aloysius College of the city.

She was here to participate in ‘Vrukshanjali’, an environment conservation programme being conducted in the college. Later, she planted two saplings – Kadamba and Suragi species- and watered them at St. Mother Teresa park on the premises of the Aloysius PU College.

A father who was going to pick up his daughter coming from abroad from airport died when his car rammed a government bus near Udumapalla on Kasaragod-Kanhangad state highway on Monday.

The hearing of witnesses in the businessman Bhaskar Shetty murder which startled the entire state began at the principal district and sessions court here on Monday with tight police security.

Bantwala and Uppinangady police jointly arrested six persons on charges of assaulting and attempting to murder a youth at Kalladka, on Monday.

Udupi-Chikmagalur Lok Sabha Member Shobha Karandlaje directed the National Highway Authority officials to recommend the central government to blacklist the Navayuga company for delaying the work of National Highway 66.

The issue of neglecting construction of pure drinking water units by the contractors- KRIDL and Pan Asia Company rocked the zilla panchayat general body meeting held here on Monday.

 Social worker, columnist and director of New Delhi-based Centre for Equality Studies Harsh Mander on Monday said that it was the responsibility of the government to run governance without affecting rights of the citizens and guide them to obey and maintain law and order.