Farangipet: A 45-year-old man was killed when he was hit by a train on Thursday morning at Ammemar in Pudu village of Bantwal Taluk today.

Total 1600 students of various education institutions of the Alvas Education Foundation performed Yoga as part of International Yoga Day for 55 minutes, at a programme organized by the Alvas Naturopathy and Yogic Science College at Alvas Nudisiri Auditorium here on Thursday.

 With the timely action, a 5th standard student rescued his friend from falling into the flowing stream while crossing it over the foot-bridge at Phandije in Nittade village in the taluk on Thursday evening.

A 19-year-old girl who came from Kushtagi in North Karnataka for labour work was raped by a person working as a labourer at Paldane in the taluk. The incident came to light when the girl conceived. Now, the Mangaluru rural police arrested the accused Rama alias Dasaiah (38) on Thursday.

A hill on a government land near Mangaluru International Airport  near Adyapady gave way. MP Nalini Kumar Kateel who was preparing to leave to Bengaluru visited the spot and inspected.

Lok Sabha Member Nalin Kumar Kateel warned the company, which is carrying out the Pumpwell-Thokkottu flyover construction on National Highway 66, of closing the toll gate with the help of general public if the company failed to assure in writing within 10 days about completion of the work.

In a joint operation, a police team from Mangaluru and Bantwal arrested three accused including a Tulu film actor on charges of assaulting and attempting murder BJP workers at Baddekatte in the taluk last week, on Thursday.  

Mangaluru, a prime business hub of the coastal region, is being developed into a Smart City. Thousands of vehicles come to the city. But the increasing number of vehicles has been causing traffic problem in the city and this has become a big headache to the vehicle users.