The first Haj team from Mangaluru left at 5.46pm on Saturday from Mangaluru International airport.

Start preparing for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections by compensating the flaws in the assembly polls. Rahul Gandhi must be made prime minister by getting 20 seats in Karnataka.

In a bid to speed up work processes in Mangaluru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) Self-registration system will be implemented from August 15, said Urban Development and Housing Minister UT Khader.

Bantwal: The preference given to education sector in the twin districts of the Karavali is commendable, said Haj and Minority Welfare Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan. He was speaking after inaugurating the Maulana Azad English Medium School that was established by the minority welfare department at Farangipet on Saturday.

Mangaluru: The first batch of holy Haj pilgrims leaving from Mangaluru International Airport through Haj Committee of India has got flagged off today. State Haj and Wakf Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan flagged off the first batch at the Bajpe Ansar School Hall.

Bantwal: Burglary took place at grama panchayat office in Farangipet in the rural station limits on Saturday.

Konaje: An auto-rickshaw carrying students to schools was hit by a private bus following which students sustained injuries in the limits of Konaje police station limits at Moluru near Ira on Saturday morning.

Ucchila: An around 60-year-old pedestrian was killed in a hit and run incident by an unknown vehicle today near Dominion Plaza in Ucchila Grama Panchayat on National Highway 66.