A team of young scientists led by Raghava Shetty of RDL Company, sponsored by Sahyadri Innovative Hub, invented a ‘Li-phone’ which works from LED light being used in house.

Urban Development and Housing Minister UT Khader has said that the allegations of irregularities in the Indira Canteen project were baseless and politically motivated.

 Though 13 km length of Shiradi Ghat road on National Highway 75 from Kempuhole to Addahole was declared open for traffic movement on Sunday, movement of heavy vehicles like bus and trucks is restricted for fifteen days till the dangerous spots identified on the developed road are repaired.

 Fire broke out in a bank due to short circuit at Melkar here on Sunday and caused heavy damage.

Urban Development and Housing Minister UT Khader said that eligible physically challenged people should make use of the government programmes as the government has been introducing various programmes for their welfare.

Noted dancer Kalamandalam Usha Datar said that Yakshagana Guru Bannanje Sanjeeva Suvarna who studied Yakshagana and gave shows in more than 52 countries, was a cultural harbinger of coastal region.

Protesting against the action on parking vehicles before the marriage halls, the owners of the vehicles staged a protest against the police here on Sunday.

A fish and field exhibition organized by the Dr Shivarama Karanth Pilikula Biological Park and the Fisheries department at the Lake Garden of the Park attracted thousands of people on Sunday.