In a gruesome accident involving a bus and a bike rider died on the spot and a girl sitting pillion sustained injuries. The incident took place near Mastikatte in Hosanagara taluk in Shimoga district.

The ghastly accident occurred in Uppala on the wee hours of Monday pained him. Such heart-rending incident should not have happened, said Urban Development and Housing Minister UT Khader.

Underworld fugitive don Bannanje Raja, who has been in Belagavi jail for the last four years, met his sick mother at his home at Sasithota of Katapadi on Monday following the permission from the Principal District and Sessions Court and spent around 9 hours from morning to evening with his family amidst tight police security.

 The body of a boy who was missing while swimming at Adyar Padavu on the outskirts of the city was found on Monday. The deceased boy is identified as Mohammad Tamim (13).

Mangaluru: Renowned Tulu and Kannada film actor Sadashiva Salian (68), native of Udupi, breathed his last in Mumbai on Sunday.

Madikere/Sulia: People in D.K district, Sulya, Kodagu district, Madikere and Somwarpet taluk reported feeling light earthquake tremors at about 12:53 pm today. Window glasses of big buildings shook. Crockery rattled and showcase glasses inside homes shook.

Puttur: A moving car caught fire and reduced to ashes on Monday in the limits of Sampya rural police station limits.

Mangaluru: In order to condemn the BSNL administration’s move to dismiss 90 contract-based workers working in various exchanges in the district, a protest was staged in front of BSNL office located in Pandeshwara on Monday.