Body of a BJP worker was found at Dapadimugeru near AMR dam of Shamburu in the taluk on Sunday.  

The proposed Iftar party of Vishvesha Theertha Swamiji of Pejawar Mutt scheduled to be held at Ajjarakadu Govinda Kalyana Mandir in the city on June 13 is cancelled.

Police arrested an alumnus of a college in the town on charges of assaulting two students in cinema style in two separate incidents six months ago, the video of which has gone viral in the social media.

The police who usually carry lathis to maintain law and order situation, took crowbars and hoes in their hands on Sunday.

Two persons injured when the gusty wind threw away the roof tiles of a house on the late night of Saturday at Kuttar in the taluk.

A pedestrian died when a speeding car knocked him down while crossing the road at Boluvar in the town on Saturday night.

Members of the Kuluru- Panjimogaru DYFI staged a dharna here on Sunday, urging the authorities to clear the encroachment of storm water drainages near Bangra Kulur on the outskirts of the city by industrialists.

A group of people assaulted a student on the premises of Marathimule Masjid on Friday night.

The student is identified as Saqlain (16). He is studying in the 9th standard at Natekal Residential School. The gang of three from Manjeshwar attacked the student on Friday night.