Manipal: In a dramatic turn of events late Tuesday night, a member of the Garuda Gang, identified as Isaac, managed to escape after a high-speed police chase in Manipal. While he fled on foot after abandoning his car, police have taken his girlfriend into custody for questioning and have registered an FIR in connection with the incident.

Mangaluru: A car driver sustained serious injuries in a collision between a private bus and a car on the Mangaluru-Bengaluru National Highway near the B.C. Road circle on Wednesday.

Mangaluru: The Mangaluru City Crime Branch (CCB) police have arrested an autorickshaw driver for allegedly transporting and selling the banned drug MDMA in the city. The accused, identified as 32-year-old Muhammad Abdul Jalil from Kasaba Bengare, was arrested under the limits of the Bunder police station.

With the aim of connecting Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts via a metro railway line, the state government has directed the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) to prepare a master plan, including a brief report and a detailed project report, for the 60-km stretch.

Vitla (Karnataka): An explosion occurred at a stone quarry in Madattadka village, Dakshina Kannada district on Tuesday, allegedly after a cache of gelatin sticks stored for rock blasting detonated due to extreme heat, police said.

Manjeshwar: Three people, including a father and son, died on the spot after a car they were travelling in lost control and crashed into a bridge pillar near the old check post in Hosangady on National Highway 66 at around 10 pm on Monday night.

Mangalore: A patent application for a groundbreaking medical device, Device for Monitoring Gynaecological Disorders, has been officially published, marking a significant achievement for the team of doctors and student inventors from Kasturba Medical College (KMC) Mangalore.

Mangaluru: A young man from Uttar Pradesh allegedly died by suicide in a lodge in Mangaluru after accusing a female Central Industrial security force (CISF) officer of deceiving him in a relationship.