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Bengaluru, July 28: Police in northern Bengaluru arrested a gym instructor for abetting the suicide of a former Miss Andhra last week.

Udupi, July 27: Khushbu Sundar, a BJP leader and member of the National Commission for Women, who visited a paramedical college in Udupi on Thursday in connection with the alleged washroom video case, rubbished the rumours of hidden cameras.

Bengaluru, July 27: Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Thursday appeared to question the need for a visit of the National Commission for Women member Khushbu Sundar to Udupi to inquire into alleged "washroom filming case" at a paramedical college at a time when the NCW has "not gone" to Manipur, where many women were gang-raped and paraded naked recently.

Mangaluru, July 27: A gloomy atmosphere prevailed across coastal district of Dakshina Kannada as the red alert by IMD continued on Thursday. Meanwhile, moderate to heavy rains continued to lash parts of the district.

Udupi, July 27: The Udupi district administration has banned movement of heavy vehicles on National Highway-169A, connecting Udupi with Thirthahalli in Shivamogga district, from Thursday, July 27 to September 15.

Udupi, July 26: An FIR has been registered against three girl students of a paramedical college in Udupi over the alleged recording of a video of their fellow student in the college washroom recently, police sources said.

Bengaluru, July 26: Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara has asked officials to examine the request of a Congress MLA to withdraw cases against "innocent" youths and students, who were arrested under "false cases" in connection with protests and riots in the city's D J Halli and K G Halli, Shivamogga and Hubballi among other places.

Mangaluru, July 25: As torrential rains continue to batter many parts of Karnataka hampering normal life, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said he and his Cabinet colleagues will be touring different parts of the state in teams to assess the situation.

Mangaluru, July 25: A 27-year-old man hailing from Kerala was arrested by the sleuths of Mangaluru North police station when he was attempting to sell gold ornaments which he had allegedly robbed by killing his own grandparents.

Mangaluru, July 25: KAS officer (senior scale) Mohammad Naeem Momin took charge as the 17th Registrar (Administration) of Mangalore University on Tuesday morning.