Mangaluru, Feb 4: Young political activist Luqman Bantwal has been elected as the president of the Dakshina Kannada District unit of the Youth Congress. 

Kasargod, Feb 4: In a freak accident, a two-year-old boy lost his life after a television set fell on him while playing in the house at Bovikkana in Kasaragod district yesterday.

Kuwait City, Feb 4: A minor earthquake was registered in Al-Manaqeesh area in the southwest of Kuwait today. The intensity was 3.0-magnitude.

New Delhi, Jan 3: Farmers' agitation sites just outside Delhi resemble "international border" now with authorities building makeshift walls, planting huge metal spikes on roads and deploying concertina wire fences, protesters alleged on Wednesday, even as officials defended the heavy-barricading citing law and order issues.

Mangaluru, Feb 3: The Bearys Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) today felicitated 11 covid-19 warriors who had selflessly served the people during prolonged lockdown. The event was organised at a private hotel in the city.

A day after Rihanna extended her support to the farmers protesting against the contentious farm laws in New Delhi, batting legend Sachin Tendulkar in a cryptic tweet hit back at the international pop star. 

Bengaluru, Feb 3: The government of Karnataka today allowed 100 per cent occupancy in theatres for four weeks, bowing to pressure from the industry.

Mangaluru, Feb 3: A leopard which got trapped in the toilet of a house while chasing a dog in an isolated area in Kaikamba of Bilinele village in Kadaba taluk of a of Dakshina Kannada district, managed to escape when the sleuths of Forest Department were trying to capture it.  

Mangaluru, Feb 3: As many as 49 students of a private nursing college at Ullal in Mangaluru tested positive for covid-19, following which the officials concerned declared the college as containment zone.