U.T. Khader, Speaker and Mangaluru MLA, on Thursday defended the Mangaluru City Police registering a case against CPI(M) district secretary Muneer Katipalla and others for staging a protest at Kuloor despite the police denying permission for it on Tuesday.

Sivaganga police arrest habitual offenders, recover stolen gold and silver, solving case within a week.

The ex-commissioner's wife raised an alarm that Governor Uzodinma of Imo State sent “unknown men” who picked up her husband on Wednesday afternoon.