Briefs

Kasargod, Feb 13: Yet another Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) loyalist was arrested in connection with the recent violence witnessed at nearby Bovikkanam, where a car of a Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) activist was set on fire and a jewellery outlet run by him was vandalised. A police team led by Adhur sub-inspector A. Santhosh Kumar arrested Salman Harris, 27, a resident of nearby

Kasargod, Feb 11: East Eleri Panchayat vice president James Panthamackal was arrested for manhandling a senior police official as the policeman team tried resisting moves to dig a bore well at Narkilakkad, near the hilly pocket of Chittarikkal, some 50 km east of Kanhangad. The incident occurred around 11.30 p.m. on Thursday after a truck laden with digging equipment started its works without

Mangaluru, Feb 9: Yemmekere Cricket Club (YCC) will be organising 10th Year YCC Trophy 2017, over-arm Cricket Tournament on 11th & 12th February 2017 at Yemmekere Ground. Entry Fee: Rs. 3,500/- 1st Prize: YCC Trophy and Rs. 35,000/- 2nd Prize: YCC Trophy and Rs. 25,000/- On the occasion of the decennial celebration, YCC would be contributing to the less fortunate section of the society, stated a

Chikkamagaluru, Feb 7: A girl died under mysterious circumstances at a coffee estate near Kalasa on Sunday. The deceased has been identified as Vanajakshi (13), the daughter of Ramesh, a native of Chitradurga district. He and his wife were employed in a coffee estate belonging to Yalanduru Venkatesh. Vanajakshi accompanied her parents to pick coffee beans on Sunday morning, despite their objection

Udupi, Feb 4: The police on Friday arrested two persons in connection with a theft case at Barkur-Maskibail village coming under the Brahmavar police station limits on January 30. The police have identified the accused as Prahlad Poojary (23), a resident of Airody village, and Prashanth G. (24), a resident of Gundmi village. They recovered cash, gold ornaments and a car from the duo. The value of

Kasargod, Feb 2: Burglars made away with 10 sovereigns of gold ornaments, estimated at Rs. 2.20 lakh, by breaking open a house at Baradkka under the Badiadukka police station limits on Tuesday. The daylight burglary occurred when the owners of the house, Sharada and her daughter Nisha, had gone to run their wayside eatery in the locality, the police said. The thieves broke open the front door

Mangaluru, Jan 19: Akil K Atresh (Marine Engineering) and Devika K (MBA), students of Srinivas Institute of Technology Valachil, Mangaluru, have secured II Rank & VII Rank respectively in the Examinations conducted by Visvesvaraya Technological University, in the Academic Year 2015-16. President of A. Shama Rao Foundation, C. A Raghavendra Rao, Vice Precedent Dr. Shrinivasa Rao, Principal Dr

Dharwad, Jan 17: Mallamma, wife of slain BJP leader Yogeeshgouda Goudar, filed a petition with the district superintendent of police on Monday, stating that she has been receiving anonymous threat letters. Mallamma urged police to provide security to her family as the letters warned her of dire consequences if she entered politics. She has submitted the copies of the letter to police. DySP

Puttur: Department of Computer Science of St Philomena College Puttur organized Annual IT Fest ‘Pinnacle 2017’ on January 12, 2017 in college auditorium. Software Developer of Channel Bridge Software Labs, Bengaluru Mr. Jeevan K A inaugurated the programme and said, ‘Participation in various intercollegiate competitions helps the students to develop their personality.’ Campus Director Rev Dr

Hyderabad, Jan 8: Attempts by the Telangana State Transport department to break the deadlock between the striking cab drivers and Ola and Uber management fell flat, as representatives of the companies failed to turn up for talks on Saturday. The situation turned tense after the president of the Telangana Cab Drivers & Owners Assocation Shiva Vulkundakar was forcibly shifted to Gandhi Hospital by