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Kids, women among 9 killed as MUV rams into truck in Uttara Kannada

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September 13, 2017

Karwar, Sept 13: At least nine people including three children were killed and three others were injured when their multi-utility vehicle rammed into a truck in the Arabail Ghat region of Yellapur taluk in Uttara Kannada district on Wednesday morning.

The accident occurred on the Ankola-Gooty National Highway 63 when the family was returning from a trip to Kukke Subramanya.

All the victims are residents of Raibag taluk in Belagavi district. They are said to be family members of former Kudachi MLA Shama Ghatge. The driver of the MUV was also killed in the accident.

The Yellapur police have given the name of the deceased as Vivek Vasanth Ghatage (34), businessmen from Raibag; his wife Menaka (28); his son Varadaraj (1.5 yrs); daughter Vaishnavi (5); and his sister Renuka Chandrakanth Kamble (30); nephew Abhinav Chandrakanth Kamble (3) of Kamalapur; Gauravva Vasanth Metri (58) of Nidagundi; Sachin Madhulkar Jandenavar (28); and the driver Mujju alias Mujahid Naykwadi (32).

One of the injured persons has been identified as Gajanan Bapu Metri (27) from Raibag and two others have been shifted to a hospital in Sirsi. The Yellapur Police have registered a case.

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January 3,2020

Kasaragod, Jan 3: A serving officer of the Central Intelligence Bureau (CIB) was found dead inside his car in Bekal town near here early on Friday.

Police sources said the officer, Rijo Francis (35) has been under treatment after he had an heart attack last year.

Police suspect that the death could be due to heart failure.

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January 2,2020

Mysuru, Jan 2: Mysuru-based Karnataka State Open University is gearing up to offer courses online from this year onwards and a proposal in this connection will be placed before the University Grants Commission (UGC) this month, after approval from the board of management.

As of now, the university offers 31 courses, including undergraduate, postgraduate, and diploma programmes.

Vice-chancellor Vidyashankar S Said that the university will submit its proposal to the UGC soon.

“This is being done to make learning convenient and help students study their courses of choices from the comfort of their homes.”

After launching online admissions for courses, this is another step to go paperless and towards an e-campus, the V-C explained.

The university has also proposed to launch 12 new courses for 2020-21.

A proposal in this regard will be placed before the board for approval on Thursday and the same will be submitted to the UGC for its nod.

Prof. Vidyashankar said the these courses will be in addition to the 31 already available.

The new courses include LLM, MA in Education, BBA, BSc, BCA, diploma in Information Technology, postgraduate diploma in Information Technology, BSc in Information Technology, MSc in Information Technology, MSc in Botany, PG diploma in Banking and Insurance, MSc in Zoology, MA in Telugu, Executive MBA, and MSc in Food Sciences and Nutrition.

The new courses had been proposed based on students’ feedback and the trend.

The V-C said the admissions for the January cycle have begun and over 380 students had so far taken admissions online.

“We are hoping for good admissions this cycle and are expecting around 12,000 admissions,” he replied.

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May 6,2020

Belgaum, May 6: A police constable engaged in security duty at the Belgaum District Collector's bungalow committed suicide by shooting himself on Wednesday morning.

The deceased was identified as Prakash Gurvannavar (32) who was a native of Ambadgatti village in Kittur taluka in the Belgaum district.

Upon receiving information about the incident, Commissioner of Police Lokesh Kumar rushed to the spot.

Further investigation is underway.

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