Mangaluru, Jan 23: A teenager was crushed to death under the wheels of a reckless tempo last night at Kallapu near Thokkottu on the outskirts of the city.
The victim has been identified as Mohamed Sakib (19), son of Mohammed Bashir, a resident of Amblamogaru.
According to sources, Sakib was riding a two-wheeler when the fish-laden tempo knocked him down.
A case has been registered at jurisdictional police station and investigations are on.
Bengaluru, May 12: Karnataka sees the highest single day spike since the start of the pandemic in the state, higher than Sunday's spike in cases. 63 new cases have been reported in last 24 hours.
With this, the total number of COVID-19 cases rises to 925, said the state health department's bulletin on Tuesday.
While 42 new positive cases reported from May 11, 5 pm to May 12, noon, another 21 fresh 21 cases reported by 5 pm on May 12.
To date, 921 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed. This includes 31 deaths and 426 discharged," the bulletin read further.
Morning Bulletin
New cases in Bengaluru Urban 3, Yadgir 2, Bagalkote 15, Dakshina Kannada 2, Dharwad 9, Bidar 2, Hassan 5, Ballari, Mandya, Chikkaballapura, Kalaburagi (one each).
Evening Bulletin
Cases in Gadag (3), Kolar (5), Bengaluru Urban (1) and Davangere (11) cases.
Cases reported on 12 May: 63
Total cases in state: 925
Mangaluru, Mar 14: In a bid to prevent the coronavirus spread in the city, Mangaluru City Corporation on Saturday disallowed the street vendors to continue their business activities until further notice.
MCC Commissioner Shanady Ajith Kumar Hegde, in an order released today, warned that any vehicles, carts or trolleys that would be seen violating the order will be towed away.
The development comes in the wake of state wide ban on all shopping malls. In Mangaluru too all the malls remained shut today.
Bengaluru, May 14: Reformed underworld don Muthappa Rai, who was battling cancer for the past year, was said to be in a critical condition at Manipal Hospital in Bengaluru, late Wednesday night. Doctors said he was on life-support at the time of going to press. Rai (68), realtor, entrepreneur and founder of pro-Kannada organisation Jaya Karnataka, had retired from public life after he was diagnosed with cancer. He was part of an ongoing investigation into gangster Ravi Pujari, who was extradited from Senegal recently.
Born in Puttur into a Bunt family, he started out as a bank employee in Bengaluru, and later ran a live band restaurant. In 1994, he was shot in a Bengaluru court by a man dressed as a lawyer, after which he was bedridden for a couple of years.
Rai Moved to Dubai in 1996. He was deported from the UAE to India in 2002, and was arrested in Bengaluru when HT Sangliana was the police commissioner. Both Rai and Pujari had allegedly been associated with underworld don Dawood Ibrahim.
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Fish tempos and oil tankers are the most dangerous vehicles during night. They are reckless always
Rest in peace
Most of the teenagers are rash drivers.
Blame the parents. Why they given bike to that boy. He jut crossed 19.
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