Kundapur, September 22: A 15 year old boy has ended his life by hanging himself inside his house here on Thursday.
The deceased has been identified as Swasthik, a Standard IX student of Venkataramana English Medium School, Kundapura.
According to sources, the boy took this extreme step due to the fear of scoring less marks in the mid-session examinations.
Kundapura police registered a case and are investigating.
Bengaluru, Jan 3: The Karnataka high court on Thursday issued notices to the Railway Board and the South Western Railways on a petition seeking review of superfast surcharge being levied on passengers in Malgudi Express train.
Petitioner and Mysurubased advocate Mohammed Dastagir, in a public interest litigation claimed that as per the circular issued by the Railway Board on December 10, 2006, Malgudi Express — which runs from Mysuru to Yelehanka — is not designated as a superfast train and despite the same, the authorities are illegally collecting additional charges known as supplementary charges ranging from Rs 15 to Rs 75 from passengers.
A division bench headed by Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka posted the petition to second week of February.
Mangaluru, Jun 28: In an attempt to curb fast spreading Coronavirus and to bring discipline among the public to follow the guidelines and also as it was found difficult to control the visitors, the City Corporation Mayor Diwakar has ordered closure of the office for one week with immediate effect from Monday.
Public will be banned from entering the MCC building for a period of one week from Monday, he said.
In a circular the Mayor has requested the public to co-operate and help the administration to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
However, a help desk will be set up outside the MCC building where people can submit their applications and requests.
Shivamogga, May 12: Roopa Praveen Rao, an expectant mother and a nurse at a hospital in Shivamogga's Karnataka, has chosen to continue to serve the patients amid the ongoing COVID-19 crisis.
Rao who hails from Gajanuru village is nine months pregnant and works at Jayachamarajendra Government Hospital as a nurse.
She travels every day to Thirthahalli taluk to attend to the patients at the hospital.
"The taluk hospital is surrounded by many villages, people need our service. My seniors had asked me to take leave but I want to serve people. I work six hours a day," she told news agency.
She added that Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa too called her up and appreciated her dedication and suggested that she should take rest.
Rao is one of the many frontline COVID-19 warriors who have been risking their lives to ensure that everyone stays safe as the country fights the coronavirus.
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