Udupi: 35-year-old man kills 72-year-old mother for not giving money

May 29, 2016

Udupi, May 29: In a bizarre incident, an elderly woman was murdered allegedly by her 35-year-old son at Balkur village near Kundapur in Udupi district on Saturday over a trivial issue.

murder The victim has been identified as Sadhu Poojari, a 72-year-old woman. According to the Kundapur police, accused Rama Poojary used to quarrel with his mother.

On Saturday, Rama demanded money from his mother and she refused it. In a fit of fury, he murdered her with a sickle.

The murder, which took place between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., came to light when Sadhu Poojari's son-in-law got suspicious of Rama's behaviour and went to the house and found her lying in a pool of blood. He then informed the police.

The police arrested Rama and questioned him about the crime. Rama confessed to murdering his mother with a sickle. Rama worked as an agricultural labourer and was an alcoholic. He had consumed alcohol the previous night.

The post-mortem of Sadhu Poojari was conducted at the Kasturba Hospital in Manipal. A case had been registered at the Kundapur police station and investigations were on, the police said.

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May be member of BD. They will release him saying health issue

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Home Minister directs police to tighten Eshwarappa’s security after threat calls

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January 5,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 5: Rural development and panchayat raj minister K S Eshwarappa has received two threatening calls from Tamil Nadu, according to Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai.

He said that he had instructed the police to provide adequate security.

At 12.30 pm on Friday, an unidentified person made a phone call. Speaking in Tamil, he threatened Eshwarappa with life, it is said.

Eshwarappa is known for abusive remarks and issuing threats to non-Hindus.

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Shwetha Rasquinha conferred doctorate by Mangalore University

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January 2,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 2: Shwetha Rasquinha, Assistant Professor and Head of the Department of Social Work, St Aloysius College, Mangaluru, has been awarded Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree by the Mangalore University for her thesis titled “Effectiveness of Social work intervention on caretakers of cancer patients- A social work study in Mangalore”.

She did her studies under the guidance of Dr Rameela Shekhar, Professor (Rtd), School of Social work, Roshni Nilaya, Mangaluru.

Ms Shwetha Rasquinha hails from Vittal, D/o Vincent Rasquinha and Late Regina Rasquinha, and is the second person to complete doctoral studies from the Vittal Parish.

Her colleagues and well-wishers have congratulated her for her highest achievement in academics and successful completion of quality research.

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Hearty congratulations for your achievements. God bless your mission

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Minister praises Bantwal student writing SSLC exam on toes without anybody's help

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June 26,2020

Bantwal, Jun 26: A day after expressing gratitude for the overwhelming response from students for the SSLC examinations, Karnataka Minister for Primary and Secondary Education S Suresh Kumar on Friday took to Twitter to laud a student who didn’t let his physical hurdles deter him from writing the examination.

Sharing image of the student, Kaushik, who wrote the SSLC examination at Bantwal’s SVS High School, the Minister said that he was taken aback by the boy’s spirit for writing the exam independently without relying on anyone’s help. Such individuals give new meaning to life. Others should learn from this.

In the picture, Kaushik is seen seated on the floor and using his toes to write answers.

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