Briefs

Kasaragod, Jun 21: Incessant rain lashed the district on Wednesday affecting public mobility. The district registered 86.85 mm rain in the 24 hours ending 10 a.m. on Wednesday, official sources here said. The water level in major rivers in the district has gone up considerably. A house was destroyed and two were damaged in the rain. The house of Maimoona, a resident of Chitthari in Hosdurg taluk

Uppala, Jun 15: Eid-ul-Fitr prayers were held at Ahle Sunnath Hanafi Jamiya Masjid at Uppala in Kasaragod district on Friday. The Imaam delivered the sermon and gave a a brief note on humanity and brotherhood. After Eid Namaz two College going students Mohammed Sahil Khan and Mohammed Khaif were felicitated for memorizing the holy Qur'an and leading the taraveeh prayers in the month of Ramadan

Kasaragod, Jun 11: The Bharatiya Janata Party has demanded stoppage for the bi-weekly Antyodaya Express connecting Mangaluru and Thiruvananthapuram in Kasaragod. The train with fully unreserved coaches started service on Saturday. BJP district president K. Sreekanth said the authorities should reconsider their decision not to provide stoppage for the night train in Kasaragod. The three night

Kasaragod, Jun 2: A 55-year-old man drowned after being swept away by tidal waves while he was fishing at Musodi beach near Manjeswaram on Friday. Abdulla, son of Usman and a resident of the locality, was swept away by the waves around 9.15 a.m., coastal police sources at Kumbla said. The body was handed over to relatives in the afternoon after carrying out post-mortem examination at the community

Moodbidri: May 30: Al- Furqan Islamic English Medium School, Puthige, Moodbidri recorded 100% result in the CBSE 10th Board Examination 2017-18 for the consecutive fourth year. Out of 38 students, 5 bagged distinction, 20 passed with first class, 12 with second class and 1 student with third class. The distinction students are: Asiya Faria Salahuddin 95.2%, Ahmad Ajaz – 91%, Khatheeja Kabsa Farath

Kasaragod, May 22: A nine-year-old boy was killed after he fell down from a heap of heavy logs at a timber mill at Vorkadi, near Manjeswaram. The boy, Shravan, son of Narayana Achari of Karnataka, was found lying unconscious around 6 p.m. on Sunday. His family was residing at a rented quarters at Vorkadi. The boy was reportedly made to stand near the timber mill by his brother when he went to a

Mangaluru, May 21: The City Crime Branch police on Saturday arrested two persons on the charge of attempting to sell ganja procured from Andhra Pradesh. The police seized 9.5 kg ganja and two mobile phones from them. The seized materials were worth Rs. 2.3 lakh. The police have given their names as Zunaid, 30, son of Abdul Rahman, of Sheshadripuram in Bengaluru and Abdul Kareem, 25, son of Ibrahim

Udupi, May 18: The boat service from Malpe tourist jetty and Malpe beach to St. Mary’s Island, a popular tourist destination, has been stopped with immediate effect till September 15 as is done annually. A press release issued by the Malpe Development Committee here on Thursday said that consequent to the annual monsoon ban, no tourist boats or water sports boats will operate from Malpe to St

Kasaragod, May 18: The district has registered 11 confirmed and 61 suspected dengue fever cases in the last two days. The administration, seeking active involvement from local bodies, has launched a vigorous campaign to check the spread of the deadly fever epidemic in vulnerable eastern hilly hamlets of the district. It would take at least a week to assess the outcome of the ongoing campaign to

Bengaluru, May 14: Renowned theoretical physicist Ennackal Chandy George Sudarshan, popularly known as ECG Sudarshan, passed away in Texas on Monday. He was recommended for Nobel Prize in Physics for a record nine times. He was a professor at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. Born in Kottayam district of Kerala, he studied at the CMS College Kottayam, Madras Christian College and Tata