Briefs

Second spell of rain in four days brings respite from heat The district got a respite from the sweltering heat with a second spell of summer rain on Monday. The rain, accompanied by lightning, brought down the sultry day temperature and came as a relief to water-scarcity regions. Areca nut farmers The rain was moderate in the coastal belt and heavy in the eastern hilly hamlets. The second spell of

Bengaluru, Mar 17: The BJP on Friday pounced on veteran Congress leader M Veerappa Moily's tweet alleging a "nexus" between road contractors and Public Works Minister H C Mahadevappa. The first to react was BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa, who said Moily's tweet had validated Prime Minister Narendra Modi's charge that the Siddaramaiah-led Congress ran a "10% commission" government. "At last

Hassan, Mar 14: A coffee planter committed suicide by shooting himself at Nadanahalli in Sakleshpur taluk on Tuesday afternoon. Suresh, 48, shot himself with his single barrel gun around 2 p.m., soon after having lunch at home. He is survived by wife and two children. According to the police, Suresh has grown coffee and pepper on his 10-acre plantation. He had borrowed loans from banks and private

Magnaluru, Mar 14: The Dakshina Kannada District Congress Committee has dismissed Abul Sattar as its general secretary for allegedly misbehaving with a woman councillor of the party recently. In a statement here, DCC president Harish Kumar said Mr. Sattar was being dismissed with immediate effect. Mr. Kumar said that the party has also issued a show-cause notice to the woman councillor for going

Mysuru: Activists of Social Democratic Party of India on Monday, March 12, staged a demonstration in front of Fountain Circle in the city condemning the alleged witch-hunt and attacks on Muslim religious scholars. The protest comes in wake of a recent sedition case filed against the renowned Islamic scholar Moulana Khalee ur Rehman Sajjad Nomani, spokesperson of All India Muslim Personal Law Board

Bengaluru Mar 11: The state government, late on Friday, transferred 18 IPS officers. These transfers come two months before the Assembly elections. The following is the list of officers with their new postings (in brackets). B Dayananda, (IGP central range); Amrit Paul (IGP administration); Umesh Kumar, (IGP and secretary to government, Home department); Vipul Kumar (IGP and director, Karnataka

Mysuru, Mar 5: Deputy Commissioner and Mahamastakabhisheka Mahotsava Committee secretary Rohini Sindhuri has said that adopting new technologies helped in the huge success of the recently-concluded Bahubali Mahamastakabhisheka. Speaking to reporters here, the DC said that 'Kalpamritha', an expo-cum-sale of coconut products that was opened to help farmers, received an overwhelming response with

A special team investigating the murder of Youth Congress worker S.P. Shuaib at Edayannur here on February 12 arrested two more Communist Party of India (Marxist) workers from a nearby area on Thursday. The arrested were identified as K. Sanjay, 23, and K. Rajath, 23, both natives of Palayode, near Mattannur. Two more persons are in the custody of the police and are being questioned to ascertain

Kasaragod, Mar 2: The body of a 60-year-old homemaker, who had been missing since February 26, was recovered from the Chandragiri river, close to State Highway bridge, near here. The body of Lakshmi, wife of Damodaran Achary, a resident of Vidyanagar here, was recovered on Wednesday evening. The police suspect it be a case of suicide.

Kasaragod, Feb 27: Three youths were sentenced to imprisonment for varying terms in connection with the killing of K.A. Basheer, 22, at Thalangara here in 2012. Delivering the verdict on Monday, Additional district sessions court (II) Judge Sanu S. Panicker sentenced the first and third accused, P.A. Riaz, 28; and Yasir, 23; both residents of Thalangara, to 11 years and a month’s imprisonment. The