Briefs

Kasaragod, Feb 26: A 48-year-old man was killed after he was hit by an ambulance at Mogral-Puthur here in the early hours of Sunday. The accident occurred around 1.20 a.m. as Aithappa Poojari, a casual labourer, was hit by the ambulance that was returning from a Mangaluru hospital after dropping a patient. Mr. Poojari, a resident of Mogral-Puthur village, was going back to his home after attending

Customs officials at Kempegowda International Airport have seized gold worth Rs. 95 lakh this week. According to a press release from the Additional Commissioner of Customs, officials foiled three attempts to smuggle gold. The first incident was on Sunday night, when gold weighing 199 gm and worth Rs. 60 lakh was recovered from a flight that had arrived from Singapore. The gold was wrapped in

Mangaluru, Feb 20: Sixth Additional District and Sessions Judge D.T. Puttarangaswamy on Monday sentenced Satisha, a resident of Moodbidri, to 55 days of rigorous imprisonment on finding him guilty of cheating a woman. According to the charge-sheet filed by Moodbidri police, Satisha, a married man, had sex with a 25-year-old woman after promising her that he would marry her. When she realised

Belagavi, Feb 19: The sleuths attached to city crime investigation branch have seized three kg of gold biscuits worth around Rs 95 lakh by arresting a man in the city. The arrested has been identified as Mohan Prabhakar Devkar of Mumbai. Cash totalling to Rs 15,000 was also seized from him. The police have taken up further investigation. Malmaruti police have registered a case.

Kasaragod, Feb 13: Sheelavathi, 45, an endosulfan victim at Perla near Badiadukka, died at her residence on Sunday. Daughter of the late Shankar Rai and Revathi from Padre locality, she had been bed-ridden for long. She had undergone treatment at various hospitals and was on the official list of the endosulfan victims.

The Cochin Customs has seized 1.5 kg of gold, valued at Rs. 47.35 lakh, from two passengers at the Cochin International Airport on Saturday. The gold was seized in two separate cases, said a press release from the Customs here. In the first case, 20 gold bars weighting 756 grams were seized from a passenger, a native of Kozhikode, who arrived from Jeddah by Air India flight AI-964. In the second

Kasaragod, Jan 25: Expressing concern at the delay in the arrest of those involved in the murder of three elderly women in the district, the CPI(M) has called for prompt police action to solve the cases. “It is imperative for the police to act in utmost vigil to resolve the crimes to dispel public apprehension and anxiety aired from various quarters and the law enforcing machinery is bound to

Chamarajanagar, Jan 21: Former MLA and son of former governor B Rachaiah, A R Krishnamurthy, announced his decision to quit the BJP, here, on Saturday. Addressing a media conference, he said the party leaders in the district, have been neglecting him. "Even when there were rumours that I would join the Congress, neither the district in-charge secretaries nor the district BJP president contacted me

Kanhangad, Jan 19: A man who was summoned by the Hosdurg police here in connection with strangulating a 65-year-old housewife and robbing her of 9.5 sovereigns of gold ornaments was found dead hanging here on Thursday. Kunhikkannan, 55, of Velaswaram who was running an eatery close to the residence of the woman, K. Janaki, was found dead on his residential premises, Kanhangad sub-inspector A

Mangaluru: Students of Barakah International School displayed skill and talent in the 1st Roll Inter School Skating competition 2018 which was held on 6th and 7th January 2018 in the sports discipline of Roller Skating, which got underway at Francis Doris Skate City, Ashok Nagar, Mangaluru. BIS students raked laurels at the event which was organized by Hi – Flyers Club, Mangaluru and Francis Doris