Briefs

Mangaluru, Oct 21: The Mangaluru CCB police arrested seven persons who were making an attempt to rob near people Big Bazaar at Bejai in Mangaluru city. Acting on a tip-off that a group of six to seven youths on three bikes were making an attempt to rob a few persons, the CCB sleuths arrested seven persons. The arrested include Pritham Poojary (23), a resident of Kappigudde near Kavoor; Vishal

Mangaluru: A short story collection titled "Mazaar Ani Her Katha" comprising of 10 short stories written by Professor Melwyn Rajesh Castelino, well known as Melwyn Pernal in the Konkani literary world was released on October 14. Rev. Nelson D’Souza of Gandhidham Province in Gujarat and Ronald J Sequiera , President of Konkani Writers and Artists Association jointly released the new short story

Mysuru, Oct 16: Journalist M G Rajesh (40) died in a road accident near Talakadu in T Narasipur taluk on Sunday. Rajesh, along with his family members, was travelling by car to attend a function in Mudukuthore when the mishap occurred. According to family members, the last rites will be held in Mysuru on Monday. Rajesh’s sister-in law Mahima (37) also died in the mishap.

Kasaragod, Oct 16: A man was killed and three others sustained injuries in a head-on collision involving two trucks near Kumbla on Sunday. The accident occurred around 7.30 am as a container truck collided with the other truck that was proceeding towards Mangaluru to transport fish to Kerala. Biju, 47, a native Cherthala in Alappuzha, who was driving the truck carrying fish, died on the spot while

Udupi, Oct 15: A gang broke into the Ermadi Kalkuda Daivasthana at Havanje village near Brahmavar between 11.30 a.m. on Thursday and 7.45 a.m. on Friday and decamped with silver ornaments valued at Rs. 52,000, according to the police. A case has been registered at the Brahmavar police station. Investigation is on, the police said.

Bengaluru/Hubballi, Oct 15: The BJP on Saturday lodged a complaint with the Banashankari police seeking action against Urban Development Minister R Roshan Baig for his ‘objectionable’ remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In the complaint, Ramesh N R, spokesperson, Bengaluru City and Urban District, stated that despite holding a responsible position as a minister, Baig has used derogatory

Mangaluru, Oct 14: The second Judicial Magistrate First Class Santosh Kunder on Friday sentenced a man named Mahendra to 15 months of rigorous imprisonment after finding him guilty of burglary. He will also pay a fine of Rs. 7,000. Mahendra broke into the house of a court employee, Chamansab, in the PWD quarters in Bondel and stole articles worth Rs. 20,000. The incident took place on the night of

Kasaragod, Oct 14: A Plus One student was killed when the scooter he was pillion-riding hit an electric post at Melparamba around 7.30 a.m. on Friday. The victim was Marzook, 16, a student of Saadia Da'wa College at Deli. His teacher Ijaz Abdulla, 26, who was riding the vehicle, suffered minor injuries.

Bengaluru, Oct 13: Upa Lokayukta Justice Subhash B Adi has directed the Transport department to submit a report on total tax dues in respect of vehicles in the state. The report was sought in the wake of an enquiry which revealed that Ramanagaram alone has motor vehicle tax arrears to the tune of Rs 2 crore since 2005. A complaint was filed with the Lokayukta alleging that tax on several vehicles

Oct 9: Four workers were asphyxiated while cleaning a sump in a house, belonging to Ramakrishnappa, at Dinnenahalli in the taluk on Sunday. According to police, the victims have been identified as Nagappa (65), Peddanna (39), Narayanappa (35) and Janardhan (34), all residents of the village. The first three were choked to death in the sump while Janardhan died en route to a hospital. Enraged