Briefs

T Narasipur, Aug 3: D Prahaladhacharya, former vice chancellor of Sanskrit University, Tirupati, took charge as the 41st head of Sosale Mutt, on Sunday. In a ceremony organised at Seshachandrika Brindavan, Prahaladhacharya was renamed as Vidyasreesha Theertha. Earlier in the day, Prahaladhacharya took a holy dip at the confluence of River Cauvery, Kabini and Spatika Sarovara and entered sainthood

Udupi, Aug 2: A fisherman drowned when he slipped and fell into the sea at Korwady in Kumbhashi village near Kundapur on Tuesday. According to the Kundapur police, Jaya Kundar, 44, had gone fishing with two others, Narayan Kundar and Luv Kanchan. They began early in the day from Malpe. At 10.30 a.m., when they were laying the fishing net in the sea, the boat shook. As a result, Jaya lost his

Gadag, Aug 2: In a bizarre incident, a 29-year-old farmer has written to the Gram Panchayat president and the panchayat development officer, urging them to find a bride for him. In the letter, Manjunath Ramappa Poojar of Ramagiri village says no parent is coming forward to give his or her daughter in marriage to him since he is a farmer. Basanna Betageri, another farmer, says agriculturists are in

Kasaragod, Jul 29: In a novel mode of protest, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists here symbolically erected sea walls at the Thrikkannad beach, near Bekal here, on Thursday seeking lasting solution to the woes of fishers. The protest comes in the light of damage or disappearance of several sea walls because of unscientific construction. Many of them are either buried under the sand or

Bengaluru, Jul 28: Bharath Rajdhan, Chief Instructor at the Rajdhan's Way of Traditional Martial Arts, Mangaluru has been appointed Vice President of the Samyuktha Karnataka Kreeda Mathu Karate Association, Bengaluru. He is also the Chief Instructor at the Okinawan Shorin Ryu Karate Do International Association of Middle East and South Asia, a statement issued by Dathatreya Reddy, President of the

Kasaragod, Jul 28: A State government employee died and his close friend sustained critical injuries after the duo fell from second storey of a private lodge here late on Wednesday. T.K. Giridhar, 40, a native of Paatyam in Kannur and working with the Education Department office here, sustained head injuries as he fell from over a height of 7 metres. He died while being shifted to a Mangaluru

Bengaluru, Jul 22: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday directed the suspension of Bengaluru South tahsildar S M Shivakumar and ordered issue of show-cause notice to Bengaluru regional commissioner M V Jayanthi for obstructing the construction of the state government’s flagship programme Indira Canteen at one of the locations in the city. Siddaramaiah was reviewing the Indira Canteen project that

Udupi, Jul 18: A person died after accidentally falling into a stream and died at Billady village near Kota in Udupi district on Monday. According to the police, Narsimha Nayak (65) was walking down to home at Manikal in Billady, when he accidentally slipped and fell into a stream and died. A case of unnatural death had been registered and investigation is on, the police said.

Kanhangad, Jul 11: The police here have arrested seven youths, including two juveniles, for attacking a group of college students who were waiting at a bus shelter at Padannakd locality recently. A police team, led by Hosdurg Circle Inspector C.K. Sunil Kumar, arrested Thoufiq, Ahammed Nishan, Shamsad, C.H. Sabir, Abdul Sabith, all in their early 20s, along with two juveniles, in connection with

Mangaluru, Jul 10: Thieves gained entry into Sri Mookambike Temple at Guthakadu Shanthinagara in Kinnigoli and decamped with gold and silver ornaments. The thieves broke open the door and took away a golden thali and silver items worth Rs 1.75 lakh. A case has been registered in this regard.