Briefs

Kasaragod, Jul 6: Notwithstanding the pre-monsoon cleanliness drives and awareness campaigns, over 11 lakh people have sought treatment for viral fever at the outpatient wing of hospitals this year in the district. Of the 10,193 people who sought treatment for various diseases at hospitals in the district on Tuesday, 848 were diagnosed with viral fever. This year, 52,236 people were hospitalised

Kasaragod, Jul 4: Unidentified persons burgled a house at Kumbla on Sunday night, and decamped with over 15 sovereign gold ornaments, two cell phones, and a wrist watch, the police have said. The family of Abdulla Kunhi, a resident of Kattathadkka, had kept the keys of the house by the window before going out. The family was at the betrothal function of their son when burglers broke into the house

Bengaluru, Jul 1: The department of Posts in co-ordination with the Unique Identification Authority of India has introduced Aadhaar updating service through post offices. The service is available at Bengaluru GPO, RT Nagar, HPO, HAL 2nd Stage, Jayanagar, Basavanagudi, Jalahalli, Rajajinagar and Channapatna. The facility will be extended to all major sub post offices from July 7. The citizens can

Kasaragod, Jun 30: The police have registered a case against a 40-year-old woman on the charge of illegally adopting a three-week-old girl from a relative from Karnataka’s Chitradurga town. The Manjeswaram police, acting on a complaint lodged by Childline, registered the case against the woman, who has no children, under provisions of the Juvenile Justice Act, sub inspector E. Anoop Kumar said

Kasaragod, Jun 23: The police have intensified their efforts to trace the 23 people who allegedly celebrated Pakistan’s victory over India in the Champions Trophy cricket final last Sunday. The Badiadukka police have filed cases on a complaint filed by BJP Kumbadaje panchayat committee president Rajesh Shetty. The Vidyanagar Circle Inspector and Badiadukka station Sub-Inspector K.R. Ambadi were

Kasaragod, Jun 22: The police are on the lookout for Sreejith, an accused in a murder attempt case at the communally sensitive Choori locality in the district. The police have spread a dragnet to nab Sreejith and the arrest is expected to be made shortly, a senior police official here said on Wednesday. The police are also keeping a close watch on Sandeep, who is being treated at a hospital here

Kochi, Jun 19: Customs air intelligence officials at the Nedumbassery airport on Sunday foiled yet another attempt to smuggle gold and seized the metal worth Rs. 34 lakh from an international passenger. The Thrissur native, who had arrived here from Sharjah in the morning, was intercepted at the exit gate. Crude gold granules weighing 1172.9 g, concealed in the top portion of 10 perfume bottles in

Mangaluru, Jun 19: Poor visibility owing to adverse weather forced the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to divert four flights from landing at Mangaluru International Airport on Sunday. The flights were diverted to Bengaluru and Kozhikode since early hours on Sunday. But all flights landed here after 8.30 a.m. once the visibility was clear. No flights were cancelled, according to V.V. Rao

Kasaragod, Jun 16: The police have registered a suo motu case in connection with an alleged murder attempt on a youth by an unidentified four-member group at Chowki here on Wednesday night. The police said Rajesh alias Raju, 35, a resident of Mogral-Puthur village who was riding a scooter, along with a friend as pillion, was waylaid by a four-member group and attacked with weapons. The Kasaragod

Bengaluru, Jun 15: Campus Front of India will be conducting a national level seminar on ‘Saffron in Education and the Students Resistance” on June 17 at 2 p.m. at SCM Hall, SCMI near Mission Road, Bengaluru. The aim of the seminar is to bring a healthy discussion on swiftly progressing saffronisation of the educational system and the extreme oppression and alienation being faced by students