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Boy crushed to death by speeding lorry near Mangaldevi on black Sunday

March 13, 2011

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Mangalore, March 13: In a gruesome early-morning accident, a six-year-old boy was crushed to death in front of Mangaladevi Temple near Jeppu on Sunday when a mini-lorry rammed into a motorbike moving in the same direction.

The deceased has been identified as Prajwal, son of Ravi Rao Acharya, a resident of Hoige Bazar. The boy, who is studying in first standard, was returning home with his grandfather Shama Rao Acharya, aged 58, who was driving the Kawasaki Boxer motor bike.

Shama Rao has also sustained injuries and understood to have broken his hand in the accident. He was heading home after having his coffee along with his grandson. He had also purchased some vegetables and other stuff.

Shama Rao, has a lathe workshop at Hoge Bazar and his son Ravi is also in the same business. The accident happened when he was driving was about to take a deviation near the Mangaladevi temple towards Mulihitlu, but the 407 vehicle, which was laden with fruits and heading towards Uppala, crashed into the bike from behind.

Prajwal flung off the bike due to the impact of the accident and rolled over by the lorry. The impact of the accident was such that the scull of the boy had come out. But Shama Rao had a miraculous escape he was thrown off to a different direction and ended up fracturing his hand.

Residents of the Mangaladevi and surrounding areas expressed shock and grief over the incident and urged the police inspector Mr Gopalkrishna Rao, who visited the spot to take steps for erecting speed breakers on the Pandeshwar-Mangaladevi stretch and also demanded that road humps must be put up on the Mangaladevi temple-Cascia Highschool road as well.

The driver of the vehicle fled the scene immediately after the incident. A case has been registered by the traffic east police.

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July 28,2020

Mangaluru, July 28: A screenshot of a death threat message against IAS officer Sindhu B Rupesh, the deputy commissioner of Dakshina Kannada, is now going viral on social media.

The threat comes in the wake of the Deputy Commissioner’s warning against attack on cattle traders by anti-social elements ahead of Eid al-Adha. 

It is learnt that a discussion was held about DC’s warning in a pro-Hindutva WhatsApp group. The death threat was issued in the same group in Tulu language. 

A police officer said that if the deputy commissioner doesn’t lodge a complaint, the police will file a suo motu case in this regard.

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July 10,2020

Bengaluru, July 10: The Karnataka government has decided to hold examinations only for the final semester students of undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) in various universities of state and promote other semester students to the next level without holding any examination.

The decision was taken to safeguarding the students' interest as well as academic career of lakhs of students during the time of Covid-19 pandemic. The significant move by the Higher Education department was announced by Deputy Chief Minister Dr CN Ashwath Narayan who is also the minister for Higher Education.

The DCM announced that the examination for final semester UG and PG students will be conducted as per the guidelines issued by the University Grants Commission (UGC) by the end of September 2020.

As per the latest decision, all students who are either at the beginning or middle semester of their UG and PG courses will be promoted to next semester without any examination. The state government further made it clear that the latest decision would only be applicable for this academic year--2019-20.

The students will be promoted to the next semesters based on academic performances during the previous assessment.

Giving details of the decision, Dr CN Ashwath Narayan told media persons that the decision was taken in the interest of the students. "Keeping in mind the safety of students during Covid-19 pandemic times, the government has taken the decision. We have also discussed with education experts, former Vice Chancellors before arriving at this decision," he said.

The DCM also revealed that Governor Vajubhai Vala who is the Chancellor of all the universities has also given his consent for the decision. Students can call up on the department helpline 080-22341394 for any academic queries.

How will students be promoted?

The students who are pursuing UG and PG courses at mid semester levels will be evaluated internally based on their academic performance along with the marks scored during the previous semester or year.

"Based on this comprehensive evaluation, we will promote the students to next semester. But for the first semester students, they will be promoted entirely based on internal evaluation on academic performance," the Deputy Chief Minister explained.

In case if the students wish to improve their marks further, they can take the exams separately later. This apart, students with backlog subjects have also been allowed to carry those subjects further into the next semester subject to only the present academic year.

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Gadag, Feb 20: A 33-year-old Muslim man is all set to become a seer at Muruga Rajendra Mutt in Gadag.

Ordained by Sri Murugarajendra Koraneswara Swami of the mutt, Dewan Sharief Mullah claims he was taking the step not under any duress but after being "guided by the almighty".

"Nobody asked me to do it. The almighty came in my mind and guided me.... They have put the sacred thread and given me the responsibility. They have given me the 'Ishta-linga' and this honour. I have done the 'Ishta-linga dharan'. I will walk on the path of dharma. Love and sacrifice is the message given to me. That is what I want to propagate," he said.

Sri Murugarajendra Koraneswara Swami said, "It does not matter what caste you belong to. If God appears to you for a path of goodwill and sacrifice, you will do it regardless of the manmade restrictions of birth and caste."

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