16-year-old boy dies while playing kabaddi in high school

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December 29, 2018

Mysuru, Dec 29: A teenage schoolboy lost his life after he suffered grievous injuries during a kabaddi match here yesterday. Akash, a Class 10 student from Sharada School, was playing with classmates at the time of the incident.

According to police, Akash, 16, son of Ramesh and Shobha and a resident of Janatanagar, was running back after a ride and hit the wall that’s less than 2ft from the kabaddi circuit. He suffered grievous injuries on the back of his head.

School authorities led by headmistress Bharathi and other teachers rushed to the boy to a hospital where he was declared brought dead. The school management met the boy’s parents and assured them Rs 3.5 lakh in compensation.

Police sources said the school had called in a physical education teacher from another school to conduct kabaddi games in a professional manner, but the teacher allegedly didn’t provide enough space between the kabaddi court and the school building which has windows with iron mesh. The kabaddi court was marked with an iron pole well within the play area.

Akash’s father Ramesh said they received a call from the school about the accident. “We rushed to the hospital to find him dead," he said, adding he’s lodged a complaint with Saraswatipuram police station.

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DK-Udupi local authorities' constituency by-poll: 4 candidates – Cong, BJP, SDPI, Ind – in fray

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October 8,2024

Mangaluru: The by-election to the legislative council from the Dakshina Kannada and Udupi local authorities' constituency will be a contest among four candidates. An independent candidate, Muhammed Riyaz, has withdrawn his nomination on Monday, the last day for withdrawal.

Deputy commissioner Mullai Muhilan MP stated that candidates Kishore BR (BJP), Raju Poojary (Congress), Anwar Sadat S (SDPI), and Dinakar Ullal (independent) will be in the fray.

Polling will be held at 392 booths in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts between 8am and 4pm on Oct 21.

A total of 6,032 voters from Dakshina Kannada and Udupi are eligible to vote. While there will be 234 polling booths in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi will have 158 stations. Gram panchayat members, corporators of the Mangaluru City Corporation, members of city municipal councils, town municipal councils, town panchayats, MLAs, MLCs, and Lok Sabha members are eligible to vote.

Election observer of the Election Commission of India (ECI), Pankaj Kumar Pandey, reviewed the poll preparations at the deputy commissioner's office on Monday. He issued directions to officials regarding arrangements to be made during the election and counting of votes.

The deputy commissioner stated that out of 6,032 voters, 3,127 are women and 2,905 are men. He said the counting of votes will be held at St Aloysius PU College in the city on Oct 24.

Udupi deputy commissioner Vidya Kumari K, city police commissioner Anupam Agrawal, Dakshina Kannada ZP CEO Anandh K, Dakshina Kannada SP Yathish N, Udupi SP Arun K, and additional deputy commissioners Santhosh Kumar G and Mamatha Devi were present.

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