Briefs

Mangaluru, Jul 28: The Sullia police arrested Jagadish, 23, of Sullia for his alleged involvement in the theft of Rs. 26,500 and 48 grams of gold ornaments from the house of Satyanarayana in Kodiyala village near Bellare on July 25. The Bantwal Town Police on Thursday arrested Umanath Prabhu, 51, of Kateel for his alleged involvement in theft of ornaments and cash from a house in Shirali village

Kasaragod, Jul 19: A one-year-old girl was found dead in an overflowing well at Eriyal here on Wednesday. The police said Ayishath Shamna, daughter of Naseema, could have fallen into the well in the paddy field. The well wall had collapsed a while ago. The police and Fire and Rescue Services personnel retrieved the body and shifted it to the General Hospital around 3 p.m.

Kasaragod, Jul 19: Students’ unrest and subsequent clashes between rival groups resulted in indefinite suspension of classes at C.H. Muhammed Koya Memorial Vocational Higher Secondary School at Kottapuram in Neeleswaram. The unrest followed after a Plus One girl student was forced to sing a song by her classmates inside the classroom on Monday. Infuriated over forcing his sister sing the song, the

Mangaluru, Jul 7: Businessman and philanthropist Haji K Abdulla passed away at his residence at Kotekar on the outskirts of the city today. He was 87. He had served as the president of Abdul Khader Haji Memorial Trust and Honorary President of Noorani Yatheem Khana. The final rites will be held on the premises of Siddiq Juma Masjid at Kotekar tonight, family sources said.

Bengaluru, Jul 1: Amid coalition worries, the first full-fledged assembly session in Karnataka after the H D Kumaraswamy led Congress-JD(S) government came to power will begin on Monday with Governor Vajubhai Vala addressing the joint session. This will be for the third time the fifteenth assembly will be meeting after the assembly polls in May, which yielded a fractured verdict with BJP emerging

Kasaragod, Jun 28: The State Cabinet has given green signal to set up a yoga and naturopathy post-graduate institute in 15 acres at Karindalam, near Neeleshwaram. The institute, proposed to be set up on leased land, is planned as a 100-bed hospital complex, an official release said here on Wednesday. The institute is being set up by the Central Council for Research in Yoga and Naturopathy, it said

Bengaluru, Jun 23: The Karnataka State Electronics Development Corporation Ltd (Keonics) caused losses to the state exchequer by misusing the exemption it enjoys under the Karnataka Transparency in Public Procurements (KTPP) Act. The office of the Accountant General’s recent inspection report exposes discrepancies and additional expenditure caused in the procurement of various materials by Keonics

Kasaragod, Jun 21: Incessant rain lashed the district on Wednesday affecting public mobility. The district registered 86.85 mm rain in the 24 hours ending 10 a.m. on Wednesday, official sources here said. The water level in major rivers in the district has gone up considerably. A house was destroyed and two were damaged in the rain. The house of Maimoona, a resident of Chitthari in Hosdurg taluk

Uppala, Jun 15: Eid-ul-Fitr prayers were held at Ahle Sunnath Hanafi Jamiya Masjid at Uppala in Kasaragod district on Friday. The Imaam delivered the sermon and gave a a brief note on humanity and brotherhood. After Eid Namaz two College going students Mohammed Sahil Khan and Mohammed Khaif were felicitated for memorizing the holy Qur'an and leading the taraveeh prayers in the month of Ramadan

Kasaragod, Jun 11: The Bharatiya Janata Party has demanded stoppage for the bi-weekly Antyodaya Express connecting Mangaluru and Thiruvananthapuram in Kasaragod. The train with fully unreserved coaches started service on Saturday. BJP district president K. Sreekanth said the authorities should reconsider their decision not to provide stoppage for the night train in Kasaragod. The three night