Briefs

Kasaragod, Apr 4: A 38-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday on the charge of sexually abusing his 13-year-old stepdaughter while she was sleeping with her mother at Bandiyode, near Kumbla. Abdul Kareem, a resident of Panchathotti, was arrested by a police team headed by Kumbla Circle Inspector K. Premsadan after the woman, along with her daughter, lodged a complaint with the Kumbla police station

Mangaluru Apr 4: Chief Whip of the government in Legislative Council Ivan D'Souza has filed an appeal with the returning officer against some officials who have cleared a name board that provided information on the development works initiated by the government. "As per the Election Commission's guidelines, flex and banners should not have photographs of politicians. If there are photographs

Kasaragod, Apr 2: Parts of the district received moderate to heavy summer showers late on Sunday, drastically bringing down the heat besides allaying apprehensions of farmers anticipating drought situation during peak summer months. The rain, the third of its kind this summer, accompanied by lightning began around 8.40 p.m.

Udupi, Mar 31: Karkala police have nabbed two accused, who were involved in illegal cattle trafficking here at Kucchuru village, in Hebri, during the wee hours on Friday. Karkala ASP Rishikesh Sonavane said that the police nabbed the culprits when they were transporting the cattle illegally at Hebri. There were five accused, of whom three are absconding. Of the three, two belong to Moodbidri and

Sagar, Mar 29: As many as 30 students of Sanjay Polytechnic College on Ikkeri Road in Sagar city suffered injuries after a swarm of honeybees attacked them on campus on Wednesday. The students have suffered multiple bee stings on head, neck, and face. Some of them have complained of vomiting and body ache. They were treated as out-patients at the government hospital in Sagar city and their health

Puttur, Mar 26: A 55-year-old woman died of injuries after the autorickshaw she was travelling in along with her family members was hit by the private bus near Puttur on Saturday afternoon. Complainant K. Babu Gowda, his wife Susheela, a relative Kamala, his brother Mohan Gowda and his wife Leelavathi were travelling in the autorickshaw near Aryapu. The private bus allegedly being driven in a rash

Mangaluru, Mar 25: The Ullal police on Friday night seized a containerised fish-transporting truck in which sand was allegedly being transported to Kerala. A communiqué here said police inspector K.R. Gopikrishna and team seized the truck acting on a tip-off at Hoigehithlu near Talapady on the Karnataka-Kerala border. Plastic craters were placed at the end of the loaded sand to give an impression

Second spell of rain in four days brings respite from heat The district got a respite from the sweltering heat with a second spell of summer rain on Monday. The rain, accompanied by lightning, brought down the sultry day temperature and came as a relief to water-scarcity regions. Areca nut farmers The rain was moderate in the coastal belt and heavy in the eastern hilly hamlets. The second spell of

Bengaluru, Mar 17: The BJP on Friday pounced on veteran Congress leader M Veerappa Moily's tweet alleging a "nexus" between road contractors and Public Works Minister H C Mahadevappa. The first to react was BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa, who said Moily's tweet had validated Prime Minister Narendra Modi's charge that the Siddaramaiah-led Congress ran a "10% commission" government. "At last

Hassan, Mar 14: A coffee planter committed suicide by shooting himself at Nadanahalli in Sakleshpur taluk on Tuesday afternoon. Suresh, 48, shot himself with his single barrel gun around 2 p.m., soon after having lunch at home. He is survived by wife and two children. According to the police, Suresh has grown coffee and pepper on his 10-acre plantation. He had borrowed loans from banks and private