Briefs

Mangaluru: “Compared to other Indian languages modern Konkani poetry is rich in its form, style and theme. Modern Konkani poets responding well to the contemporary social issues. 2005 tsunami, female feticide, social inequality, environment are the issues seriously addressed by poets of modern times in konkani ” opined Sri Gokuldas Prabhu, Member, General Council, Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi and

Udupi Dec 16 : A gang of persons broke into Sri BelampalliTemple at Belampalli coming under the Hiriyadka police station limits in Udupi district and escaped with gold valuables worth Rs. 1.6 lakh. According to the police, the gang broke into the temple between 8 p.m. on December 14 and 6.15 a.m. on December 15 and decamped with gold ornaments kept in a locker in the temple. A case had been

Kasaragod, Dec 15: V.S. Babu, 56, Principal, Government Higher Secondary School, Kundamkuzhi, here was found dead at his houseat at Kottodi on Wednesday. A suicide note said he had taken the extreme step due to bad health conditions. Mr. Babu had earlier served as the Principal of Government HSS, Bandaduka, and as the district secretary of the Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishad. He was in the

Mangaluru Dec 11: The CCB sleuths arrested a woman and two men at an apartment in Padavu, Mangaluru city, on charges of engaging in flesh trade. The arrested are Sujatha alias Arundathi (30), Manjunath (38) and Harish (53). Acting on a tip-off that flesh trade is being carried out in an apartment, the police raided and arrested the three persons and rescued the women victims. They have also

Mangaluru, Dec 5: The most prestigious Awards in Konkani Music, awarded by Mandd Sobhann – the 9th Global Konkani Music Awards, will be awarded on Sunday, December 10 at Kalaangann. Internationally acclaimed singer, actress, composer and song writer, Vasundhara Das, will be presenting the awards. She will also be singing on the occasion. Golden Voice of Goa, Lawry Travasso, will be performing that

Bengaluru, Nov 23: A 27-year-old woman executive with Air Mauritius was sexually assaulted by her senior manager at a hotel room in Bengaluru on November 18. The woman lodged a complaint with the Cubbon Park police, who arrested and jailed the man. The man has been identified as Rajesh Busgeet (55), a resident of Chennai and the regional manager-South India, Air Mauritius, police said. The police

Managluru, Nov 17: The Mangalore Management Association will confer the MMA Outstanding Manager Award to Shree Devi Educational Institutions Chairman A Sadananda Shetty. Briefing reporters here, president Marcel Monteiro said that the award will be given away at Ocean Pearl in Mangaluru on November 23. Shetty is a self-made entrepreneur who has excelled as an educationist. He has been instrumental

Thrissur(Ker), Nov 14: Three persons were arrested early today in connection with the killing of an RSS worker at Nenmeni near the temple town of Guruvayur, police said. The 23-year-old Anandan, who was riding a motorcycle, had been knocked down by a car carrying his attackers and then hacked to death on November 12. Those arrested included a brother of Fazil, who was killed four years ago and

Mangaluru, Nov 9: The Central Crime Branch on Wednesday arrested two women for alleged theft of articles from houses in Mangaluru in the last few days. The police gave the names of the arrested persons as Parvathi (29) of Kavoor and Jayalakshmi (27) of Kunjathbail. The police have recovered 91.23 grams of gold ornaments pledged in some financial institutions. The police said the two accused

Holenarasipur (Hassan Dist), Nov 7: The Janata Dal (Secular) state president H D Kumaraswamy said the party aims to win 113 seats s in the forthcoming Assembly elections. Talking to reporters at Haradanahalli, his native village in the taluk, Kumaraswamy said he will begin the campaign on Tuesday from the Chamundeshwari Assembly constituency, in the Mysuru taluk. The former chief minister said he