Briefs

Mangaluru: Jamiyyatul Falah, a state government award winning charity organization’s Mangaluru Corporation unit distributed fruits among patients of Lady Goshen Hospital, Kairiya Trust Thokkotu Girls School students and HIV care centre ‘Sneha Deepa’ home for children through a program as part of social responsibility of the society on the occasion of Republic day on 26th January 2019. The event

Chamarajanagara, Jan 29: The Chamarajanagara District and Principal Sessions Court conducted the Sulwadi Temple tragedy case against four accused through video conferencing due to security reasons at the court premises here on Tuesday. In the food poisoning tragedy 17 devotees died and more than 100 fell ill after consuming 'Prasada' laced with pesticide on December 14, 2018 at Kichugutti Maramma

Mysuru, Jan 29: No unusual monkey deaths, particularly of grey langurs, have been reported on the Karnataka-Kerala border adjoining H D Kote taluk, and this is being cited as a 'strong reason' to rule out KFD outbreak in the district. “Abnormal monkey deaths are considered major evidence for authenticating the outbreak of the disease, as in Shivamogga district where such deaths have been reported

Mangaluru, Jan 28: Universal Welfare Forum (Uniwef), a city based Muslim organisation, will be conducting a programme on ‘Human Society and Spirituality in view of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)’ in Mangaluru. The event will be the valedictory programme of the Uniwef’s campaign “Know the Prophet of Mankind”. The programme will be held on February 1 at Town Hall at 6:30 p.m. Journalist Abdussalam Puthige

Belagavi, Jan 26: Belagavi will now be connected to 13 destinations across the country. The Union government cleared five airline operators to offer civilian air connectivity between the Sambra airport in Belagavi with 13 domestic airports. These are part of the 235 routes announced under the regional connectivity scheme (RCS). According to a social media post shared by Suresh Angadi, MP, the

Bengaluru, Jan 25: Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officers have caught a Panchayat Development Officer (PDO) while accepting bribe for issuing ownership certificate for a site allotted under Ashraya scheme to a villager. According to a ACB release here on Friday, Tumkur District, Chelur Gram Panchayat PDO R Siddeshwar had demanded Rs 60,000 bribe and was caught while accepting Rs 50,000 from the

Mysuru, Jan 23: Though the state government had declared a one-day holiday on Tuesday for all educational institutions in the state as a mark of respect to Shivakumara Swami, Demonstration School in Mysuru, a constituent unit of Regional Institute of Educationin Mysuru, was open. This did not go down well with several parents. Yagnamurthy Sreekanth, principal of Regional Institute of Education

Hyderabad, Jan 22: Former Union Minister and senior BJP leader Bandaru Dattatreya, MP extended his heartfelt condolences on the demise of Siddaganga seer. In a message, Mr Dattatreya on Monday said Sri Shiva Kumara Swami Head Pontiff (Seer) of five centuries old Siddaganga Mutt in Tumakuru attained Sivaikyam on Monday. Sri Shiva Kumara Swami ji is known as walking god who headed a society that

Udupi, Jan 21: District president of Janata Dal (Secular) Yogish Shetty has said that the BJP was trying to dislodge the Congress-Janata Dal(S) coalition government through illegal and unconstitutional methods. He was speaking at a dharna organised by the Janata Dal(S) near Bhujanga Park here. Mr. Shetty said that the BJP was lusting for power and was trying “Operation Kamala” in the State once

Kannur, Jan 4: A Sub-Inspector attached to Ramankari Police Station in Alappuzha allegedly committed suicide by consuming poision in a hotel room here on Friday. Police said the deceased was identified as Augustine. Augustine was to retire from service in March 2019. A suicide note addressed to his family members was also recovered from the room and it was suspected that family dispute was behind