Techie-turned-IAS officer Akshy Sridhar is new Commissioner of Mangaluru City Corporation

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August 25, 2020

Mangaluru, Aug 25: The state government today appointed IAS officer Akshy Sridhar as the new commissioner of Mangaluru City Corporation with immediate effect.

The post was lying vacant after the transfer of Ajith Kumar Hegde Shanady earlier this month.

Sridhar was serving as assistant commissionser in Bidar Sub-division prior to his new posting. He had also served as an assistant secretary in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries, New Delhi.

A 2017 batch IAS, Sridhar also holds an engineering degree from the College of Engineering, Guindy.

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14-year-old boy struck by lightning while sitting outside home in Dakshina Kannada

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November 18,2024

Mangaluru: A 14-year-old boy, Subodh, tragically lost his life after being struck by lightning while sitting outside his home in Kedila village, Bantwal taluk, on Sunday evening.

The incident occurred around 5:30 PM while Subodh, an 8th-grade student at Kalladka Shriram High School, was seated outside his house. Lightning struck him, leaving him unconscious.

Family members rushed him to a nearby clinic and later to a private hospital in Puttur, where doctors confirmed his death upon arrival.

The boy's body was sent to Puttur Government Hospital for a post-mortem.

Tahsildar Archana Bhat has directed revenue officials to assist the grieving family. Vitla Revenue Inspector Prashanth Shetty, Village Administrative Officer Anil Kumar, Kedila Panchayat President Harish Valtaje, and panchayat members visited the family to offer their condolences and support.

This heartbreaking incident highlights the unpredictability of nature’s fury, leaving a community mourning the untimely loss of a young life.

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