Briefs

Kasaragod, May 22: A nine-year-old boy was killed after he fell down from a heap of heavy logs at a timber mill at Vorkadi, near Manjeswaram. The boy, Shravan, son of Narayana Achari of Karnataka, was found lying unconscious around 6 p.m. on Sunday. His family was residing at a rented quarters at Vorkadi. The boy was reportedly made to stand near the timber mill by his brother when he went to a

Mangaluru, May 21: The City Crime Branch police on Saturday arrested two persons on the charge of attempting to sell ganja procured from Andhra Pradesh. The police seized 9.5 kg ganja and two mobile phones from them. The seized materials were worth Rs. 2.3 lakh. The police have given their names as Zunaid, 30, son of Abdul Rahman, of Sheshadripuram in Bengaluru and Abdul Kareem, 25, son of Ibrahim

Udupi, May 18: The boat service from Malpe tourist jetty and Malpe beach to St. Mary’s Island, a popular tourist destination, has been stopped with immediate effect till September 15 as is done annually. A press release issued by the Malpe Development Committee here on Thursday said that consequent to the annual monsoon ban, no tourist boats or water sports boats will operate from Malpe to St

Kasaragod, May 18: The district has registered 11 confirmed and 61 suspected dengue fever cases in the last two days. The administration, seeking active involvement from local bodies, has launched a vigorous campaign to check the spread of the deadly fever epidemic in vulnerable eastern hilly hamlets of the district. It would take at least a week to assess the outcome of the ongoing campaign to

Bengaluru, May 14: Renowned theoretical physicist Ennackal Chandy George Sudarshan, popularly known as ECG Sudarshan, passed away in Texas on Monday. He was recommended for Nobel Prize in Physics for a record nine times. He was a professor at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. Born in Kottayam district of Kerala, he studied at the CMS College Kottayam, Madras Christian College and Tata

Puttur, Apr 30: Aysha Girls Pre University College at Athoor, Uppinangady has achieved 100 percent result in both Arts and Commerce streams in the second PUC examination results that were declared today. Commerce toppers in the college: Sahada (567); Fahima (565); Mainaz (524); Rameeza (516) 30 students had appeared for the exams. Among 18 Commerce students, 4 secured distinction and 14 secured

Puttur: A man, arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor girl, reportedly injured himself while in police custody in Puttur Town on Wednesday. Shamsher Khan, 50, had been accused of sexually assaulting the girl for over a year. In her complaint to the Puttur Town police, the girl accused Khan of giving her sedatives before sexually assaulting her. She accused him of showing her

The state government transferred nine IAS officers on Monday. The new postings are as follows: Rajkumar Khatri, principal secretary (higher education); M V Savithri, commissioner for health and family welfare services; M Manjunath Naik, animal husbandry and fisheries secretary; K P Mohan Raj, director of municipal administration; K B Sivakumar, DPAR (services) deputy secretary; B Ramu, tourism

Bengaluru, Apr 19: Many students who appeared for the Common Entrance Test (CET) on Wednesday said that there were typographical errors in the biology paper and that all choices for one question in the mathematics paper were incorrect. Lecturers and faculty members in coaching classes acknowledged that there were errors and demanded that students be given grace marks. Officials of the Karnataka

Kasaragod, Apr 19: A 12-year-old boy drowned in a river near Kumbla on Tuesday evening. Aveesh, son of Vikraman, a resident of Adukathbayal here, ventured into the Shiriya river for collecting shells along with friends after taking part in a birthday party at his mother’s ancestral residence at Shiriya. Fire and Rescue Services personnel and the police rescued the boy and rushed him to a hospital