Briefs

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

Kalaburagi, Nov 5: Siddalinga Swamy, honorary president of Sri Ram Sene and head of Karuneshwar Mutt, Andola in Jewargi taluk, Kalaburagi district, who was arrested on Monday on the charge of assaulting a person, was on Saturday granted bail by a District and Sessions Court in Kalaburagi. The III Additional and Sessions Judge, B.S. Naik, granted conditional bail to the swamiji. Though the swamiji

Belagavi, Nov 2: A man taking part in the Rajyotsava procession and a head constable suffered injuries in separate incidents of stone pelting and knife attack near the deputy commissioner's office and Sangolli Rayanna Circle here on Wednesday evening. When the procession was passing by the DC office, a group objected to sound systems being used. This led to a war of words and miscreants pelted