Briefs

Kasaragod, Jul 28: A State government employee died and his close friend sustained critical injuries after the duo fell from second storey of a private lodge here late on Wednesday. T.K. Giridhar, 40, a native of Paatyam in Kannur and working with the Education Department office here, sustained head injuries as he fell from over a height of 7 metres. He died while being shifted to a Mangaluru

Bengaluru, Jul 22: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday directed the suspension of Bengaluru South tahsildar S M Shivakumar and ordered issue of show-cause notice to Bengaluru regional commissioner M V Jayanthi for obstructing the construction of the state government’s flagship programme Indira Canteen at one of the locations in the city. Siddaramaiah was reviewing the Indira Canteen project that

Udupi, Jul 18: A person died after accidentally falling into a stream and died at Billady village near Kota in Udupi district on Monday. According to the police, Narsimha Nayak (65) was walking down to home at Manikal in Billady, when he accidentally slipped and fell into a stream and died. A case of unnatural death had been registered and investigation is on, the police said.

Kanhangad, Jul 11: The police here have arrested seven youths, including two juveniles, for attacking a group of college students who were waiting at a bus shelter at Padannakd locality recently. A police team, led by Hosdurg Circle Inspector C.K. Sunil Kumar, arrested Thoufiq, Ahammed Nishan, Shamsad, C.H. Sabir, Abdul Sabith, all in their early 20s, along with two juveniles, in connection with

Mangaluru, Jul 10: Thieves gained entry into Sri Mookambike Temple at Guthakadu Shanthinagara in Kinnigoli and decamped with gold and silver ornaments. The thieves broke open the door and took away a golden thali and silver items worth Rs 1.75 lakh. A case has been registered in this regard.

Kasaragod, Jul 6: Notwithstanding the pre-monsoon cleanliness drives and awareness campaigns, over 11 lakh people have sought treatment for viral fever at the outpatient wing of hospitals this year in the district. Of the 10,193 people who sought treatment for various diseases at hospitals in the district on Tuesday, 848 were diagnosed with viral fever. This year, 52,236 people were hospitalised

Kasaragod, Jul 4: Unidentified persons burgled a house at Kumbla on Sunday night, and decamped with over 15 sovereign gold ornaments, two cell phones, and a wrist watch, the police have said. The family of Abdulla Kunhi, a resident of Kattathadkka, had kept the keys of the house by the window before going out. The family was at the betrothal function of their son when burglers broke into the house

Bengaluru, Jul 1: The department of Posts in co-ordination with the Unique Identification Authority of India has introduced Aadhaar updating service through post offices. The service is available at Bengaluru GPO, RT Nagar, HPO, HAL 2nd Stage, Jayanagar, Basavanagudi, Jalahalli, Rajajinagar and Channapatna. The facility will be extended to all major sub post offices from July 7. The citizens can

Kasaragod, Jun 30: The police have registered a case against a 40-year-old woman on the charge of illegally adopting a three-week-old girl from a relative from Karnataka’s Chitradurga town. The Manjeswaram police, acting on a complaint lodged by Childline, registered the case against the woman, who has no children, under provisions of the Juvenile Justice Act, sub inspector E. Anoop Kumar said

Kasaragod, Jun 23: The police have intensified their efforts to trace the 23 people who allegedly celebrated Pakistan’s victory over India in the Champions Trophy cricket final last Sunday. The Badiadukka police have filed cases on a complaint filed by BJP Kumbadaje panchayat committee president Rajesh Shetty. The Vidyanagar Circle Inspector and Badiadukka station Sub-Inspector K.R. Ambadi were