Briefs

Kasargod, Feb 2: Burglars made away with 10 sovereigns of gold ornaments, estimated at Rs. 2.20 lakh, by breaking open a house at Baradkka under the Badiadukka police station limits on Tuesday. The daylight burglary occurred when the owners of the house, Sharada and her daughter Nisha, had gone to run their wayside eatery in the locality, the police said. The thieves broke open the front door

Mangaluru, Jan 19: Akil K Atresh (Marine Engineering) and Devika K (MBA), students of Srinivas Institute of Technology Valachil, Mangaluru, have secured II Rank & VII Rank respectively in the Examinations conducted by Visvesvaraya Technological University, in the Academic Year 2015-16. President of A. Shama Rao Foundation, C. A Raghavendra Rao, Vice Precedent Dr. Shrinivasa Rao, Principal Dr

Dharwad, Jan 17: Mallamma, wife of slain BJP leader Yogeeshgouda Goudar, filed a petition with the district superintendent of police on Monday, stating that she has been receiving anonymous threat letters. Mallamma urged police to provide security to her family as the letters warned her of dire consequences if she entered politics. She has submitted the copies of the letter to police. DySP

Puttur: Department of Computer Science of St Philomena College Puttur organized Annual IT Fest ‘Pinnacle 2017’ on January 12, 2017 in college auditorium. Software Developer of Channel Bridge Software Labs, Bengaluru Mr. Jeevan K A inaugurated the programme and said, ‘Participation in various intercollegiate competitions helps the students to develop their personality.’ Campus Director Rev Dr

Hyderabad, Jan 8: Attempts by the Telangana State Transport department to break the deadlock between the striking cab drivers and Ola and Uber management fell flat, as representatives of the companies failed to turn up for talks on Saturday. The situation turned tense after the president of the Telangana Cab Drivers & Owners Assocation Shiva Vulkundakar was forcibly shifted to Gandhi Hospital by

Kasaragod, Jan 6: Communist Party of India (CPI) nominee won the by-election in ward No. 11 (Majbayal) of the Meenja grama panchayat wresting the seat from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Shantarama Shetty won by 133 votes where BJP nominee Yashoda Alva had won the seat by seven votes in the 2015 polls. UDF nominee Hassan Kunhi of the IUML relegated to the third spot, garnered a mere 17 votes

Kasaragod, Jan 5: The police have banned demonstrations and public meetings by political and social organisations for three days in the district with effect from Wednesday. The regulations, under provisions of the Kerala Police Act 78 and 79, have been enforced as per the orders of Superintendent of Police Thomson Jose in view of widespread violence reported during the day-long BJP district hartal

Kasaragod, Jan 5: Yashmitha, a class XI student of Sri Annapoorneswari Higher Secondary School at Agalpadi, near Badiadukka here, brought laurels for the nation by winning the Asian Junior Throwball Championship held in Kuala Lumpur recently. The 16-year-old Yashmitha, hailing from the backward Marathi community, was accorded warm reception as she arrived at the railway station here and was

New Delhi, Dec 30: The district court has acquitted the MIM leaders who were allegedly involved in openly abusing the District Collector. The case was struck down as there was no evidence. According to Nizamuddin, lawyer of the MIM leaders, his clients were acquitted as the government pleader had failed to produce evidence. MIM Lok Sabha member Asaduddin Owaisi and others had staged a dharna on

Mangaluru, Dec 22: ‘Dabak Daba Aisaa’ tulu movie produced and directed by Prakash Pandeshwar, under the banner of Jayakirana Films is to be screened in Krishna Theatre, Kasaragod from December 23 onwards. The Movie ‘Dabak Daba Aisaa’ has already been released in Mangaluru , surroundings and has been successfull in attracting large number of Tulu language and movie lovers towards the theatre