Briefs

Haveri, Aug 27: Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council K?S?Eshwarappa has said that one of the objectives of Sangolli Rayanna Brigade is to ensure that B?S Yeddyurappa becomes the next chief minister of Karnataka. Speaking at a meeting to review preparations for the launch of the brigade in Haveri on Friday, Eshwarappa said that strengthening the BJP and educational, social and

Udupi, Aug 23: Sources in the Police Department said here on Monday that Sonia Narang, DIG, CID, had arrived here in connection with the investigation in the Bhaskar Shetty murder case. Bhaskar Shetty, a businessman, went missing from his house here on July 28 and his mother Gulabi Shetty lodged a missing complaint at the Manipal police station on July 29. The police arrested his wife Rajeshwari

Bengaluru, Aug 22: An engineering student was killed while another sustained injuries when the motorcycle they were on rammed into the median of the expressway on Ballari Road and the two were hit by a cab on Sunday. The police identified the deceased as Dharmesh Patel (21), a resident of J.P. Nagar. The pillion rider has been identified as Abhishek (21). They were returning from Nandi Hills when

Kasaragod, Jul 30: The United Democratic Front (UDF) has retained control of the Kasaragod district panchayat winning the by-election in the Uduma division. Congress nominee P.K.M. Shanawas won the by-poll with a margin of 1,886 votes. Mr. Shanawas, son of Congress leader and standing committee chairman Padur Kunhamu Haji, whose demise on April 23 necessitated the by-election, defeated Indian

Mangaluru, Mar 19: Prof. (Dr) U S Krishna Nayak has taken over as the Principal and Dean at the A.B Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences. He was previously serving as the Dean Academics of the Institute and was also the Dean of Students till 2001. After graduating from College of Dental Sciences, Manipal he has been associated with the A.B Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences for

Udupi, Mar 8: The Udupi district administration has banned the sale of alcoholic beverages from 6 a.m. on March 9 to 6 a.m. on March 10 in the Udupi district in light of the Virat Hindu Samajotsav being organised by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad in Udupi on March 9. An official press release issued here on Friday said that since a large number of people were expected to participate in the samajotsava

Sirsi, Dec 5: A boy and a girl from Sirsi committed suicide by hanging themselves from a tree on the outskirts of Hubballi on Thursday. The police gave the names of the deceased as Raghu Hanumanthappa Bhovi of Ramanabailu and Mamata Shankar Kalabhag of Nilekani village near Sirsi. Preliminary investigation has revealed that while Raghu was working as a construction worker, Mamata was studying in

Hassan, Nov 21: A man and his son were arrested by the police for killing an injured deer for its meat and hide at Baachenahalli in Arasikere taluk on Thursday. Police gave the names of the two men as Shankaregowda and his son Lokesh, residents of Baachenahalli. On Thursday morning, a milk van hit a deer which was crossing the road near the village. According to the police, the driver, before

Coimbatore, Nov 15: As part of an awareness campaign of the ‘Awakening Conference’ being organized by National Women’s Front on Sunday, an exhibition was inaugurated on Saturday at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. The theme of the exhibition is “Women’s rights and issues”. It was formally inaugurated by Popular Front of India Tamil Nadu state president A.S. Ismail at 11:30 am. NWF national president

Bangalore, Oct 30: The Karnataka state government on Wednesday transferred four IAS?officers. According to an official press release, the following are their new postings: K?V?Thrilok Chandra as?Deputy Commissioner, Kolar district, Kolar; D?K?Ravi as?Additional?Commissioner of Commercial Taxes, Bangalore; R?Vinoth Priya as Additional Mission?Director, Sakaala, Bang-alore and K?S?Manjunath as Chief