Briefs

Kasargod, Aug 11: A 40-year-old man was killed and his six-year-old daughter sustained injuries as their motorbike collided head-on with a truck at Uppala on Sunday, police said. The mishap occurred when the motorbike driven by the man identified as Zulfikar, who was returning along with his daughter from a relative’s house at nearby Bappayitod, collided with the truck in front of Uppala Town Juma

Mangalore, Aug 11: Dr Edmond Fernandes, CEO, Center for Health and Development and a Post Graduate of Community Medicine at Yenepoya Medical College, Yenepoya University has been appointed as Member, Advisory Committee of the International Aviation Conclave ( IAC ) 2014. IAC is supported by Ministry of Civil Aviation Government of India, Directorate General of Civil Aviation, SAARC Nations, US

Udupi, Aug 6: Two houses, three agricultural fields and a banana plantation were damaged in rain in Udupi district on Tuesday. According to the Kundapur taluk office, a wall of Chandu Janna’s house collapsed due to rain in Hombady-Mandady village and the loss was estimated at Rs. 15,000. Three agricultural fields were flooded and the crops destroyed in Kavarady village. The fields belonged to

Mangalore, Jul 1: A lorry carrying coal got completely burnt near Mission Bungalow on the Mangalore – Udupi stretch of the National Highway in Mulky on Saturday night. According to police, a motorist noticed fire on the lorry when it was on the move. The motorist overtook and informed the driver, who stopped the vehicle. The lorry was completely burnt, the police added.

Moodbidri, Jun 29: Two gold rings and a laptop were stolen from the house of Vidya Mascarenhas in Guddeyangadi in Moodbidri police station limits early on Saturday morning. The incident occurred when Ms. Mascarenhas had locked her house and gone to her relative’s house. Thieves broke open the rear door of Ms. Mascarenhas’s house and made away with gold rings and the laptop, the police said.

Puttur, Jun 29: A 30-year-old man died after he lost control of his motorcycle and fell under the wheels of an oncoming truck at Panaje village, Puttur taluk on Saturday. Around 3.30 p.m., Sulaiman skid on the road and fell. An oncoming truck could not apply brakes on time and ran over him, said the Puttur Rural Police. He died in the hospital a few hours later.

Mangalore, Jun 28: Two motorcycle-borne thieves went away with the gold chain of a woman on the Maidan Factory Road in Mangalore East Police station limits on Thursday evening. The police said Vedavati was returning from factory to her house around 6 p.m. when two persons on a motorcycle snatched her gold chain worth Rs. 80,000 and sped away, the police said.

Mangalore, Jun 19: A 21-year-old law student has been reported to be missing from his hostel in Kottara, here, since Saturday. In a complaint filed before the Urwa police on Tuesday, B.V. Shravan Bharadwaj’s father B.A. Vasant Kumar, a resident of Shimoga, said his son’s mobile phone was switched off when he called him on Tuesday. When he checked the hostel he was told that Shravan had left for

Bangalore, Jun 14: The State government on Friday transferred three IAS officers and an IPS officer with immediate effect. The names of the officers and their new postings are as follows: Ritvik Ranjanam Pandey, Commissioner of Survey Settlement and Land Records, Bangalore. He will also hold additional charge of Director, Atalji Janasnehi Kendra, Bangalore; D Randeep, Deputy Commissioner, Bijapur

Ullal, Jul 14: The Lokayukta police on Friday arrested the chief officer of Ullal Town Municipal Council Chetan S. Kolavi for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs. 50,000 from a contractor.Lokayukta police said Mr. Kolavi had reportedly demanded Rs. 1.6 lakh from contractor Guruprasad to release a cheque for Rs. 17.5 lakh. The cheque was related to the drainage work done in the TMC limits. Following