Briefs

Udupi, Jan 9: The Tulukoota will be organising the second annual Malpe Ramdas Samaga Memorial Tulu Yakshagana Festival at the Muddana Mantapa on MGM College campus here from January 10 to 12. President of Tulukoota Jayakar Shetty Indrali told presspersons here on Tuesday that two Tulu Yakshagana episodes would be staged and a Tulu “Tala Maddale” would be held as part of the festival. The artistes

Kundapura, Jan 6: A person was killed on spot and another sustained severe injuries when two motorbikes collided with each other here. The deceased has been identified as Vasanth Nayak(42) a resident of Nayakavadi. He is survived by wife and daughter. His wife, who was riding pillion has been hospitalized with critical injuries following the accident. A case has been registered at Kundapur police

Mangalore: Jan 5: Corporation Bank launched a new product – Corp RuPay Aadhar Card on Friday. This product is primarily aimed at providing easy and hassle free banking services to the financially excluded and underprivileged sections of the society who have an Aadhar number. The card can be used at the conventional ATMs, at micro ATMs or the hand held machines used by Business Correspondents and

Mangalore, Jan 1: Five members of the same family have sustained severe injuries after the Omni vehicle in which they were traveling fell into a ditch in Kannur on the outskirts of the city. The incident happened when the driver of the vehicle lost control and slipped down the road into a ten feet long ditch on Sunday. They were on their way to Mangalore from Panemangalur. The injured K Fathima

Mangalore, Jan 1: The district unit of Popular Front of India has filed a defamation case against a city based eveninger for allegedly publishing a “malicious report” about the organisation. In a press release, District President of PFI Nazeer M H said that the PFI filed case against B V Seetharam, Editor-in-Chief of Mangalore based eveninger, Satheesh Vaidya, Editor, Rohini Seetharam, Owner of

Bantwal, December 30: A rider was killed in a mishap when his bike was knocked down by a speeding tipper, at Punjalakatte in Bantwal. The deceased has been identified as Shameer (22), the resident of Koragatte of Ajjibettu village in Bantwal. Meanwhile Rafiq (25), the pillion was seriously injured in the mishap and has been admitted to a private hospital in Mangalore.Shameer has been working for a