A young pair of lovers who had eloped following opposition to their marriage
from their parents, were assisted by locals in tying the nuptial knot.
In an interesting case reported from Puttur, a six year old girl who had
landed in the town by train from Hassan, later cooked up a story that she was kidnapped
by strangers who abandoned her in the town.
An injured leopard which was spotted in the shed of a house near Bola
Vanjarakatte was successfully trapped by forest officials on June 4, Saturday.
A team of doctors from the Sri Devi Hospital in Honnavar have
successfully removed hair strands weighing upto 1.5 kg from the abdomen of a 12 year
old girl.
The Mulki police have invited the ire of the public by permitting a cock
fighting in the Lingappaiah School grounds here. It is learnt, a certain Munna, a resident
of the locality had secured permission from the cops to organize the cock fighting (Kori
Katta) in view of the bhootha Kola in his house.
A cat which had climbed an electricity pole near the new bus stand in
Uppinangady in great haste, remained stuck high up there for almost four hours, unable
to get down on its own.
A huge python which was found inside the compound of one Hassainar
Modalkad in Olamogaru village, was trapped by the forest staff and let into forests.
The inmates of the house had notice the python hiding in a small hole in the base of a
coconut tree and had informed the forest staff.
In a bizarre incident reported from Kanhangad, a person who was
pronounced dead by doctors, got up and pleaded for water, while being taken in an
ambulance towards his home for performing the last rites. Narayanan of Karatu Bayalu
in Kanhangad was the person who came alive in the ambulance. He was later admitted to
the Kasargod district hospital.
A woman who was suffering labour pain, gave birth to a baby in the
Arogya Kavacha 108 ambulance in which she was being taken to the hospital. The
incident took place at a place called Yalchith near Byndoor.
The Uppinangady Rural Police Station here had an unusual guest
on March 22, Tuesday. It was a King Cobra which was spotted at the inspector’s office,
driving the police personnel panicky. Every effort made by the personnel to drive it out
proved futile as if to say that the cobra wanted to stay back in the station.