A clash ensued between members of Sunni and Salafi sects during the annual meeting of the Idgah Masjid at Ambedkar Nagar in Porkodi of Kenjar village of Bajpe police station limits on Sunday evening. The warring groups threatened each other following which complaints and counter complaints have been lodged.
The vehicle of District Minister Krishna Palemar as well as his police convoy were surprisingly seen moving on the wrong side while returning from a function held at Kulai on Sunday evening.
“Police officials who fail to take suitable action in connection with cases pertaining to Dalit community will be booked under SC ST Atrocities Prevention Act,†warned SP Dr A Subrahmanyeshwara Rao.
The Puttur police have been accused of illegally detaining and then torturing a youth in a police station for four long days after taking him into custody in connection with a theft case.
Yet another murder of serial killer Mohan Kumar has come to light of late, taking the number of murders to his credit to 19.
The Mangalore city corporation authorities, on Sunday, launched an unexpected drive to evict roadside traders near Central Market and Town Hall in the city.
In a tragic incident, a 19 year old student named Rahul Ranjan Prakash of Patna met a watery grave at the St Mary’s Beach at Malpe, when he had been there along with his friends on a pleasure trip.
The much awaited Mangalore-Manipal KSRTC Volvo buses which were supposed to be flagged off by Transport Minister R Ashok, were finally given the green signal by District in-charge Minister Krishna Palemar, at a simple ceremony held at the State Bank bus stand on Saturday.
The new Commissioner and other officials of the Police Commissionerate of Mangalore are expected to be appointed next month. There is also a plan to give the old building of the reserve police quarters here a face lift and make the commissionerate operational from here.
An alarming fact that the water of the Netravathi river was being contaminated with ash of cremated bodies, has come to light of late at Baddakatte in Bantwal taluk. Locals have already handed over to the police a person who was trying to search for gold after wetting the ash from the nearby Hindu crematorium in the Netravathi waters.