State Governor Hamsaraj Bharadwaj has once again taken the BJP
government to task by stating that the government was trying to conceal facts pertaining
to illegal mining and tax evasion cases.
The Udupi Lokayukta officials have trapped the excise sub-inspector of
Udupi while he was accepting a bribe of Rs 5000 from a bar owner on December 29,
Wednesday.
A police team led by the Udupi DySP have been successful in apprehending the
accused in the case of murder of an old woman for gold that took place near the Heroor
milk dairy near Brahmavar, a week ago.
Nearly 12 kids who were on way to school had a miraculous escape even as
the Maruti Omni in which they were traveling dashed against a tree near Veerakambha,
on the morning of December 29, Wednesday. It is said that the driver lost control over the
vehicle resulting in the accident. Tamseef, a UKG student was the only one injured in the
mishap.
Over 150 people from Kanyana and Karopady villages would be deprived of
voting rights during this time?s ZP and TP elections as their names have been left out of
the voters? list due to the lackadaisical approach of the authorities.
A woman who was admitted to the Chethana Hospital in Puttur for delivery,
has died allegedly due to medical negligence. The deceased is Swapna (25), wife of
Sridhar Rai, a staff of Suddi Bidugade of Puttur.
The Udupi district unit of the Karnataka Komu Sauharda Vedike staged a
protest in front of the Deputy Commissioner?s office in Udupi on December 28, Tuesday
seeking justice to renowned human rights activist Dr Binayak Sen. The agitators also
forwarded a memorandum in this regard to the Union Law Minister M Veerappa Moily
through the Deputy Commissioner.
The Kasargod District Muslim Youth League Committee organized
a protest in front of the Air India office at Lalbagh in the city on December 28, Tuesday
condemning the policy of bias by Air India in disbursing compensation to the families of
those killed in the May 22 air crash in Mangalore
? The State BJP President KS Eshwarappa who has become a laughing
stock by asking the Governor to contest the election, is not fit even to sweep the
Congress office,? this was how KPCC spokesperson and former MLA Vijaykumar Shetty
made a mockery of Eshwarappa.
Deputy Commissioner and District Election Commissioner Subodh
Yadav has forwarded a report to the State Election Commission on the complaint of
violation of election code of conduct by A Ravindra, the Chief Minister?s advisor and
former chief secretary of the state government.