Ullal: Woman commit suicide with her 2 children at Netravathi river

Ullal:June.19:A woman committed suicide with her 2 children by jumping into Netravathi river on Wednesday. The body of the mother and 1 child was found and a search operation is continuing to find the body of another child. The deceased were identified as Mumtaz(28),a resident of B.C.Road and her daughters Fathima Naishana(8) and Khatija Naifa(6). The dead bodies of Mumtaz and Fathima were found.

Fathima was the 2nd std. student of ‘Best English Medium School’ while Khatija was studying in UKG. Mumtaz left for her parents house on Wednesday but committed suicide by jumping in the river at Ullal railway bridge. A local has seen them walking on the bridge before committing the suicide. Her husband Sadiq Mohammed has called his ‘in laws’ from Gulf about Mumtaz leaving the house to visit them at 2 pm. When her sister Naaz  tried to contact her on her mobile at 3 pm,a boy answered the mobile and said he found the mobile on the railway bridge and there are 3 pairs of footwear lying on the bridge. Naaz  and her husband rushed to the spot and a search operation started to find Mumtaz and her children.

The reason behind her suicide is not yet known.

Sorake promises integrated market complex in Surathkal

MANGALORE, June 18, 2013 : During the maiden visit of Minister for Urban Development Vinay Kumar Sorake to Surathkal on Monday, people and organisations sought modernisation of vegetable and fisheries market with basic facilities, bus stand in the suburb and parking facilities for private vehicles and autorickshaws.

Mr. Sorake promised to initiate quick action in providing integrated market complex and parking facilities. He said he would provide funds required but wanted the authorities to ensure that fisherfolk and vegetable vendors were not harassed in the name building a complex. He said proper alternative arrangements had to be made for them.

Problems roll in

People also drew attention to the problems caused to pedestrians and vehicle-users because the wagons of the RO-RO (roll-on roll-off) service of Konkan Railway were being parked very close to the road.

Surathkal legislator Mohiuddin Bava said he had promised to facilitate direct interaction between ministers and people of his constituency and the arrival of Mr. Sorake was in part fulfilment of this.

Kundapur:’Personality development is possible only through education’:Vinay Kumar Sorake

 Kundapur:June.17:”It is the duty of each and every educational institution to give a bright future to their students and make them a respectable citizen of our country. Personality development is possible only through good education” said Dist.Development and state urban development minister Vinay Kumar Sorake. He was addressing at a ’2013-14 year Educational activities and new students welcome function’ held at Kundapur St.Mary’s PU College on Saturday.

“In past,the educational progress was lacking due to poverty,shortage of facilities and superstition. Now the time has changed. Educational sector has become a reflection of the society due to the support it is getting from the govt. The schools have become the teaching centers for the students to know how to respect  our nation. Schools are like prayer halls where there is no discrimination of caste,creed or relgion. The students of undivided D.K.dist.are respected all over India. The Catholic educational institutions have played a major role in this sector” he said.

Kundapur Roman Catholic priest Anil D’Souza presided over the function. St.Mary’s PU College principal Praveen Amrith Martiz was present as chief guest at the programme. Cultural programmes were held by the students. Donors for the 2013-14 academic year were felicitated at the programme.

Oscar Fernandes: Long-time Congress organisation man

New Delhi, June 17, 2013, (IANS) Becoming a minister for the first time in the UPA-II government Monday, Oscar Fernandes, a senior Congress leader from Karnataka, has held key posts in the party and the previous Manmohan Singh government.

Fernandes, 72, was junior minister for labour and employment 2006-08 in the first United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government. Before that, he held portfolios such as statistics and programme implementation, NRI affairs and youth and sports.

Becoming a party general secretary in 1996, he also headed the important Central Election Committee of the Congress till Sunday when the post went to Madhusudan Mistry in the party organisational re-shuffle.

First elected to the Lok Sabha in 1980 from Udupi in Karnataka, he was re-elected to the lower house of parliament in 1984, 1989, 1991 and 1996 from the same constituency.
He was elected to the Rajya Sabha in 1998 and was re-elected in 2004.

MP Jayaprakash Hegde visits sea erosion place at Kodi

Kundapur:June.16:Sea erosion at Vinayaka Kodi and central Kodi is very serious and MP K.Jayaprakash Hegde had visited and made an inspection of the area on Sunday. 2 Fisheries sheds are in danger as the high waves are lashing them at this time. The Kundapur-Kodi road and an electric pole are also in danger.

After the inspection,Jayaprakash Hegde has informed the concerned authorities to arrange emergeny releif for this region areas. He said a petition was made to the District Administration to release an amount of Rs.5 lacs for the emergency releif of sea erosion. If the Dist.Administration delays the release of funds,then the amount will be released from MP relief fund he said.

Bunder and Ports Authority officer T.S.Rathod,Congress party leaders Ganesh Sherigar,Jyothi,Kumar Kharvi,Vijayalaxmi,Sandeep Poojari,Shankar Poojari,Sunil Poojari and others were present at the occasion.

Udupi:850 School text books stolen from BEO office

Udupi:June.13:Hundreds of school text books were stolen from the office of Udupi zone Education officer S.Vasanth Shetty. According to a complaint lodged by S.Vasanth Shetty,850 hundred text books from the book store, located near Udupi city bus stand on Wednesday night.

Free text books were kept on the one part of the store while the books for sale were kept on the other part. During the day time,the education dept.organizers are distributing the books. On Wednesday night,unknown thieves have entered the store by removing the tiles from the upper shed and took hundreds of text books.

2nd std.Mathametics(English medium)-150 books,5th std.English subject(English medium)-100 books,8th std.Science(English medium)-150 books,9th std.Kannada(First language)-100 books,English(Second language)-100 books,Mathametics(Kannada medium)-100 books,Science(Kannada)-50 text books were stolen.

The total value of 850 books stolen from the store is Rs.24,000/- according BEO Vasanth Shetty. The police are investigating the case.

Need blood? Gangolli website is just a click away

Gangulli:June.14: A few years ago, Governor HR Bharadwaj declared Gangolli, 52 km from Udupi, as voluntary blood donors’ village. Taking forward the reputation the Karvali Voluntary Blood Donors Association (KVBDA) of the village had launched a website– www.kvbda.org– with aim of creating a one-stop destination for patients in need of blood with contact details of blood donors across the state.

Today the website boast of details of over 2,000 blood donors. Divakar N Kharvi, founder of the association, said, “Because of some technical glitches we could not upload details of all voluntary blood donors. We will upload the details by the end of July,” he added.

The helpline number which was launched along with the website receives at least 80 calls from patients and hospitals in a month seeking blood. “Most of these calls are from Shimoga, Udupi and Davangere districts,” he added.

Gangolli village is home for over 2,500 people belonging to Kharvi community, who mainly depend on fishing for livelihood.

Since 2007 nearly 1,000 villagers of Gangoli have donated more than 2,000 blood units through donation camps.

Future plans

Divakar said soon a helpline centre exclusively for blood donation will be established in Gangolli. “Recently we launched a free ambulance service for the poor and needy people residing in and around Kundapur taluk,” he said.

“The villagers are also raising funds to set up a blood bank in Kundapur. At present, Kundapur does not have a single blood bank. If a hospital gives us space, we will establish a blood bank soon. We will also request the government to set up a blood bank in Kundapur.

Soon patients and their family members, who require blood units, can contact more than 2,000 blood donors by just logging on to the website of Karvali Voluntary Blood Donors Association (KVBDA) of Gangolli village situated 52 kms away from Udupi.

In view of helping the patients and hospitals KVBDA launched a website in January to upload contact details of blood donors, residing in different parts of the state.

The details include blood group, phone numbers and addresses of blood donors. But due to technical glitches KVBDA could not upload the details of many blood donors.

Sky reaching prices of fresh fish made eggs dearer

Udupi:June.12:The prices of egg have raised from Rs.3.60 per peice to Rs.4.80 due to the sky reaching prices of fresh fish in the Karavali region. Last week,the retail price of egg per piece was Rs.3.60 and wholesale price was Rs.3.00 and now the wholesale price of the egg is increased to Rs.4.00.

Due to the shortage and high sky reaching prices of fresh fish in the market,the non vegetarians are buying eggs for their daily food which created higher demand for the eggs. If the prices of the fresh fish goes up again,certaily the prices of eggs will increase in the future days. Hotels and omlet stalls have more demand for eggs. This is going to be an head ache for the non vegetarians in the coastal region.

Rise in demand for B.Com. course forces colleges to augment seats

MANGALORE, June 11, 2013 : Following increased demand for B.Com (Bachelor of Commerce) course, Mangalore University has begun sanctioning additional seats to many colleges for 2013-14.

The Syndicate, the highest decision-making body of the university, in its meeting on May 17 authorised Vice-Chancellor T. C. Shivashankara Murthy to sanction 25 per cent seats than the allotted seats. Accordingly the colleges seeking additional seats are being sanctioned a maximum of 25 per cent seats, Prof. Murthy told The Hindu.

If the additional 25 per cent seats were filled, and the colleges wanted to open an extra batch then as per the decision of the Syndicate the university would send a three-member committee to inspect the infrastructure available. The reports of the committee would be placed before the Syndicate and if the latter agreed such colleges would be allowed to open additional batches, the Vice-Chancellor said.

In both the cases the university would act only if there was written request from the colleges, he said.

P. S. Yadapadithaya, Registrar (administration) said that many colleges were seeking 10 per cent to 25 per cent additional seats. Some colleges have sought sanctioning extra batches. The additional seats sanctioned were applicable only for the academic year 2013-14. The colleges cannot merge the original intake and additional intake sanctioned and admit students for the academic year 2014-15. The original intake allowed for the current academic year was applicable while admitting students for the next academic year unless changes made based on the next year’s trend.

He said government-aided private colleges and unaided private colleges would have to pay Rs. 3,000 per candidate to the university for additional seats sanctioned. This was not applicable to government colleges. The fee is being collected to check uncontrolled admissions, he said.

Subrahmanya Bhat, Principal, Government First Grade College, Uppinangady, said the college received 204 applications against 60 seats originally sanctioned by the university.

In addition to asking for sanctioning 25 per cent additional seats the college had sought to grant an extra batch to accommodate new applicants.

Why the change?

Udaya Kumar Irvathur, Associate Professor of Commerce, University College, Mangalore said that demand for MBA graduates in corporate sector has come down as they were demanding high salary. Instead the corporate sector was hiring B.Com. graduates as they could be paid less and more employable because of their skills. In addition, Mr. Irvathur said, B.Com. students studied subjects like finance and accounting in depth than BBM students.

The syllabi of BBM were more diluted when compared to the syllabi of B.Com. This could be the reasons why employers prefer B.Com. graduates thus pushing demand for the course, he said.

Ummappa Poojary. P., ex-president, AMUCT:

Mad race for any course is not a healthy trend. Learn lessons from the weakening demand for MBA graduates in the market now. It can happen to B.Com. graduates too. Balance should be maintained in sanctioning intake for courses. Managements of colleges will transfer the burden of extra fee being collected from the university directly to students.

Radhakrishna, principal of Government College, Car Street

Demand for a B.Com course is higher in government colleges as they charge a low fee, which is Rs. 4,000 per candidate. Some Private and aided private colleges charged up to Rs. 20,000 per student. Increasing demand requires more infrastructure facilities.

Subbappa Kaikamba, joint secretary, university commerce teachers’ association

B.Com. graduates are preferred everywhere, from sales jobs to corporate jobs. There will be demand for them. Companies are now absorbing them in larger numbers. A B.Com. graduate can fit into any profile.

Dress code: a toss between freedom and discipline

MANGALORE, June 11, 2013 : After spending several years under uniforms students just want to live life young and free as they make it to the college.

Colin Miranda, from St. Aloysius College said, “This is the only time students can experiment and improve their sense of dressing. This also helps learn to dress smartly when they start work. A reasonable dress code gives you freedom along with responsibility. I think introducing uniform just kills innovation and individuality.”

But Eshana Kaveriappa, from Roshni Nilaya, does not have to bother about it as yet. “Our college isn’t very particular on wearing only salwars, so it isn’t an issue,” she says. Shravan Kumar, from Mangalore University, said, “We don’t have a specified dress code. Different departments are at the liberty to choose the dress,” he says. Shalom Aaron, from Manipal Institute of Communication, says the college does not prescribe a dress code. “Shorts and Bermudas are looked down upon. But there isn’t a problem as long as the cloth isn’t too revealing.”

Deepika Joellen, from St. Agnes College, does not have any problem with the dress code. “But I wish they would allow us to use our phones on the campus. I don’t mind switching it off while in class but a blanket ban is very inconvenient.” Ngukatoli Yeppo, from St. Aloysius College, says “We are allowed to wear kurtas and tops that are modest.”

A majority of degree colleges have recently introduced uniforms and the move has evoked a mixed response. Sherin Lasrado, from SDM college said, “We have to wear white on Mondays. And the rest of the days we have to wear pink and black. Saturday is the only day we have the freedom to wear other clothes. But even then, jeans aren’t allowed.” Sanjith Shenoy, from Canara College declares, “We have uniforms, and as a degree student it doesn’t make any sense to me.” Maithri Mohan, from Besant Women’s College, says “We have to wear uniform on the weekdays. Nobody likes it, but the college authorities’ reason that it is to make sure that there is equality on campus and we accept it.”

George Marko, from St. Aloysius College, believes uniform is okay as long as they don’t look stupid. “But I’d prefer different uniforms through the week so that we’ll not get bored.”

Aruna Kamath, Principal, SDM College of Business Management, explains the reason behind the move to introduce uniform.

“We initially had a uniform only for Monday. But we realised that students generally did not dress decently enough and hence we had to extend it to rest of the week.”

Kasargod:3 Persons were arrested for stealing files from Taluk office

Kasargod:June.11:Dist.Crime Intelligence Bureau has arrested 3 persons in connection with the recent theft of few files from the Talk office. Mohammed Shafi(37),Balakrishnan(29) from Kolattur and Mohammed Rafik from Maruttadka Chedikundu were arrested by the Intelligence dept.on Monday. According to the police,Balakrishnan is a real estate businessman.

The 3 accused were charged for illegally tresspassing at Taluk office and stealing govt.files. Few files were stolen from the table of an employee in the taluk office in the month of May. A complained was registered at the police station regarding the theft of files.

Mangalore:Girl friend murdered by her lover;culprit under police custody

Karkala:June.9:After playing the drama of love and then promising her to marry,a man killed his girl friend when she started forcing him to marry. The incident took place at Hosabettu village of Mangalore taluk. Culprit Prabhakar Shetty(32),a resident of Biravu village near Moodabidre was arrested by the police. The deceased is identified as Poornima Shetty(23),a resident of Ranjala village in Karkala taluk.

Poornima’s dead body was found on Saturday at Hosabettu village. The culprit buried the body after murdering her. Poornima went missing on June 3,when she left from her house saying that she is going to the Bank. The parents have lodged a missing complaint at Karkala Rural Police station. The incident came to light when the police started their search operation

Prabhakar Shetty is running an Arts company. He was doing the make up job for the artists at stage dramas. Poornima came in contact with him when he came to Ranjala village. Their affair continued from the past one year. He was refusing Poornima’s marriage proposals.

On June 3,when Poornima threatend him to lodge a police complaint,he stabbed her with a knife at her stomach. He sliced her neck when she started shouting. He kept the dead body till night,and with the help of his 3 friends,buried her body at Hosabettu.

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Udupi:’Komu Souharda Vedike’ stage protest against caste discrimination case held at Trasi

Udupi:June.8:’Komu Souharda Vedike’ Udupi unit has staged a protest in front of Udupi SP office condemning the caste discrimination case happened at Trasi wedding hall and sexual harassment on Mangalore Pandeshwar Police station SI Shrikal. Addressing the protesters,Vedike Dist.president and senior thinker G.Rajashekhar said “the police is still continuing the RSS philosophy of anti women,anti minority and anti poor theory. It is necessary for the police department to obey the law and order and give equal protection for all the sections of the people”.

Later,a memorandum was submitted to Mangalore west zone Deputy Superindent of Police through Udupi SP. The protesters demanded the immediate suspension of Mangalore south Police dept.ACP T.R.Jagannath for his sexual harassment on Shrikala and to withdraw the false complaint lodged against her for the purpose of keeping her mouth shut.

The purohit made a caste discrimination during the wedding ceremony of Gangulli village panchayath president Sakamma. This is a sign showing that the caste discrimination system still exists in the district. The Dist.Aministration and the police dept.should take care and punish such people who show caste discrimination demanded the protesters.

Thinker Prof.Faniraj,Vedike secretary Dinakara Bengre,Caste Free related vedike’s Prof.Hayvana Moodasagri,Jamathe Islami Hind’s Idris Hoode,Firoz Manna,Ifthikar and Minority Vedike’s Charles Amber were present at the protest.

‘Caution’ sign boards installed at Trasi-Maravanthe beach

Trasi:June.7:Hundreds of tourists are visiting Maravanthe-Trasi beach every day. Sea is the main attraction for them. Few of them will jump into the water ignoring the danger. The sea at this area is very deep. During monsoon season,the sea will remain always rough. Gangulli’s 24×7 Helpline has come forward to install ‘Caution’ sign boards at 8 places along the beach with the help of the local doners.

Karavali coast Police station Inspector K.Taranath and Gangulli Police station SI N.Sampath Kumar were present at the occasion and praised the social awareness programme set by 24×7 Helpline unit.

Monsoon accelerates again at Karavali region

Mangalore/Udupi:June.6:The monsoon has accelerated once again at Karavali region on Thursday. Udupi and D.K.districts received good rainfall on Thursday.

Mangalore and its suburb areas received average to heavy rainfall since morning on Thursday. Puttur taluk received heavy rainfall with thunder and lightening. In Moodabidire,rainfall started in the afternoon. There was an average rainfall at Surathkal.

Udupi,Kundapur and Karkala taluk have received good rainfall in the afternoon on Thursday.

Space shortage at Malpe harbour leads to rush hour

Malpe:June.6:Thursday evening has was a rush hour at the Malpe harbour for the 900 fishing boats who have returned from the day long fishing. The fishing ban starts from June 15 but these boats have stopped fishing and have come back 10 days early. This is not because of the rough sea but due to the less space for anchoring the boats at the harbour.

The work is under progress at the 3rd phase of the harbour at a cost of Rs.56 crores. 350 more boats will find space for anchoring once this project gets completed in 2014. But still there is a shortage of space for 550 boats for anchoring at the Malpe harbour. The local fishermen have demanded the construction of 4th phase which will ease the shortage of space at Malpe harbour.

Mangalore:Loaded truck stuck in open drain

Mangalore:June.7:A truck carrying wooden load to Derebail Konchady was stuck in the open drains when the driver was trying to take a sharp turn in the wee hours of the day.

These incidents happens due to the incomplete work of the drainage and the footpaths in the city. Especially during monsoon,these open drains create danger to the motorists as well as to the pedestrians. Fortunately,no loss of life or damage to the truck has been reported

Byndoor:Trawler boat sunk;fishermen rescued

Byndoor:June.4:A trawler boat went for gilnet fishing,sunk here on tuesday. The high waves hit the boat while passing through the back waters at Byndoor. 3 Fishermen and the boat was rescued. An estimated loss of Rs.1 lac incurred in the incident.

Konkan railway route timings to change from June 10

MANGALORE: Monsoon time table for trains running via Konkan route will come into effect from June 10 and remain in force till October 31. Accordingly, train number 12617 Ernakulam _ Nizamuddin Mangala Express will leave Ernakulam Junction at 10.45am instead of 1.05pm and the departure timings at main stations are as follow: Shoranur (1.05pm), Calicut (3.05pm); Kannur (4.55pm) and Mangalore junction (7.50pm).

Train numbers 16337/16338 Okha – Ernakulam bi-weekly expresses will be partially cancelled between Hapa and Okha. Train number 12620 Mangalore Central – Lokamanya Tilak Matsyagandha express will leave Mangalore Central at 12.50pm instead of 2.35pm. Train number 12134 Mangalore Junction – Mumbai CST Express will leave at 4.45pm instead of 2pm, S James, public relations officer of Southern Railways said.

Railway authorities have request people to contact the nearest station master for the timings of other trains running via Konkan route.

MCOCA against Sreesanth, others for obeying command of D-Co.

New Delhi:June.4:Delhi Police today invoked the stringent MCOCA against suspended cricketer S Sreesanth and 22 others in the IPL spot-fixing scandal for which the “command” originated from underworld don Dawood Ibrahim’s outfit.

Following this, a Delhi court remanded Sreesanth, another player Ajit Chandila and the others to further judicial custody till June 18.

“Since the accused persons were acting on command of people based abroad like Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar and Chota Shakeel who have a continuous past record of organised crimes, provisions of Maharasthra Control of Organised Crime Act have been invoked against the accused,” police told Additional Sessions Judge Sanjiv Jain.

The court, in its order, referred to the approval granted by Joint Commissioner of Police Special Cell for invoking section 3 and 4 of MCOCA and also a report citing reasons for the same.

“It has been stated that the approval for invoking MCOCA has been accorded by Jt CP special cell on the premise that the arrested persons/ accused through extensive use of electronic and via media were in communication with each other and with their other associates, who are still absconding, including those associates who are based abroad.

“The illegal organised betting syndicate in India is being controlled by persons based abroad.

“The arrested accused persons have been found playing role of conspirators while others have been found acting as facilitators,” the court quoted from the report.

“This organised crime syndicate besides controlling illegal betting was indulging in fixing performance of players and also the rates of betting,” police told the court.

 

Actress Jiah Khan dead

Mumbai:June.4:Bollywood actress Jiah Khan has allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself at her residence here, police said.

The 25-year old actress reportedly hanged herself at her Juhu residence late last night.
According to the police her maid, watchman and neighbours are being interrogated to find out her last visitors.

Jiah made her acting debut in the controversial Ram Gopal Varma’s ‘Nishabd’ where she acted opposite Amitabh Bachchan. Upon its release in March 2007, the film received mixed reviews, but Jiah was noted for her confidence, attitude, and sex appeal.

She also got a Filmfare Best Debutant Nomination. She then appeared alongside Aamir Khan in A R Murugadoss’s ‘Ghajini’, the Hindi remake of the director’s own Tamil film of the same name.

Later she appeared as a supporting actress in Sajid Khan’s multi starrer comedy film ‘Housefull’ (2010). This was her last film.

Byndoor:House damaged due to lightening stroke

Byndoor:June.4:A house was damaged due to lightening stroke at Tenkabailu village near Byndoor on Thursday night. The lightening hit Lawrence Crasta’s kitchen room with a big sound on Thursday at 8 pm. The tiles of the kitchen room and front portion cement sheets were completely damaged in the incident. Lawrence crasta’s wife,Philomina Crasta was at the kitchen room when the lightening struck the house. She was shocked by the incident and lost her hearing sense. Philomina Crasta is admitted to Kundapur govt.hospital.

The kitchen items were broken,the electric wiring of the house was burnt and all the electronic items inside the house were damaged. The lightening also hit the coconut trees near the house.

The electric items of neighbor Jecintha Crasta,Selin Fernandes,Uday Jogi and Janaki Poojari were also damaged due to the lightening.

‘Kundapur Railway Passengers welfare committee’ urges MP to upgrade Kundapur station

Kundapur:June.3:”Railway Passengers Welfare committee” Kundapur has wrote a letter to MP Jayaprakash Hegde demanding the fulfillment of essential services for the economic progress of the region. The committee has urged Mr.Jayaprakash Hegde to pursue the following matters with Railway Ministery during the forthcoming Railway Parliamentary Members consultative committee meeting.

1.Providing stoppages for Mumbai Express Train No 12134 (daily) Mangalore Junction to CSTM and Mangalore Express Train No 12133 (daily) CSTM to Mangalore at Kundapur Railway Station.
2.Upgrading & Modernizing the Railway station at Kundapur. Let our Kundapur Railway Station be a model station of konkan railway.
3.Providing stoppages for proposed Madgaon-Mangalore intercity express at all taluka Head quarters (as per Budget declaration)
4.New DMU train is proposed in this year’s Railway budget between Thokur and Bhatkal. Please extend the same up to Mangalore Central. This would be much helpful to the public.
5.We demand construction of additional platform at Mangalore Central Station to facilitate more trains (Proposal submitted by Southern Railway is still pending for approval from railway board).
6.The proposed Mangalore-Bangalore weekly train must be routed via Hasan-Arasikere/Mysore instead of Selam/Palakkad.
7.Western Railway is operating summer special train service between Mangalore-Ahmedabad which is in great demand and popular and hence, we demand that the above said service may please be operated between Subramanya and Ahmedabad regularly
8.We request to re-schedule the present timings of 16523/16524 Yeshawantpura – Karwar train and make it more useful to our coastal people.
9.The present general coach (unreserved) in 16523/16524 Yeshawantpura – Karwar train is of only 25 people capacity. We request to increase the same to 75 people capacity.

Mangalore:Old building front balcony collapses near Hampankatta;2 persons injured

Mangalore:June.3:2 Persons were injured when a old building near Hampankatta clock tower, collapsded on Monday morning. John(62),a resident of Sakaleshpur,got fractures at his leg and is admitted to Wenlock hospital while Pavan Kumar got fingure injuries and getting treatment at the same hospital.

The first floor balcony front portion of the building collapsed due to contineous rainfall in the city. A lawyer’s office is existing on the first floor and the building has a bakery and a footware shop on the ground floor. The next building at the same place has also become very old and is in a dangerous condition.

Your chance to buy BMW, Jaguars at ‘bargain’ auction prices

Some 290 impounded cars – including a few Jaguars and BMW – are being put up for auction, according to Major General Mohammed Saif Al Zaffin, Director General of Dubai Traffic Police.

“The 290 cars will be auctioned over the internet through three companies which have been contracted by the Supreme Committee for auctions.”

These are Emirates Auction, Golden Bell Auction and Union Auction.

Maj Gen Al Zaffin disclosed that the dates of the auctions will be announced in Arab and foreign newspapers and in accordance with the procedures, a month before the scheduled date.

He added that the Supreme Committee for auctions did not specify the date of the auction yet. The next auction will be the seventh as six auctions have been organised since 2007.

Maj Gen Al Zaffin said the seized luxury cars such as Ferrari Enzo will not be offered for sale at the next auction.

He added a special auction for the luxury cars will be organized in the near future.

He mentioned that the Traffic Department will make an inventory to determine the number of luxury cars which are impounded for more than 6 months, to be included in the planned auction.

He said the cars up for auction do not have cases pending in courts, and neither are they required by Interpol.

Law 34 of 2008 says impounded cars can be auctioned after the passage of 6 months during which owners have made no efforts to have them released.

It also requires such cars not be part of cases pending in courts or involved in cases of Interpol.

He revealed that the next auction which will included 290 cars includes 20 Mitsubishi cars (including Lancer and pickups etc), 3 Jaguars, and about 60 Nissan (including Tida, Sunny and Altima) cars.

There are also Toyota (including Lexus Prado, Land Cruiser and Mark 2), Peugeot, Ford Mustang, Jeep Cherokee, BMW, Honda (Civic and Accord), etc.

Maj Gen Al Zaffin said that there are also older models such as Nissan Laurel and Sunny 1983 as well there are new models such as the Peugeot 2007 and Land Cruiser 2010.

Lt Colonel Nabil Abdullah, Director of police vehicles and the member of the Supreme Committee for Auctions, said the price of the cars listed for auctions is estimated according to the average account for four estimates, the first estimate through the police, and the other three estimations by the three auctions companies.

The four estimates are collated and an average price is drawn as the price of the car offered for sale.

He said the vehicles will be submitted to the auto auction companies this month. This should take a few weeks. The proceeds will be submitted to the police, after deducting 2 per cent commissions on the sales.

Campaigning ends, stage set for tomorrow’s poll

Bangalore:May.4:The month-long, high-pitched public canvassing that saw national leaders of major political parties and film stars sweat it out to woo voters ended on Friday, setting the stage for polling on May 5 in the State. Counting of votes is scheduled on May 8.

However, the campaign on the last day on Friday largely remained low-key. Senior leaders confined themselves to holding press briefings, while candidates conducted door-to-door campaign and held road shows.

Though Congress leaders Kapil Sibal and Sheila Dikshit were in Bangalore, they did not take part in any public campaign. None of the BJP Delhi leaders were in Bangalore.

With curtains coming down on public campaign, the Election Commission (EC) directed that all party leaders and workers who do not belong to respective constituencies should leave. Hence, majority of the State leaders of all the parties remained confined to their constituencies on Friday. BJP national general secretary Ananth Kumar held a road show in Basavanagudi and actors Vijay and Ganesh campaigned for BJP candidate in Padmanabhnagar. JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy campaigned in Mandya and Kolar districts.

The candidates can conduct padayatra on Saturday. As many as 2,939 candidates are in the fray for the 223 seats. Polling in Periyapatna has been postponed to May 28 following the death of the BJP candidate.

The BJP and the Congress accused each other of corruption, a major issue in the State. While the Congress accused the BJP of creating a record of sorts in corruption in Karnataka, the saffron party retorted by highlighting 2G, coalgate and Commonwealth games scams. Both chanted “sakappa saku” (enough is enough) mantra, calling for end of corruption.

Regional parties, the JD(S) led by H D Deve Gowda, the KJP led by B S Yeddyurappa and the BSR Congress led by B Sriramulu, left no stone unturned in attracting the attention of matabandavaru (electorate) by making a strong pitch for a regional force coming to power in the State. They accused the two national parties of letting down the State’s interest. Gowda and Yeddyurappa went to the extent of shedding tears in public. Gowda’s daughter-in-law Anitha Kumaraswamy, too, wept in Channapatna where she is the party candidate.

Though top leaders of both the national parties had hit the campaign trail, it was NaMo-RaGa duel (Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi) that stole the show. Modi’s public rally in Bangalore, Belgaum and Mangalore came as a moral booster to the party. Rahul was the star campaigner for the Congress.

BJP president Rajnath Singh, senior leaders L K Advani Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitely campaigned for the party. The Congress had Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and many Union minister seeking votes.

Besides, political parties added glitz and glamour to their campaigns by roping in cine stars. Telugu actor and Union minister Chiranjeevi was a big hit in Tumkur, Kolar, Anekal (Bangalore urban district) and Bellary, where he campaigned for the Congress. Among Kannada actors who hit the campaign trail were Ramya, Bhavana (Congress), Tara, Ganesh (BJP) and Shruti (KJP). Actor Pooja Gandhi is the BSR Congress candidate from Raichur while veteran actor Ambareesh is contesting from Mandya.

This apart, all parties and their candidates extensively used technology and social media to reach out to the voters. However, padayatras (door-to-door campaign) remained the favourite mode of campaigning. There was only one incident of hate speech by BJP leader K S Eshwarappa in Shimoga. Till Friday evening, the Election Commission had registered 696 cases for various election-related offences and received 2,097 complaints on model code violations.

Two die in firecracker explosion

Tumkur:April.28:Two persons were killed and three were injured in a firecracker explosion at Gulur in Tumkur taluk on Sunday.

The police identified the dead as Narsiappa (65), and his wife, Jayamma (60).

Their daughter Sarojamma (40) and workers Rajanna (50) and Siddalingappa (55) were injured in the incident.

Killed on the spot

Narsiappa was killed on the spot and Jayamma died at the district government hospital in Tumkur. The injured are undergoing treatment in the hospital.

Narsiappa had illegally stored firecrackers in his house near the Gulur tank. The materials used for manufacturing crackers were also stored in the house.

The police said the explosion might have occurred while crackers were being manufactured.

The roof of the house was damaged and its mud walls collapsed due to the impact of the explosion.

Nanjundaiah, a resident of the village, said Narsiappa had been in the business of making crackers for the past 15 years.

Deputy Commissioner Anurag Tiwari and Superintendent of Police Raman Gupta visited the spot.

Dangerous curve on NH 66 at Byndoor Vattinenne

Byndoor:April.23:The curve on NH 66 at Vattinenne near Byndoor has created a kind of terror in the minds of the motorists passing on this route. The giant trees at the curve prevents the motorists to see the on coming vehicles from the other side. The hill on the upper side of the curve is in a critical condition and the motorists feel it may fall down any time.

The road barrier at the front portion of the curve was damaged couple months ago when a vehicle met with an accident. There is a deep ditch beside the road. The road barrier should be rebuilt immediately to prevent any unwanted incidents. The branches of the trees should also be removed for the fluent movement of the traffic. social worker Ravindra Shanubhog has urged the concerned dept.to construct a straight road and remove the existing curve which has become a ‘Accident Zone’ for the motorists.

Mangalore International air cargo complex will commence operation from May 1

Mangalore, April 23, 2013, DHNS: International Air Cargo Complex at Mangalore International Airport which was inaugurated a month back will start functioning from May 1, said Airport Director J T Radhakrishna. He was speaking at an interactive meeting convened by Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) on promotion and utilization of Air Cargo Complex, at KCCI chamber building here on Tuesday.

Export-Import charges

Radhakrishna said that out of the 23 airports across the country where Air Cargo Complex has been newly established, Mangalore is already ahead with commencing of operation from May 1. “As of now, no payment of customs duty for majority of imports has been enforced. For export, the minimum charge is Rs 125 per consignment and Rs 0.761 per kg. For import, minimum charge per consignment is Rs 135 and Rs 4.75 per kg. Airlines charge, customs charge and other service charges exclude this. For the time being, Air India and Jet Airways are providing cargos in International services. The volume of cargo allowed in each flight is between 1.5 tonne and 2 tonnes,” he explained.

Crosses 10 lakh mark

Airport Director revealed that in the first time of Mangalore Airport history, the passenger traffic has crossed 10 lakh figure. “Last year Airport achieved 20 per cent growth in terms of passengers. If only three flights were operated in 2004, now it is 20”. He expressed hope that within three months, cold storage facility can be started as part of air cargo complex thus paving the way for a big leap in development. Radhakrishna stressed that at Mangalore airport, there is ample scope for development and by the joint effort of all, it can reach new heights in future.

Document processing Mangalore Assistant Commissioner of Customs V Shreenivas Phani said that at the initial stage, bills of entry for cargos should be processed manually. “All documents should be processed at Panambur Custom house. Goods can directly be taken to Airport”. He added that there is a six step procedure for processing; Making entry of bills, appraisal, assessing, pre-auditing, duty payment and examining of goods”. He expressed hope that in near future exclusive cargo flights will fly and arrive at Mangalore airport.

KCCI President Mohammed Ameen presided over. Representatives of Air India and Jet Airways were also present.

Sonia to campaign in Chikmagalur, Mangalore on April 27

MANGALORE: April.22:All India Congress Committee President Sonia Gandhi will visit the port city on April 27. She is scheduled to address a public rally at Nehru Maidan at 1pm.

Though she was scheduled to be in Mangalore on Thursday it was postponed to Saturday in view of the ‘stormy parliament’ sessions which called for her presence said, Congress leader B Janardhan Poojary here on Monday.

Poojary said the revised scheduled was intimated to him by MP Oscar Fernandes. Meanwhile, AICC Secretary and Programme In-charge, Ashok Tanwar on Monday visited the City to over see arrangements for the arrival of Sonia Gandhi to the city. Talwar said the leader would reach Chikmagalur at 10 am and address the party workers there.

Vitla:April.21:A tempo carrying dry grass,caught fire at Kambalabette near Vitla when it touched an electric transformer cable. The driver immediately stopped the vehicle in front of Kambalabettu Masjid and escaped unhurt.

The local residents tried to extinguish the fire but could not manage to do that. The civil defense vehicle was called to the spot. The residents provided water to extinguish the fire. Traffic on Puttur-Vitla road was jam for some time due to the incident. Vitla Police station officer and staff reached the spot and carried out the inspection of the incident

Female cop to drive Dubai Police’s super car Ferrari FF

Who is going to drive Dubai Police’s latest addition in its fleet Ferrari FF – a young policeman or an old policeman?

There have been reader comments posted where the readers suggesting the car should be not be driven by the younger cops as it will be difficult to resist the temptation.

“This must be driven by older cops, not the younger one in order to avoid lot of over speeding fines. ,” said Mohammed, an Emirates 24l7 reader, in a recent comment.

But Lt General Dhahi Khalfan Al Tamim, Commander-in-Chief of the Dubai Police, has some other plans.

Lieutenant-General Dhahi Khalfan has tweeted that the supercar will neither be driven by the older cops nor their younger fellows but by the lady police officers.

“Ferrari Police patrols would be used by women in the police force,” tweets Khalfan.

From the images released, it appears to be the super exclusive FF, sporting a powerful V12 engine.

The FF, which retails for approximately Dh900,000, goes from 0 to 100km in a mere 3.7 seconds.

‘Our village Our Children’ 3 day holiday camp held at Kalavara Govt. High school

Kundapur:April.19:’Balkuru Hangarkatte Development Association’,'Kalavara School Development committee’ in association with ‘Kannada and Cultural Dept.Bangalore’ has organised a 3 day “Our Village Our Children” active camp at Kalavara village recently. State award winner HM K.Chandrashekhar Shetty inaugurated the camp. Addressing the inaugural function he said “the holiday camps are helping to boost the morale of the children in today’s social and cultural life. It gives importance to built Self image and self respect in children. This kind of camps will help children understand each other,develop friendship and love”.

School Development committee president Chandrashekhar Shetty presided over function. Kolluru Mookambika temple administrative committee member Kalpana Bhaskar,school HM Sachidanand Hegde,physical teacher Balakrishna Shetty Vakwadi,devt.committee secretary and camp director Ramesh Vakwadi were present as chief guests at the function.

Ramesh Vakwadi hi lighted the importance of holiday camps for the children. Bharathi Byndoor compered the programme. Shriraksha proposed vote of thanks.

Kundapur:BSF unit deployed for the security of upcoming assembly election

Kundapur:April.18: Border Security Force(BSF) unit is deployed at all the election centers to look after the security of the upcoming assembly election in Udupi dist. BSF unit at Kundapur town took a march from new bus stand to Shastri Circle on Thursday as a part of their security preparation for the forthcoming assembly election to be held on May 5

14 injured in blast near Bangalore BJP office

Bangalore:April.17: An explosion near the BJP office in Malleswaram injured at least 14 people, including eight policemen, who were in a KSRP van stationed near the office for election security duty, here on Wednesday morning.

Two cars and 2 two-wheelers were completely gutted, while the KSRP van was damaged in the explosion, which occurred around 10.20 am in the crowded residential locality.

Police Commissioner Raghavendra H. Auradkar confirmed that the blast was triggered by an explosive device on a bike parked between the two cars. Initial reports suggested that the explosion was caused by an LPG cylinder blast from a Maruti Omni van, owned by a BJP party worker.

The last blast reported in Bangalore was exactly three years ago, on the same date, ahead of an IPL match at the Chinnaswamy Stadium.

 Senior police sources said initial investigations have revealed that a “timer-based, IED (improvised explosive device) fitted on a blue Suzuki bike” caused the blast. The police suspect that the bike was parked there overnight. Police sources also said that CCTV footage from cameras installed outside the BJP office may aid the investigation.

Meanwhile, L.R. Pachau, Director-General and Inspector-General of Police, told reporters that currently only the blast could be confirmed. “The police are still investigating into the kind of explosive that was used.”

Glass and smoke everywhere

The site of the blast is covered with glass pieces, from the shattered window panes of vehicles in the area. Venkateshaiah, a KSRP head constable, who was having breakfast inside the van when the blast occurred, told The Hindu that the impact of the blast was huge.

“We heard a loud explosion, and before we knew it our window panes shattered and there was thick black smoke everywhere. We couldn’t see anything initially but somehow made our way out of the van,” he said. When the smoke cleared up a bit he saw people lying on the road, most of whom had either collapsed

due to the smoke or had been injured by the glass pieces from the shattered window panes.

Among the injured was Nisha, a II PUC student, who was returning home after her tuition classes. The injured were rushed to KC General Hospital. Authorities at the hospital confirmed that none of those brought in were critical.

Mr. Venkateshaiah added that the police van had just been moved there – about 500 metres from the BJP party office – an hour back after the party workers complained that it was obstructing traffic there.

The entire street has been cordoned off. The bomb squad, the National Investigative Agency and IB officers are all present at the spot. Home Minister R. Ashok also visited the party office and inspected the blast site

3 Buses collided on NH 66 near Udyavar; passengers received minor injuries

 Udyavar:April.15:Three buses moving on the same direction met with an accident at Udyavar on Monday evening. Vijayananda bus going to Mumbai from Mangalore,Manjunath bus going to Udupi from Mangalore and H.A.Travels going to Shirva from Mangalore collided with each other near Halima Sabju auditorium at NH 66 on Monday evening. Fortunately all the passengers escaped with  minor injuries.

The incident happened when the driver of the private bus going to Shirva applied sudden brakes. The express bus which was coming from behind collided with the front bus and the third bus going to Mumbai hit the express bus from behind. The private bus crossed the divider and landed on the other side of the road due to the impact of the accident. Fortunately there was no heavy traffic on the other side of the road. The traffic was jam on both the side of NH 66 after the incident. Katapadi Out post ASI Gouri Shankar and his team reached the spot and cleared the traffic jam.

Hospital offers to help child with swollen head

New Delhi:April.15: A top private hospital offered on Monday to examine the 18-month-old girl suffering from a rare illness that has caused her head to swell to more than double its normal size.

The decision raises hope that eighteen-month-old Roona Begum, who suffers from hydrocephalus, a disorder which causes cerebrospinal fluid to build up on the brain, will get the life-saving surgery she urgently requires.

She was discovered last week living with her impoverished parents who are too poor to pay for treatment for the condition, which has resulted in her head swelling to a circumference of 91-centimetres.

The pictures taken by an AFP photographer in remote Tripura state in north-east India last Friday led numerous well-wishers to step forward offering donations, while a website has been set up to collect money for her.

A leading neurosurgeon Sandeep Vaishya, who is the head of neurosurgery at the Fortis group near the capital, said that he would examine the girl and see if surgery was possible.

“Fortis will fly her down and while we will have to do an MRI to check the condition of her brain, I am hopeful that we will be able to carry out a surgery and relieve the pressure on the poor child’s brain,” Vaishya said. The group has a charitable foundation which carries out surgery free of charge.

Her 18-year-old father, Abdul Rahman, who lives in a mud hut with his family in the village of Jirania Khola, earlier said that only a “miracle” could save his daughter’s life. The swelling is putting pressure on her brain and has made it impossible for her to sit upright or crawl on the ground.

Local doctors had told the family to take the newborn to a private hospital but the costs were too high for Rahman, an illiterate labourer who earns 150 rupees ($2.75) a day working in a brick plant.

The most common treatment involves the surgical insertion of a mechanism to drain cerebrospinal fluid away from the brain and towards another part of the body where it can be easily absorbed into the bloodstream. Extreme cases like Roona’s are very rare, according to Vaishya, who said he had been deluged with calls about the child after he spoke to agencies on Saturday.

“The child must be in a lot of pain because her head is so heavy. Still, in the images I could see that she was smiling sometimes, which makes me think that her cognitive functions might still be intact,” Vaishya said. Surgery to treat hydrocephalus is not particularly risky, Vaishya added.

Hundreds feared dead in Iran as quake hits several countries all over the globe

Strong tremors shook tall buildings in India, Pakistan, Iran and Papa New Guinea. 87 people were reportedly killed in Iran.

An Iranian official said hundreds of dead are expected from the quake in the south-east of the country. Iranian state TV said at least 40 people have been killed by a major earthquake near the Iran-Pakistan border.

A strong 8.0 magnitude earthquake struck Iran, near the border with Pakistan, at 10:44 GMT on Tuesday at a depth of 73 miles The U.S. Geological survey said.

Tremors shook buildings in India’s capital New Delhi on Tuesday, sending people running into the streets, Reuters witnesses said.

A 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck Papua New Guinea on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said.

The quake hit 125 kilometres (77 miles) southwest of the town of Panguna on Bougainville Island at 8:00 pm local time (10:00 GMT), at a depth of 10 kilometres.

Strong earthquakes are common in the impoverished country, which sits on the so-called “Pacific Ring of Fire”, a hotspot for seismic activity due to friction between tectonic plates.

A giant tsunami in 1998 killed more than 2,000 people near Aitape, on the country’s northwest coast.

The echo of Gulf region tremors in Karnataka Karavali

 Mangalore/Udupi:April.16:The tremor which shook the tall buildings in most of the Gulf countries on Tuesday afternoon has turned out to be the matter of worry for the families of NRIs from the Karavali region. The news of earth quake brought fear and confusion among the kith and kin and the relatives of the NRIs residing in the coastal Karnataka region.

The NRIs  in Saudi Arabia are fearing to lose their jobs because of the ‘Nitakat’ dead line set by the Saudi Govt. This has been the subject of fear and confusion among the families living in Karnataka Karavali region. As soon as the news of tremor in the gulf region spread,the families became more anxious to get the news about the safety of their loved ones and tried to get news from other sources when they failed to contact them. Some families depended on the news from the TV channels and collected the information.

 

Manmohan, Sonia, Rahul to campaign for assembly polls

Bangalore:April.14: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and AICC vice president Rahul Gandhi will campaign for the May 5 assembly elections in Karnataka.

As per tentative programme, Dr. Singh is scheduled to campaign in Hubli and Bangalore on April 29 and on May 2 at Mysore and Bangalore, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president G. Parameshwar told reporters in Bangalore on Sunday.

Ms. Sonia Gandhi will campaign at Chikamagalur and Mangalore on April 26, at Gulbarga and Belgaum on April 30 and at Mysore on May 2, he added.

Mr. Rahul Gandhi will campaign on April 23 at Bellary, Raichur and Bijapur, on April 28 at Kolar, Tumkur and Haveri. On the final leg on May 1 he will tour Mysore, Hassan and Shimoga.

Over 40 Congress stalwarts including Union Ministers, former Chief Ministers and senior leaders are expected to campaign to woo voters back to the party in the state.