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.