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Thokkottu bus
and car collision:
Eye witness died of cardiac arrest
Mangalore, January 13:
Last night in Kallapu near Thokkottu, outskirts of Mangalore, car and bus
collided and caused a fatal accident. One eye witness from local area,
Mr. Mohammed Hussain (42) saw this mishap and collapsed with cardiac
arrest and died. City bus was going towards Ullal from Mangalore. When
it tried to overtake another vehicle, it collided with a car which was
coming in the opposite direction.
All three, Sanjeeva, Pramila and driver Kamalaksha died on the spot.
Other passengers, Leelavathi, Janardhana and three years old Shriddha
escaped this mishap with minor injuries. All injured passengers are
admitted to the hospital and Ullal Police registered case. It was learnt
from police that immediately after the accident robbers took gold and
other valuables from the car and ran away. Angry locals started throwing
stones on the bus and broke glass.
Raymond D'Souza felicitated
Bantwal, January 13: During 14th South Kanara District Sahithya Sammellan, World Famous Body Builder Mr. Raymond D'Souza was felicitated by ex Chief minister of Karnataka Mr. Veerappa Moily. He was one amongst other 14 distinguished people who were felicitated for their contribution in various fields.
XRD laboratory
for Mangalore University
To familiarise the perspective users, a one-day workshop on 'X-Ray Diffraction Studies on Clays' is being held on the same day at Mangalore University.
Mangalore University is one of the nine institutions of higher learning, which has been chosen by the Department of Ocean Development (DOD), Government of India, for the establishment of Ocean Science and Technology Cell (OSTC). The objective is to promote and undertake research in the frontier area of Marine Geology and Geophysics.
The OSTC at Mangalore University is carrying out research in the coastal and offshore regions of the Arabian Sea relating to paleoclimate and sea level changes. The X- Ray Defractometer (XRD) has been acquired from Germany at a cost of Rs. 50 lakhs.
Seminar of
social work held
Moodbidri, January 13: Those
who are undergoing training in professional fields should be appointed in
various positions was the resolution taken by the participants of the
two-day seminar held here on Social Work and Mental Health.
Students from eight colleges of social work participated in the seminar
organised by the Alva’s College of Social Work. The seminar sought that
filling of all vacancies in schools, factories, administrative bodies,
Government as well as private health centres, Grama Panchayaths, Taluk
Panchayaths, Department of Social Welfare, Department of Women and
Childwelfare etc.
The Government should firmly implement “Health for All,” where health
according to World Health Organisation (WHO) is the physical and mental
well being, they resolved.
A K Monnappa, Deputy Commissioner, who delivered the valedictory address,
was presented with a memorandum to the Government. Rev. Dr. Olinda Periera,
former principal of the School of Social Work, Roshani Nilaya, was the
chief guest. Dr. M. Mohan Alva, chairman, Alva’s Education Foundation,
presided.
Fire in
Karikallu factory
Parishat for
making Kannada mandatory in schools
Announcing the set of resolutions passed during the open house session on the final say of the meet, South Kanara District Kannada Sahitya Praishat president Pradeep Kumar Kalkura said that the system should be adopted to all the schools including the government, aided and unaided ones.
The resolution was passed in the presence of Sammelana president Erya Lakshminarayana Alva and the president of the Reception committee Sadananda Poonja.
The meet demanded the government to implement the recommendations of Sarojini Mahishi Report which has been pending for long and also urged the Centre to initiate action with regard to implementation of Mahajan panel recommendation on inclusion of Kasargod into Karnataka on the basis of linguistic majority in the area.
Road Safety
campaign should be continuous: SP
Presiding over the valedictory of the "Road Safety Week" organised by the South Kanara District Police and Regional Transport Office here on Monday, Negi said, "If a death takes place in an accident, the licence of the driver responsible for such accident should permanently be canceled. If an accident causes injuries, the driver in default should be fined severely."
Stressing on the need for making amendments to Law relating to transport, Negi said, even when a number of people succumb to road accidents, the culprit driver gets only two years of imprisonment and made to pay just Rs. 5,000 as fine. Drivers have the greatest responsibility of protecting the lives of the travelers, the IGP added.
Superintendent of Police Seemanth Kumar, who was the chief guest, said such road safety campaigns should not be limited for 'Road Safety Weeks'. They should be carried out throughout the year, he added.
Karnataka Bus Owners' Association president K. Rajavarma Ballal, who distributed prizes for the winners of essay competition, said appointment of timekeepers and establishment of checking points along highways have been successful in bringing down the number of accidents.
Additional SP Manjunath Annigeri, Regional Transport Officer Giridhar, Senior Motor Vehicle Inspector Laxman and Traffic Sub Inspector V. Mohammed were present.