Bengaluru, June 12 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Joseph Vijay offered prayers to Goddess Mookambika at the renowned Kollur Mookambika Temple in Karnataka’s Udupi district on Friday. During his visit, Vijay donated a silver sword weighing 1.6 kilograms to the temple. Dressed in a traditional red shalya, he entered the temple amid cheers and applause from a large number of fans gathered near the shrine.Despite light drizzles, Vijay briefly stopped before entering the temple to greet his suppo…
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Bengaluru, June 12 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Joseph Vijay arrived in Mangaluru on Friday to visit the famous Hindu pilgrimage centre, Kollur Mookambika Temple, in Karnataka’s Udupi district. Security has been tightened ahead of his visit to the famous temple.CM Vijay is scheduled to offer special prayers at the temple. In view of his visit, Karnataka Police have enhanced security arrangements in and around the temple premises. The entry of devotees has been temporarily restricted until Vi…
Udupi (Karnataka), June 11 (IANS) In a tragic incident, a one-and-a-half-year-old boy died after a coconut fell from a tree and struck him while he was being carried by his mother in Karnataka’s Udupi district, police said on Thursday. The deceased child has been identified as Daksha, the second son of Prashanth and Suchitra. The incident occurred on Tuesday in Heranjalu village of Chantara in Brahmavar taluk.According to the police, Suchitra was on her way to a school to drop off her six-year-o…
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) The Supreme Court has upheld the validity of a Will executed by a Karnataka-based chartered accountant in favour of his sister, ruling that mere exclusion of natural heirs from inheritance cannot by itself be treated as a suspicious circumstance to invalidate a testament. A Bench of Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and Vijay Bishnoi dismissed an appeal filed by the wife and children of the late B. Sheena Nairi, who had challenged concurrent findings of the trial court, the first ap…
Bengaluru, April 9 (IANS) The results of the Karnataka II PUC (Class 12) board examinations were announced on Thursday by the Karnataka School Examination and Assessment Board (KSEAB). This year, an overall pass percentage of 88.48 per cent was recorded, with 5,46,698 students passing out of a total of 6,32,200 candidates.Girls outperformed boys, recording a pass percentage of 88.70 per cent, compared to 83.65 per cent among boys.In the Arts stream, the pass percentage was 72.86 per cent, while …
Udupi (Karnataka), Dec 22 (IANS) Karnataka Police have made a third arrest in connection with a case involving the passing of sensitive Indian Navy information to Pakistan. Sleuths attached to the Malpe police station in Udupi district carried out the operation and arrested the accused, who has been identified as 34-year-old Hitendra, a resident of Kailashnagari in Gujarat.Police investigations have revealed that Hitendra had allegedly provided SIM cards to the other two accused in the case in e…