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People take oath to check COVID Updated: Updated: Share Article Police personnel administering oath to people to follow COVID-19 safety norms, on Saturday   All Station House officers in Vizianagaram district on Saturday administered oath to the public on following safety precautions and COVID-19 protocol to control the spread of Coronavirus. People responded positively to the programme at Neelakantha Puram, Parvatipuram, Bhogapuram, Vizianagaram and other places. The SHOs were told to take ...

Rowdy sheeter found murdered Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA A rowdy-sheeter was murdered by miscreants at Kancharapalem here on Thursday. He was identified as G. Sreenu (38), a resident of Kobbarithota area. Sources said that Srinivas had come to Kancharapalem to meet his friend, where the assailants attacked him with iron rods. He died on the spot. Kancharapalem CI Krishna Rao visited the crime scene and is yet to ascertain reasons for the murder. A case has been registered and investiga...

Operation to capture elephant continues Updated: Updated: Share Article The wild elephant was spotted on the outskirts of Dharwad on Monday.   The operation to capture the wild elephant that strayed onto the Karnatak University campus in Dharwad on Sunday continued on Monday. After being alerted by some shepherds who spotted the wild elephant in an open space behind the Police Training Academy on Kalghatgi Road near Dharwad, a team of officials led by Deputy Conservator of Forests Yashpal Ksh...

Narasimha Nayak   Narasimha Nayak (Rajugowda), MLA and Chairman of Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Sewerage Board, has tested positive for COVID-19. He has been admitted to a private hospital in Bengaluru. Releasing a video clip, Mr. Nayak confirmed the news and appealed to his followers and party workers not to worry as he is doing well. While sending his wishes to mark the 130th birth anniversary of B.R. Ambedkar, Mr. Nayak said that his followers should not get anxious over his health con...

A view of the Supreme Court of India, at New Delhi.   | Photo Credit: Rajeev Bhatt A Bench led by Justice L. Nageswara Rao released a Ranchi-based coal businessman, booked under the draconian Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, on bail. Extortion money paid to a terrorist organisation to protect one’s business is not terror funding, the Supreme Court has said in a judgment. A Bench led by Justice L. Nageswara Rao released a Ranchi-based coal businessman, booked under the draconian Unlawful ...

Wild elephant captured in Kodagu, released in Bandipur Mysuru, Updated: Mysuru, Updated: Share Article AAA Video grab shows the wild tusker being hoisted into a truck before being shifted to Bandipur.   | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A wild tusker which was repeatedly raiding agricultural fields in Ammathi and surrounding areas in Kodagu was trapped in an operation conducted by the Forest Department on Saturday. The tusker, aged about 32 years, was sighted in the Ammathi-Hoskote region...

Prathima Devi, veteran actor, passes away Updated: Updated: Share Article Prathima Devi   Prathima Devi, veteran actor and one of the early pioneers of Kannada cinema, passed away owing to age-related ailments in the city on Tuesday. She was 88. She is survived by three children, including noted film-makers S.V. Rajendra Singh Babu and Vijayalakshmi Singh. Ms. Prathima Devi, hailing from Udupi, joined professional theatre at the age of 11 and made her debut in films with Krishnaleela in 19...

Babu Jagjivan Ram’s services to weaker sections recalled Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA Deputy Commissioner V.V. Jyothsna and members of Babu Jagjivan Ram Jayantotsav Samiti after garlanding the statue of Babu Jagjivan Ram on his 114th birth anniversary in Kalaburagi on Monday.   Kalaburagi Deputy Commissioner V.V. Jyothsna recalled the services rendered by the former Deputy Prime Minister and leader of weaker sections who fought for a casteless society Babu Jagjivan Ram on his 114th ...