Mangaluru, August 21: Outgoing Bishop Rev. Fr. Dr Aloysius Pavla D’Souza of Mangaluru Catholic Diocese was given a warm farewell from Fr. Mullers Charitable Trust here on Tuesday.

Leaders of various units of the Trust felicitated the Bishop who served the institution for long years and guided the people, at a programme held at Fr. Muller’s Auditorium at Kankanady. Newly appointed Bishop Rev. Fr. Peter Pavla Saldana, Fr. Muller Charitable Trust and Medical College, Hospitals, Homeopathy College managing director Richard Coelho, Bishop House Vicar General Denis Moras Prabhu and others were present.

 

 

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Thrissur (Kerala) (PTI): At least five people, including two children, were killed and as many persons injured when a truck ploughed into the roadside tent where they were sleeping in this central Kerala district early on Tuesday, police said.

The victims, nomads living in tents set up along the highway, were struck by the truck on a national highway in Nattika, under the Valapad police station limits, at 4.30 am, they said.

The injured have been admitted to Thrissur Government Medical College Hospital, with the condition of two individuals reported as serious, police said.

Among the deceased are two children, aged one-and-a-half and four years. Two women were also killed.

The driver and cleaner of the vehicle have been taken into custody, police added.