Udupi: Popular Yakshagana artist Hudagodu Chandrahasa dies of heart attack on stage while performing
Byndoor: Popular Yaskshagana Artist Hudagodu died on Sunday night as he suffered heart attack while performing on stage at an event in Jogibettu village of Byndoor Taluk here.
Hudagodu Chandrahas (52), hailed from Uttara Kannada district and was a reputed artist of Yaskshagana.
According to the reports, Chandrahas, who was performing in a play last night suffered heart attack on stage while he was delivering his dialogues of the play. He immediately fell down and was reported dead in a while.
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Death toll in Mundathikode fireworks explosion rises to 16
Thrissur (Kerala) (PTI): One more person who had been hospitalised following the Mundathikode fireworks explosion died at Thrissur Medical College on Sunday, police said.
With this, the death toll in the incident has risen to 16.
According to Thrissur Medical College police, the deceased has been identified as Unnikrishnan from Edappal, who was among the 38 persons present at the fireworks manufacturing unit in Mundathikode where the explosions occurred on April 21.
Police said Unnikrishnan had suffered over 80 per cent burns and had remained in critical condition.
The condition of the two other injured persons remains critical, police said.
Of the 38 persons present at the site, 16 have died, while four remain missing.
The fireworks were being manufactured for Thiruvambady Devaswom as part of the Thrissur Pooram festivities.
The licensee of the unit had also suffered burn injuries and had died earlier.
