Mangaluru: Ullal becomes new taluk following the split of Mulki and Moodbidri, district in-charge Minister UT Khader told Varthabharati.

After struggling for many years, Mulki and Kadaba have become taluks in Dakshina Kannada District, but Ullal became a taluk only by the efforts of Minister Khader.

Talking about this, Minister UT Khader said, it was locals demand that Ullal be transformed into taluk. As such, the government sent the information on Thursday.

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Noida (PTI): A 24-year-old BTech student from Bihar was found dead in his hostel room on Wednesday, with police treating it as a suspected case of suicide.

The deceased, Akashdeep, a native of the Gaya district in Bihar, was pursuing a BTech course at Delhi Technical College (DTC) and staying at SNH Residency hostel near the institute in Greater Noida's Knowledge Park area, police said.

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Knowledge Park police station in-charge Sarvesh Chandra said the student was sharing the hostel accommodation with a friend. "On Tuesday evening, when Akashdeep did not come out of his room for a long time, the hostel staff and his friends alerted the police," he said.

The body was found hanging from the ceiling fan, and a purported suicide note mentioning academic pressure and stress was recovered from the spot, Chandra said.

The body has been sent for post-mortem, and further investigation is underway, the police added.