Ship-boat collision: Fishermen's bodies brought to shore
Mangaluru: The bodies of three fishermen killed in the ship-boat collision mid sea, were brought here, official sources said on Wednesday.
Two of the dead were from Colachel in Tamil Nadu while the other was from West Bengal. The bodies are kept at the district Wenlock hospital here, sources said.
Two fishermen, who were rescued by the Indian Coast Guard, have been admitted at the government hospital here. Six fishermen from TN and three from Bengal, who were on the boat, are still missing.
There were 14 fishermen in the fishing boat IFB Rabah, which set off from Beypore in Kozhikode district of Kerala on Sunday at 11 pm. The boat collided with a Singapore-based ship MV APL Le Havre at around 2.30 am Tuesday 43 nautical miles off the Mangaluru coast.
Coast Guard vessels Rajdoot, Amartya, C-448 and a dornier aircraft are continuing the search for the missing fishermen.
The help of the Navy is also being sought, sources said.
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SSLC exams postponed in Karnataka due to spike in COVID cases
Bengaluru, May 13: Karnataka Primary and Secondary Education Minister S Suresh Kumar on Thursday said the class 10 examinations scheduled to commence from June 21 has been postponed due to the spike in COVID-19 cases in the state.
The increasing coronavirus cases in the state coupled with the concerns of parents, students and many school associations has resulted in this decision, the Minister's office said in a statement quoting him.
A suitable call will be taken after the second wave of COVID-19 dies down, it said.
The Minister also said that the revised dates will be announced much ahead of schedule, as he appealed to the students not to get disheartened and continue with their preparations for the exams.
Earlier this month, the state government had postponed the second PUC (class 12) examinations which were scheduled to begin from May 24, citing surge in COVID cases as the reason.
