Students led by Students Federation of India (SFI) staged a dharna in front of the deputy commissioner’s office here on Wednesday, urging the authorities to begin the academic activities for the second year para-medical students of the Wenlock Hospital besides appointing permanent lecturers.

Writer Chandrashekar Patil, popularly known as Champa, Senior poet Subraya Chokkadi and Senior theatre artiste Suresh Anagalli were given Dr Sarojini Mahishi award, Dr Shivaram Karanth Award and Kannada Bharati Ranga Award respectively instituted by the Delhi Karnataka Sangha, said sangha president Vasanth Shetty Bellare.

The MRPL which has faced public resentment against flying ash for the last five-six years, has again releasing the flying ash for the last two-three days causing anger among nearby residents. As a result, it has caused air pollution in Jokatte and Kana near Surathkal.

One of the prestigious company Mandovi Motors Private Limited on Wednesday launched new car ‘The Next Generation Ertiga’ to the market at its Hampankatta showroom here.

Young Islamic scholar and orator MSM Abdur Rasheed Saqafi Zaini Kamil was given Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) by the Open International University for Complementary Medicine for his theses ‘ Mind and Spirituality- A detailed study of Power of Prayer to eliminate the negative mental attitude to increase the level of confidence in taking up challenges in life’.

In order to encourage and support marriage of financially backward Muslim women, the Abu Dhabi-based Bearys Welfare Forum (BWF) would conduct its 7th mass marriage at the Milagres auditorium here on February 16, 2019. The BWF would give 5 gram gold, cash to purchase marriage dress, gift to bridegroom and will also bear the marriage expenses.

The selected places in five taluks in the district would shortly get cooking gas supply through pipeline in the first phase.

Kasargod: An autorickshaw driver was killed and five students were injured when a truck collided with an autorickshaw carrying school children on Tuesday morning.