The Haji Abdulla Hospital, known as the government maternity and child care hospital in the district which was the lifeline for the poor people, not only in the district, but also in neighbouring districts for almost eight decades downed its shutters officially on Monday.

The dead body of Mohammad Sameer (35), a resident of JM Road, near Ganjimutt in Badaga Ulipady village; which was found at Devatanapatti near Keni in Krishnagiri district in Tamil Nadu on Sunday morning; reached Ganjimatha  today at 8:19 through special ambulance.

The administration has taken Moodabidri and Suralpady incidents seriously and has directed the police to arrest the miscreants immediately said D.K in charge minister U.T Khader.

“In a bid to safeguard the rich capitalists, the central government is merging the Vijaya Bank, which was giving financial livelihood to the coastal region and was in benefit; with Dena Bank and Baroda Bank, which are in the loss;” accused former minister B. Ramanatha Rai.

The First Additional District and Sessions Court on Monday rejected the anticipatory bail plea of four suspected accused from Sullia in the Gauri Lankesh murder case.  

Acting on a tip off that explosives are being transported illegally in a two-wheeler, police arrested an accused and recovered the materials worth lakhs at Keddalike in Punjalkatte police station limits on Monday.

A bus agent was attacked with machetes by bike borne unidentified assailants in Kaikamba-Gurukambala near Suralpady on Monday night around 8pm.

To mark the World Heart Day, a pediatric cardiac check up camp would be conducted at the AJ Hospital and Research Centre out patient department here on September 29. The participants would be given free medical advice and echocardiographic check up at 50 per cent rate.