Mangaluru: The dead body of Former higher education minister, senior political leader BA Mohidin (81) who passed away at a private hospital in Bengaluru on Tuesday morning will leave for Mangaluru through a special escort vehicle at 11 am.

Bengaluru: Former Higher Education Minister, a statesman BA Mohidin (81) passed away at a private hospital in Bengaluru early on Tuesday morning.

All the 10 members of the family were returning towards their home from Palakkad in Kerala after completing the house warming ceremony. They were about to reach their home in a few minutes. But a lorry came on their way and took the lives of five members of the family. Five members of the family died when the lorry collided their vehicle at Uppala on Monday night.

In a gruesome accident involving a bus and a bike rider died on the spot and a girl sitting pillion sustained injuries. The incident took place near Mastikatte in Hosanagara taluk in Shimoga district.

The ghastly accident occurred in Uppala on the wee hours of Monday pained him. Such heart-rending incident should not have happened, said Urban Development and Housing Minister UT Khader.

Underworld fugitive don Bannanje Raja, who has been in Belagavi jail for the last four years, met his sick mother at his home at Sasithota of Katapadi on Monday following the permission from the Principal District and Sessions Court and spent around 9 hours from morning to evening with his family amidst tight police security.

 The body of a boy who was missing while swimming at Adyar Padavu on the outskirts of the city was found on Monday. The deceased boy is identified as Mohammad Tamim (13).

Mangaluru: Renowned Tulu and Kannada film actor Sadashiva Salian (68), native of Udupi, breathed his last in Mumbai on Sunday.