Missing of youth in Bhadra river: Body found after 12 days
Mangaluru-based engineer
Chikmagaluru, August 09: The body of an engineer hailed from Mangaluru who slipped into the Bhadra river at Ambathirtha near Kalasa town and was missing recently, was found at Magundi in NR Pura taluk on Thursday.
Thiran Kotian from Mangaluru was missing after he slipped into the river. On Thursday, local people fished out the body in front of the police after 12 days of the incident. But as the body was in the water for 12 days, it was difficult to identify it.
Resident of Tumbe in Mangaluru, Thiran was an engineer in a private company. He had come to Kalasa along with his 12 other friends after visiting Kudremukh and when they were trying to take the selfie on the rocks at Ambathirtha near the town, he slipped into the river and washed away.
Kalasa police along with fire brigade searched for the body for ten days. NDRF team and local divers also searched for the body. But they have failed to find the body. Later, the search operation was stopped.
But on Thursday afternoon, locals found that a body was floating in the river and informed the police. The police with the help of local people fished out the body and confirmed that it is the body of Thiran Kotian.
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Taj Mahal top earning ASI monument through ticket sales from FY19-20 to FY23-24: Govt
New Delhi, Apr 3 (PTI): The iconic Taj Mahal in Agra earned the "highest income" through the sale of tickets among the ASI-protected monuments from FY19-20 to FY23-24, according to data shared by the government.
Union Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat shared the data in a written response to a query in Rajya Sabha.
He was asked the amount that the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has received from selling entry tickets to various monuments in the last five years, year-wise and monument-wise; and the monuments that have received the highest income through selling entry tickets in the last five years.
In his response, the minister shared the data in a tabular form for cycles of financial years ranging from FY19-20 to FY23-24.
According to the data, Taj Mahal earned the top slot for all five years.
The Mughal-era architectural wonder was commissioned by Emperor Shah Jehan in the 17th century and it is considered one of the most beautiful buildings in the world.
In FY19-20, the Agra Fort in Agra and Qutub Minar in Delhi were in the second and third positions.
In FY20-21, the Group of Monuments Mamallapuram in Tamil Nadu and Sun Temple, Konark were in the second and third positions. In FY23-24, Qutub Minar and Red Fort of Delhi were in the second and third positions.
