2024

K.Jayaprakash Hegde to Join Congress Party on March 12

Udupi: Former chairman of the State Backward Classes Commission K. Jayaprakash Hegde will join the Congress party today (March 12) at 4 pm at the KPCC office in Swains Road, Bangalore.

He is a strong aspirant for the Udupi-Chikkamagaluru Lok Sabha constituency and there is every possibility that he will be announced as the candidate of the Congress party. Hegde himself confirmed that he is returning to the Congress party.

After winning from the Brahmavar constituency, he served as the first district in-charge minister of Udupi district and later joined the Congress and became a Member of Parliament after winning the Udupi-Chikkamagaluru constituency by-election in 2012. He contested the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from the Congress party. In the subsequent development, he left the Congress party and joined the BJP. He was appointed as the chairman of the Backward Classes Commission when the BJP government was in power.

A position he continued to hold under the Congress Government. He recently submitted a report on the caste census to the government. Jayaprakash Hegde has now returned to the Congress fold.

Biker succumbs to injuries after fatal accident on Mangalore-Bangalore National Highway

Bantwal: A bike rider, seriously injured after his two-wheeler crashed into a tree, has succumbed in the hospital. The mishap occurred early in the morning on Tuesday, March 12, at Maripalla on the Mangaluru-Bengaluru national highway.

The deceased has been identified as Akshith (25), a resident of Amtadi. He worked in a private company in Mangaluru and was heading home after completing his night shift around 4 am. As he reached Maripalla at around 4:30 am, he lost control of the bike and collided with a roadside tree, sustaining grievous injuries and was admitted to a private hospital in Mangalore, but he died on the spot.

It is unclear whether the mishap occurred due to drowsiness or any other reason. Melkar traffic police visited the scene and are conducting an investigation.

Vitla: Karnataka bank robbery case; Three accused arrested

Vitla: Adyanadka police arrested three of the four accused who stole crores worth of cash and gold jewelery by sneaking into a window of the Karnataka Bank on March 11.

Khalandar, Rafeeq from Kasargod and Dayananda from Bayaru are said to be the main suspects of the theft. The police arrested these accused on February 28 and made their arrests official on March 10.

The thieves, who arrived in a Brezza car, broke the window pane of the bank and open the locker door with a gas cutter and cash and jewelery were stolen from the locker. During interrogation, the thieves revealed that they had hidden a portion of it in a playground in an isolated area near Sanjankila at the foot of Posadi Gumpe hill in Bayar.

Investigation has revealed that the person who worked as a welder for some years helped to break the locker and they are accused in various cases in Kasargod.

Bantwala: Car collides with two-wheeler: Six injured..!

Bantwala: Six people were injured when a car lost control and collided with a two-wheeler at Kodaje near Mani on March 11.

A car coming at a high speed from Mangalore side, while trying to overtake another vehicle, the driver could not control the car and collided with two-wheeler coming in the opposite direction.

A total of six people were injured in the incident. The injured were admitted to a private hospital in Mangalore.

The car and a two-wheeler were completely damaged in the accident. Vitla police have visited the spot.