Vittla : Manchi Srinivasa Achar, editor and publisher of Kannada farm monthly ‘Adike Pathrike’, passed away on Saturday. He was 74 and is survived by his wife, daughter and son. Mr. Achar hailed from Manchi village in Bantwal taluk of Dakshina Kannada. He breathed his last at a private hospital in Deralakatte, on the outskirts […]
Mangaluru : Volleyball legend, National level best volleyball judges, many volleyball players across the nation and international level, best organizer and simple personality the District Rajyotsava Award winner Mr. Nagesh Attavara has passed away on Monday. Nagesh Attavar was a founding member and president of Urvastore Mangala Friends Club. For many years he has served […]
Mangaluru : Dr B. Ahmed Hajee Mohiudeen, 86, entrepreneur, philanthropist, educationist and the founder chairman of BA Group, Thumbay, passed away on Sunday at a private hospital in Mangaluru after a brief period of illness. Ahmed Hajee, born in 1933 to B. Mohiudeen Hajee and Mariamma in a business family, graduated in commerce in 1954 […]
Moodabidre: Dakshina Kannada BJP district president Sudarshan Moodabidre’s mother has died of a heart attack this morning. Kasturi 63 wife of Ramesh Shanti died at hir home near the Mudabidre Swaraj Maidan at 5.45 this morning. She survied six children, four sons and two daughters, Sudarshan is the first son. Kasthuri’s husband Ramesh Shanti serving […]
Bengaluru : Kannada writer Geetha Nagabhushan died of cardiac arrest at a private hospital at Kalaburagi on Sunday night. She was 78. The first woman writer in Kannada literature to bag the Kendra Sahitya Akademi and Nadoja awards, she has authored 27 novels, 50 short stories, 12 plays and two collections of poetry. She was […]
Bengaluru: Former Union railway minister C K Jaffer Sharief passed away this morning at a hospital here, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president Dinesh Gundu Rao said. Sharief was 85. He was admitted to a private hospital here a few days ago after he collapsed while getting into his car for Friday namaz. He passed away […]
Puttur: Well-known traditional Ayurveda healer, folk medicine expert PS Venkatrama Daithota passed away at his residence in Panaje of Puttur taluk on Friday. Daithota belongs to traditional practitioners of Ayurveda, folk medicine family in Panaje. He left his engineering career in 1977 to serve people as a traditional Ayurvedic healer in his native village, Panaje. […]
Mumbai: Veteran actor Reema Lagoo (59), known for her performance in movies like “Hum Aapke Hain Koun” and “Kal Ho Na Ho”, died due to a cardiac arrest in the wee hours today at the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital here. Lagoo was admitted to the hospital late last night after she complained of chest pain, […]
Mangaluru: Director of Father Muller Charitable Institutions (FMCI) Fr Patrick Rodrigues passed away on Thursday evening at the age of 65. After obtaining a Masters Degree in Public Health from New York University, he completed a Post Graduate diploma in Financial Management from Harvard Business School, Boston. He served as the assistant parish priest and […]
Mumbai : Actress Shilpa Shetty’s father Surendra today died due to cardiac arrest, at his residence in suburban Andheri. “We are deeply saddened to confirm the passing away of Surendra Shetty, husband of Sunanda Shetty and loving father to Shilpa Shetty Kundra and Shamita Shetty,” Shilpa, 41, said in a statement here. “He took his […]
