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Team Udayavani, Dec 20, 2020, 1:05 PM IST
Renowned entrepreneur RN Shetty no more
Renowned entrepreneur, educationist RN Shetty passed away on Thursday, December 17. He was 92. Rama Nagappa Shetty was born in Murudeshwar in Bhatkal Taluk.
RSS ideologue Madhav Govind Vaidya passes away at 97
Senior RSS ideologue and the first spokesperson of the organisation Madhav Govind Vaidya died here on Saturday afternoon, his family said. He was 97.
Ujire child abduction case
Police have successfully rescued 8-year-old Anubhav within 48 hours of his abduction from Ujire’s Car Street here. 6 abductors were arrested by a special squad of Mangaluru police with the support of Kolar Superintendent of Police, Kartik Reddy at 5 am on Saturday, December 19 after locating them within Maasti police station limits near Kolar.
Bengaluru: 33-year-old DySP commits suicide; four taken into custody
A Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) posted at Criminal Investigation Department (CID) committed suicide at a friend’s house in Annapoorneshwari Nagar police station limits in West Bengaluru, on Wednesday night.
BSY gives green signal for reopening of schools in K’taka
Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Saturday, December 19 gave a green signal for reopening of schools for 10th and 12th standard students in Karnataka.
New year parties, dance programmes banned in pubs, clubs in Karnataka
In a fallout of COVID-19, Karnataka will miss the usual New Year day eve celebrations in clubs, pubs and restaurants among other places with the State government banning special DJ dance programs and parties for four days from December 30.
K’taka Edu Min orders to drop parts in textbook insulting Brahmins
State’s Primary and Secondary Education Minister S Suresh Kumar has ordered that the text from class 6 Social Science textbook that was insulting to Brahmins be dropped immediately
Wistron removes VP overseeing India operations, finds fault in process at factory
Apple’s contract manufacturer Wistron on Saturday removed its vice-president Vincent Lee, who was heading operations in India after finding fault in the process of wage payment during its internal investigation. The Taiwanese electronics services major admitted the mistakes at its end and apologised to the workers.
Workers at Wistron Corporation’s manufacturing facility in Narasapura Industrial Area in Kolar district near Bengaluru went on rampage last week over non-payment of their wages.
Getting vaccinated for Covid-19 will be voluntary, says Health Ministry
Getting vaccinated for COVID-19 will be voluntary, the Union Health Ministry has said while underlining that the vaccine introduced in India will be as effective as any vaccine developed by other countries.
Macron is the latest world leader to catch COVID-19
French President Emmanuel Macron is the latest world leader to test positive for COVID-19, joining a growing list of others just as inoculation drives against the illness are beginning in a number of countries.
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