Category: Records

** Hassan: Man who found black box of crashed Navy helicopter awaiting prize from 30 years

A youth, who has reached senior citizen’s age now, who found the black box of the Navy helicopter that crashed on Western Ghats in 1991, did not receive the promised prize money.

In 1991, a Navy helicopter that was carrying very critical documents from Mangaluru to Bengaluru crashed on the plateau of Aramane Gudda on Western Ghats. Four people, including a colonel, lost their lives in the mishap. Even after frantic searching the helicopter could not be located.

Puttaswamy Gowda, a youth of 33 years, resident of Vanagoor village, continued his search in the quest of getting the prize, though all others stopped the hunt for the black box of the helicopter. After two years of continuous search he was able to locate the black box in 1992 October on the plateau of Aramane Gudda.

** Mangaluru: ‘Mohtisham Canopy’ bags ‘Well-built Concrete Structure’ Award

‘Mohtisham Canopy’, the residential apartment project of Mohtisham, the most acclaimed and trusted real estate developers of the city, has been conferred with ‘Well-built Concrete Structure (multi-storey) in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Shivamogga and Chikkamagaluru districts’ category for 2021.

The award will be handed over to team Mohtisham at an awards nite which will be held on January 11 at Milagres Hall.

** District Police Sports Meet Concludes: Mysuru District Armed Reserve Police Team Bags Overall Trophy

The three-day sports meet for District Police, organised by Mysuru District Police at the District Armed Reserve (DAR) Police Parade Grounds at Jyothinagar here, concluded yesterday evening.

The District Armed Reserve Police team, which had garnered most points by winning prizes in various sports events, bagged the overall team championship trophy. While Raghunandan of DAR bagged the individual award in the men’s category, K. Ashwini of Bannur Police Station bagged the award in the women’s category.

** Kanachur V.G. Medical College Sullia lifts Medi Quiz 2021 Trophy

  K.V.G. Medical College Sullia duo team comprising of  Akshitha Anand and Ankitha Anand emerged as winners and clinched the glittering Medi Quiz – 2021 Trophy.  The competition witnessed a very exciting close finish as they faced stiff competition from the rival team Kanachur Institute of  Medical Sciences comprising of  Nusaiba Farheen and Nithya G.S.  who had to settle for Second Place.

** 2K engineering students to create awareness about govt schemes in Karnataka

As many as 2,000 engineering students are set to launch a door-to-door campaign in the New Year as part of the ‘Sakala Mitra’ pilot programme of the Karnataka government.

Depending on the outcome of the pilot programme, the Sakala Mission Department plans to collaborate with other schools and colleges around Bengaluru and other parts of Karnataka to take part in the programme.

The engineering students, taking up this initiative as part of the Acharya Institute of Technology, will visit houses in the New Year to create awareness about the various schemes and services offered by the state government under the Sakala Mitra Programme.

The students have been trained by the department as well as Upkriti, an NGO that works mainly on tribal welfare projects.

** City MMA Fighters Excel

Fourteen Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighters of the Academy of Martial Science participated in the 6th Bangalore Open MMA Championships held in Whitefield, Bengaluru, between Dec. 16 and 19.

Nine (4 female and 5 male) out of them have bagged 2 gold, 2 silver and 5 bronze medals respectively. Seen in the picture are (standing from left) Sharun Divakar, P. Yashas, Ashwin Mahendran, R. Srinivas Prasad, Kiran (Coach), Sharif Bapu (President, MMA India), Prasad Gaitonde (Secretary, MMA India), Kru. M.N. Vikram (Secretary, AAMAK and Chairman, MMA India Technical Commission), Kru. N. Kumar (Senior VP, AMMAK), G.R. Sridhar and U.K. Skandan Bangar (Bantam Weight – Bronze); Kneeling from left: Gopala Nayaka (Straw Weight – Bronze), Sridhar Sajji (Bronze), R. Manoj Kumar (Youth Straw Weight – Bronze), B. Akshatha Shanbhogue (Atom Weight – Silver), N. Maithri (Team Manager), G.R. Deeksha Shetty (Straw Weight – Silver) and R. Poojitha (Light Heavy Weight – Gold). R.K. Pooja (Fly Weight – Gold) and S. Nikhil (Fly Weight – Bronze) – not in picture.

A total of 213 MMA athletes from 25 States participated in the event that was hosted by Association of Mixed Martial Arts Karnataka (AMMAK) and sanctioned by MMA India.

The medallists will be representing State at the National Championships that will be held in Chhattisgarh in February 2022.

Mysuru, Karnataka

** Lokayukta website launched

The new website of Karnataka Lokayukta was launched on Thursday.

According to an official release, Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot, who inaugurated the website at the Lokayukta headquarters in the city, said the Lokayukta website has been upgraded to provide transparency in the functioning of the organisation and provide timely information to complainants, defendants, and the public.