MEDICAL STUDENT ENDS LIFE

A medical student at the Dental College Virajpet ended life by committing suicide yesterday.

Padmalatha, 19 hailing from Kudremukh was found hanging from the ceiling, using her vale inside the hostel.

Police recovered a chit from the room which read that she is committing suicide as her friends are suspicious of her. But she did not name any one.

Police have registered a case.

VILLAGERS STAGE PROTEST

Residents Of about a dozen villages around Byadagottu Mandal Panchayat staged a protest yesterday demanding reduction of tax and providing basic facilities.

Gheraoing the office building led by different organisations, the protestors demanded immediate reduction of taxes, transparency in choosing beneficiaries, supplying drinking water e and appointing a secretary .

SHANTAPPA DEMANDS ACTION

The state general secretary of Janata Dal, Mr.K.B.Shantappa demanded that the government grants permission to cut trees to the land owners in Kodagu.

Meeting the chief minister, Mr.Shantappa submitted a memorandum demanding solution to multiple problems being faced by agriculturists. He also appealed to reverse the recent government order claiming ownership of Jamma lands.