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Kochi, Aug 24: Thomas Mar Athanasios, Metropolitan of the Chengannur diocese of Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church, died after he fell from a moving train here on Friday morning. Mar Athanasios, 80, was on his way back to Ernakulam from Baroda. Reports said he was standing near the door to alight at the Ernakulam Junction railway station when it slammed shut, throwing him to the track near Pullepady

Mangaluru, Aug 24: In a heartbreaking tragedy, a 7-year-old boy died after getting stuck in a lift in a residential apartment in the heart of the city of Mangaluru. The deceased has been identified as Muhammed Sinan, whose parents hail from Addoor on the outskirts of the city. He was a Class 1 student at Baraka School. Sinan’s family had returned from a gulf country a few months ago to get him

Recently anti-dalit atrocity laws were first diluted inserting the clause of anticipatory bail. Following this there were serious protests all over. In these protests, the anti dalit nature of present ruling dispensation, BJP led NDA was highlighted. Under the pressure of the protests, the government had to bring in a bill to restore its previous provisions. The Lok Sabha on Monday (August 6, 2018

Bengaluru, Aug 24: The Directorate of Income Tax (Investigation), Karnataka & Goa have raided the premises of senior chartered accountant H B. Sunil in the city. Sunil reportedly handles the accounts of Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, his family members and many other ministers in the state. Official sources denied media reports that the Income Tax raids at Sunil’s office had to do with Mr

Bengaluru, Aug 24: Anil Menasinakai, the realtor who had unsuccessfully contested as a BJP candidate from Gadag Assembly constituency, has reportedly lost Rs 2.87 crore kept in his friend’s house at 3rd Block in Rajajinagar. Saroja Prabhu, sister of Anil’s friend V J Hariprasad, filed a complaint with the Rajajinagar police. She said in the complaint that Anil had given Rs 2.87 crore on April 19

Bengaluru, Aug 23: The ashes of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee were immersed in Cauvery river by Karnataka BJP leaders on Thursday. The urn containing the ashes was taken in a procession from the party headquarters in the city to the temple town of Srirangapatna, about 130 km from here, and immersed in the Cauvery at Paschima Vahini, BJP said. The "asthi visarjan" (immersion of ashes)

Mangaluru, Aug 23: Janata Dal-Secular chief general secretary and MLC B M Farookh has said that incidents of communal attacks and immoral policing are preventing several companies from opening their units in Mangaluru. Addressing a press meet here on Thursday, the business tycoon-cum-politician said that many corporate firms were scared of opening their units in Mangaluru fearing attacks on their

New Delhi, Aug 23: Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to pay a visit to Kodagu and take stock of the situation in the wake of recent floods in the state. "As PM it is his duty, he visited Kerala, I demand that he should also visit Kodagu," Siddamaraiah said. On Saturday, PM Modi conducted an aerial survey of the flood-ravaged state where the

Bengaluru, Aug 23: The recent arrests made by the Maharashtra Anti Terror Squad (ATS) and the CBI have yielded an important breakthrough in the Gauri Lankesh murder case as one of the accused has confessed that he had links with those who involved in eliminating Karnataka’s leading journalist-cum-activist last year. Ten days after journalist and activist Gauri Lankesh was shot dead on September 5

Udupi, Aug 23: The opponents of Late Lakshmivara Thirtha, the departed chief pontiff of Shiroor Mutt have breathed a sigh of relief as the forensic experts in Karnataka have reportedly ruled out conspiracy theories. The seer, who had warned to expose the alleged corruption and anti-social activities in the Ashta Mutt, died in a hospital on July 19 at the age of 55 after he was admitted there in a