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An exhibition of rare Quranic manuscripts, elegant calligraphic works, and art masterpieces is drawing hordes of people and behind all of it is a Hindu family. Suresh Abrol, the man who has painstakingly preserved these valuable manuscripts, says these are part of his grandfather Lala Rekhi Ram Abrol’s collections. “He was a jeweller in the court of Maharaja Hari Singh, the last Dogra ruler, and

Kasaragod, Jun 11: Heavy rain continued to lash many parts of Kerala on Monday, causing widespread damage. Unofficial reports said that at least 13 people have died in rain-related incidents over two days in the state. On Sunday, five deaths from drowning and electrocution were reported in Wayanad, Alappuzha and Thiruvananthapuram. The Met centre in Thiruvananthapuram has forecast heavy to very

Bengaluru, Jun 11: Polling in South Bengaluru's Jayanagar Assembly seat, which was countermanded due to the death of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate and MLA B N Vijaya Kumar, is currently underway. The BJP has nominated Kumar's younger brother, B N Prahlad, as its candidate, while Congress has fielded former Karnataka home minister Ramalinga Reddy's daughter Sowmya Reddy. The Janata Dal -

Manglauru, Jun 11: An octogenarian woman was killed after the car she was travelling in fell into a roadside ditch on the National Highway 66 near Karnad on the outskirts of the city. The deceased has been identified as Appi A. Sherigar (85), mother of Nadaswaram player Nagesh Bappanadu. The tragedy took place on Saturday when she was returning in the car along with her grandson Tushar. She had

Bengaluru, Jun 11: Deputy chief minister and KPCC president G Parameshwara on Sunday sought the help of his party MPs to pacify the disgruntled MLAs, who have raised a banner of revolt following their non-induction into the H D Kumaraswamy Cabinet. Parameshwara, who held a meeting with 11 Congress MPs, is learnt to have told them the very survival of the coalition government depended upon the

Bengaluru, Jun 11: A day after two senior party leaders expressed their reservations over the portfolios allocated to them, Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy is said to have placated at least one of them quite successfully. Kumaraswamy is said to have assured the Mandya district-in-charge post to Melkote MLA and minister C S Puttaraju, during the closed-door talks he held with him in Mysuru late on

Lucknow, Jun 10: Kashif Jameel, younger brother of Uttar Pradesh’s popular pediatrician Dr Kafeel Khan, was shot at in Gorakhpur by unidentified miscreants on Sunday night. Jameel, 34, is currently admitted to Star private hospital in Gorakhpur. He sustained three bullet shots--one each on his upper arm, neck and chin. The shooting took place when Jameel was returning home. Two unidentified

Mangaluru, Jun 10: The body of a 45-year-old man from Uppinangady, who had gone missing eight days ago, was found in a highly decomposed state at AMR Dam in Shamboor in Bantwal taluk on Sunday. Bharatiya Janata Party has claimed that he was a party activist. The police said that Ramesh Gowda, a native of Barya village in Belthangady, had left his house on June 2. When he did not return, his family

Bagalkot, Jun 10: Former chief minister Siddaramaiah has dropped clear hits that the ministers, who have currently been sworn-in, may be dropped from the Cabinet to make way for other MLAs. Speaking to reporters at Nilagunda, in Bagalkot district, the Congress leader said that the ministers will be given two years and other aspirants will be given a chance after that. He offered to resolve

Bengaluru, June 10: Karnataka minister D. K. Shivakumar slammed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader BS Yeddyurappa over claims that some leaders from the Congress and Janata Dal (Secular) wish to join the BJP. Shivakumar said few leaders were unhappy earlier, but now all issues have been sorted. "BS Yeddyurappa has to accept the (Karnataka elections) defeat. All the legislators know their work