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Mangaluru, Apr 19: Atlantic Leisure, a city-based non-profit trust is organising a cricket tournament – IT Cricket Bash 2018, bringing together Information Technology companies from Mangaluru and Udupi. The tournament will be held on 21st and 22nd of April 2018 between 8:30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., at the NMPT Cricket Ground, Panambur in Mangaluru. Twelve teams have confirmed their participation in the

Mangaluru, Apr 19: Bellipady Ramanath Rai, who has tasted six victories and one defeat in last seven assembly elections in Bantwal constituency, today filed nomination papers for the May 12 polls. This is his eighth electoral battle in the communally sensitive constituency of the Dakshina Kannada district. The constituency is considered one of the prestigious in the state as Mr Rai is the minister

Mangaluru, Apr 19: Hinting at a fierce electoral battle in Mangaluru City North Assembly constituency, Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Muneer Katipalla today filed his nomination papers for May 12 polls. The constituency is currently represented by the Congress leader B A Mohiuddin Bava, who had defeated BJP’s Krishna J Plemar in 2013. Mr Katipalla’s entry is likely to affect the

Belagavi, Apr 19: The police have busted a massive counterfeit currency racket in Karnataka’s Belagavi. They arrested one person on Wednesday and seized fake currency notes adding up to Rs 7.10 crore face value, stocked for distribution among voters on the eve of the polling day. Acting on the credible information received, police raided an abandoned Public Works Department (PWD) quarters building

Biplab Kumar Deb, the Chief Minister of Tripura, recently made a controversial comment which has since then gone viral and within a day has garnered support from many including the Governor of the state. Speaking at a Regional Workshop on Computerisation and Reforms at Pragna Bhawan in Agartala on April 17, 2018, the Bharatiya Janata Party leader said that the internet was invented by India and

Bengaluru, Apr 19: The Election Commission (EC) and the police department are conducting a survey to identify sensitive booths in the city and the state. The exercise is being undertaken to deploy additional security at these booths on the day of voting. The two agencies are also working on deploying Karnataka’s popular dog squad at identified critical booths on the election day - May 12. It will

Mysuru, Apr 19: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said that the leaders from Badami Assembly segment were pressuring him to contest from there. Speaking to reporters here on Wednesday Siddaramaiah said that leaders such as S R Patil and others visited his house on Tuesday night requesting him to contest from Badami. According to the leaders, there was confusion in the constituency since there were

Bengaluru, Apr 19: Home Minister Ramalinga Reddy on Wednesday directed IGP (Eastern range) Sharat Chandra to conduct a probe into an incident wherein a truck hit Union Minister Anant kumar Hegde’s convoy in Haveri. Hegde had claimed that it was a deliberate attempt on his life, while the BJP leaders demanded a thorough probe into the incident. State BJP general secretary Shobha Karandlaje claimed

Mangaluru, Apr 18: B A Mohiuddin Bava, Congress candidate for Mangaluru City North, today said that the development works carried by him as an MLA in his constituency during the last five years will come to his rescue in the May 12 assembly polls. Addressing the party workers at the party’s election office at Surathkal, on the outskirts of the city, Mr Bava said the looming polls would be fought

Mangaluru, Apr 18: The resignation spree among the new generation of the Congress leaders has continued in Dakshina Kannada over the ticket denial to the Youth Congress’ district president Mithun Rai. Two days after several youth Congress office bearers from all eight constituencies of Dakshina Kannada resigned en masse, nearly 80 office bearers of the district unit of National Students Union of