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Mangaluru, Feb 26: The prestigious Education World magazine has awarded Mangaluru-based Early Learning Centre as one of India’s Promising Preschools of the future with special recognition for Innovation in curriculum. This is the first award granted in this category to a Mangaluru based school. With this award, Mangaluru will be listed as being among the leading preschools in the country. ELC was

Ballari Feb 26: Ballari MP B Sriramulu said that BJP national president Amit Shah has said that, barring state BJP president B S Yeddyurappa, tickets for the upcoming polls will not be given to any other BJP MP. He spoke at the Huligemma temple in Koppal taluk on Monday. Sriramulu said that as per his own statement, Janardhana Reddy will not contest the elections this time. Reddy will canvass for

Mangaluru, Feb 26: Dakshina Kannada police recently nabbed an accused in a nine year old murder case at an international airport in Kerala and brought him back to the district. Abdul Rahiman, an accused in the murder of history-sheeter Santhosh alias Candle Santhu in 2009, was about a board a Saudi Arabia-bound flight on February 23 at the Cochin International Airport apprehended him. However

Mangaluru, Feb 26: New Mangalore Port has crossed handling of 1 lakh TEUs of containers in the current financial year which is a significant achievement towards the development of container traffic. During the current year 2017-18 (As on 26-2-2018) the Port has handled 1,00,666 TEUs (15,00,572 tonnes) of containerized cargo and further 13 vessels are scheduled to call during the remaining period

New Delhi, Feb 26: Financial Intelligence Unit of Union government on Monday released a list of around 9,500 Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs), which have been categorised as high-risk financial institutions by the Finance Ministry. As per the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), all NBFCs have to appoint a principal officer in the financial institutions and report all suspicious and

Kalaburagi, Feb 26: Bharatiya Janata Party supremo has indirectly warned the Kannadigas that Centre would not interfere to resolve Mahadayi river water sharing dispute between Karnataka and Goa until they elect BJP to power in the state. Speaking to media persons, Amit Shah said that the BJP will settle the row, if it comes to power in Karnataka. "The issue would have been laid to rest if Chief

Bengaluru, Feb 26: In a shocking incident, a 40-year-old man, who was caught by police during a drunk-driving check in South Bengaluru, doused himself with petrol and then put a match in front of the Mico Layout traffic police station when police refused to release his scooter. A critically injured Manikanta alias Mani (40) was shifted to the Victoria Hospital where he breathed his last hours

Dammam, Feb 26: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah-led Karnataka government has taken a series of measures for the welfare of the non-resident Kannadigas in Gulf, said Dr Arathi Krishna, Deputy Chairperson of NRI Forum of Karnataka government. Speaking at a felicitation programme organized by the NRI Forum of Eastern Province in Saud Arabia’s Dammam, recently she said that the government’s first priority

Bengaluru, Feb 26: Congress supremo Rahul Gandhi has approved the Pradesh Election Committee for the upcoming Karnataka elections. Following are the members of the Committee: G Parameshwara, Siddaramaiah, Mallikarjun Kharge, D K Shivakumar, S R Patil, Dinesh Gundurao, Oscar Fernandes, M Veerappa Moily, B K Hariprasad, K H Muniyappa, Margaret Alva, Allum Veerabhadrappa, R V Deshpande, K Rehman Khan

Kumbla, Feb 26: Two policemen, including Kumbla sub-inspector J.K. Jayasanker, were injured after a mob attacked a police team at Bambrana, near Kumbla in Kasaragod, in the weekend. The attack started after the police burst tear-gas and lobbed a smoke grenade to disperse a group of warring members of the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) and the Bharatiya Janata Party at Bambrana around