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Udupi, Feb 25: The Kundapura police in Udupi district arrested five persons who were trying to sell four stolen idols of Jain Tirthankaras near Kotilingeshwara temple at Koteshwara on Saturday. A team of policemen went to the village following a tip-off about attempts to sell antique idols. The arrested people have been identified as Nevill Wilfy Mascarenhas, 36, from Padil, Mangaluru, Anil

Former Minister Haratalu Halappa, who was acquitted in a decade-old rape case last year, and actor-turned-politician Kumar Bangarappa, who jumped to BJP from Congress last year, would be the saffron party candidates from Sagar and Sorab constituencies respectively in upcoming Karnataka assembly polls. Announcing this at a press meet in Shivamogga on Sunday, Karnataka BJP chief B S Yeddyurappa said

Mangaluru, Feb 25: The sixth Additional District and Sessions Judge D.T. Puttarangaswamy here on Saturday sentenced to life “Cyanide” Mohan Kumar on finding him guilty of murdering a 28-year-old woman by administering cyanide to her. As per the charge-sheet, Mohan Kumar introduced himself as Shashidhar Poojary to the 28-year-old woman, a resident of Belthangady taluk in Dakshina Kannada. He

Mangaluru, Feb 24: Rotary Club Mangalore City, a new Rotary club in Mangaluru was inaugurated on Friday, February 23, 2018 amidst much fanfare at Hotel Ocean Pearl in the city. This day was chosen for formally inaugurating the club in order to commemorate the birthday of Rotary International, which was born on 23rd February 113 years ago (1905). District Governor Rtn Suresh M M Chengappa

Mysuru Feb 25: Bhagyvathi, the Mayor of Mysuru City Corporation, has been expelled from the Congress party for alleged anti-party activities. Mysuru Congress city unit president R Murthy said that Bhagyavathi has been expelled from her primary membership of the party for six years. "We have notified the MCC commissioner to cancel her council membership and remove her from the mayor's post," Murthy

Mulawad, Feb 25: Continuing to target the prime minister in his campaign in poll-bound Karnataka, Congress president Rahul Gandhi today asked why Narendra Modi, who had described himself as the country's "chowkidar", was "silent" on the PNB fraud. He also asked Modi as to why he was not taking any action regarding the alleged sudden increase in turnover of a company owned by BJP president Amit

Managluru, Feb 25: Ramakrishna Mission Swacchata Abhiyan’s 17th week’s drive was held on Sunday, February 25, from 7.30 am to 10.30 am at Kadri Bunts Hostel Road in the city. Chandrakant Kulkarni of Pune, retired teacher lauded for his dedication and efforts regarding Swacch Bharath by the Prime Minister and Jagan, physically challenged and yet mentally invincible volunteer of the Abhiyan flagged

Hubballi, Feb 25: Leader of the opposition in the Assembly Jagadish Shettar said that the Congress-led Karnataka government has not spent the amount that was mentioned in the 2017-18 budget presented by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on February 16. Shettar said that while the government claimed to have spent Rs 1,86,561 crore, it has spent only 1,12,146 crore. "Is it possible to spend the remaining

Meleveettil Muhammad Akbar aka M M Akbar, an Islamic orator, educationist and founder Director of Niche of Truth, a religious organization based in Kerala was on Sunday reportedly detained in Hyderabad for unknown reasons. According to reports, Akbar had arrived in Hyderabad from Australia, and was scheduled to board a flight to Qatar’s capital Doha on Monday. However, he was picked up from

Bengaluru Feb 25: With Assembly elections round the corner, the BJP and the JD(S) leaders on Saturday went all out to please the Brahmin community. Participating in the 'Bengaluru Mahanagara Viprara Samavesha' organised by Akhila Karnataka Brahmana Mahasabha, JD(S) state president H D Kumaraswamy said that if his party comes to power, his government would set up a Brahmin Development Authority, as