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Mangaluru, Feb 21: The decomposed carcass of a whale has washed ashore at Dodda Kopla beach in Suratkal on the outskirts of the city. This is the first such case in Mangaluru region this year. The 25-foot-long dead fish was first spotted by a local fisherman on Wednesday morning. It is assumed that the whale might have washed ashore last night. Hundreds of people visited the beach to see the dead

New Delhi, Feb 21: Congress president Rahul Gandhi will resume his campaign in Karnataka on February 24 for the Assembly elections there. During his three-day second leg of canvassing there, Gandhi will cover Belgaum, Vijayapura (Bijapur), Bagalkot and Dharwad districts from the Mumbai-Karnataka region of the state. Gandhi will be visiting these parts of the state for three days straight as part

Roshan Abdul Rahoof, a 19-year-old upcoming Malayalam actor, who became ‘talk of the town’ after a song clip from the movie ‘Oru Adaar Love’ thanks to winking star Priya Prakash Varrier, now can't even step out without being mobbed by crazy fans. In the clip, the actress, Priya Prakash Varrier can be seen winking at Roshan where he blushes pink in his cheek. The world loved their chemistry and

Feb 21: Days after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath took a dig at Congress president Rahul Gandhi by saying that his becoming opposition party chief would bring good luck to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), a similar comment has been made by former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa. Targeting the Gandhi scion over his recent visit to poll-bound Karnataka, for BJP strongman

Mangaluru: Bearys Welfare Forum, Abu Dhabi, accorded a warm felicitation to Karambar Mohammed, President of Karnataka Beary Sahitya Academy, recently in the city in the presence of academy members. Acknowledging the felicitation, he laid emphasis on the problems faced by the community and society in Gulf countries. He exhorted the community members to strive for the betterment of society and work

Mangaluru, Feb 21: A mild tension prevailed in Bengre peninsula in Mangaluru as a group of BJP workers, who were returning after attending a fishermen’s convention organized by BJP in Udupi’s Malpe, clashed with local Muslim residents and allegedly pelted stones at some houses last night. BJP national president Amit Shah who was chief guest at the fishermen’s convention. According to a report by

Akhila alias Hadiya, a Kerala girl whose marriage to a Muslim man was annulled by Kerala High Court in a controversial judgment last year, has told the Supreme Court she wanted to exercise her freedom of religion and choice of marriage. In an affidavit, Akhila, who was renamed Hadiya after conversion, contended that she was a Muslim and wanted to live like a Muslim. She also sought permission to

Udupi, Feb 21: Amit Shah and Yeddyurappa, the national and state presidents of Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday held interactions with seers and mutt heads form undivided Dakshina Kannada district at Sri Rama Vittala Hall on the premises of Pejawar Mutt here. Vishwesha Tirtha Swami of Pejawar Mutt, Vidyadheesha Tirtha Swami of Paryaya Palimar Mutt and about 15 seers participated in the dialogue

Bengaluru, Feb 21: The state government on Tuesday launched one more Bhagya scheme - Anila Bhagya (free LPG connections to BPL families) - ahead of the Assembly elections. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who inaugurated the scheme, said Anila Bhagya was better evolved than the Centre's Ujjwala scheme, which also envisages providing free LPG connections to the poor. He claimed that unlike the Ujjwala

Bengaluru, Feb 21: The state government on Tuesday came under attack from the Opposition BJP in both Houses of the legislature over two public brawls involving Congress functionaries. The Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly Jagadish Shettar, who sought to move an adjournment motion in this regard, described the state government as "a goonda sarkar" and accused it of trying to