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Udupi, Feb 8: Following a raid on an illegal sand extraction site at Handady village near Brahmavar, police have arrested 41 persons on Wednesday. The raid was carried out by a team of officials from the departments of Revenue, Mines and Geology headed by Assistant Commissioner of Kundapur Sub Division, Bhoobalan T with the help of police. According to the Brahmavar police, the raid led to the

Bengaluru, Feb 8: A teenage engineering student hanged herself from a ceiling fan at her home near Rajarajeshwari Nagar in southwest Bengaluru, on Tuesday afternoon after she was allegedly bullied and harassed by the classmates. The victim is Meghana C, a first-semester civil engineering student at Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Kumaraswamy Layout. She is survived by her banker-parents

Bengaluru, Feb 8: The Congress this time may bring out three separate manifestoes - state, region, and district wise- for the upcoming Karnataka Legislative Assembly elections. According to Manifesto Committee chairman M Veerappa Moily, Congress manifesto will focus on the party's achievements in its current term and its promises for the next five years. The proposed manifesto will cover several

Bengaluru, Feb 8: A rowdy-sheeter, who is also the husband of a BJP corporator in Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, was hacked to death in broad daylight on Wednesday, February 7 in the state capital. The victim is Kadiresh S (47), husband of BJP corporator Rekha R (Chalavadipalya ward in Chamarajpet). He was killed by a gang of four near Muneshwara Temple in Chalavadipalya. Kadiresh S was

Bengaluru Feb 8: Accusing the government of trying to take control of mutts, temples run by mutts and religious institutions of Jain, Buddhist and Sikh communities in the state, the Opposition BJP has demanded that the government withdraw a public notification it has issued to this effect immediately. The department of Religious and Charitable Endowments (Muzrai) had, on January 29, issued a

Udupi, Feb 7: Pejawar Mutt chief pontiff Vishwesha Tirtha Swami has said that he would leave his mutt and serve society from outside if the State government went ahead with its reported move to acquire mutts in the State. President of Siddaganga Mutt Siddalinga Swami has also said it was not correct to bring mutts under the Act. Addressing presspersons on Wednesday, the 86-year-old Pejawar seer

Self-proclaimed savior of Hindutva and BJP MP Vinay Katiyar on Wednesday said that Muslims should not even be living in India and asked them to go to Pakistan or Bangladesh. Katiyar, who founded the Vishwa Hindu Parishad's (VHP) youth wing, Bajrang Dal, further said a bill should be introduced in Parliament that frames a punishment for those "who do not respect Vande Mataram, (and) those who

The Social Democratic Party of India, which had only succeeded in contributing to the vote split in a few constancies in 2013 legislative assembly polls in Karnataka, is now making all possible efforts to make a greater impact in the state and register victory at least in one of the minority strongholds. The Muslim dominant party, which portrays itself as the voice of Ahinda communities, is yet to

Shravanabelagola, Feb 7: Lord Bahubali's tenets of sacrifice and non-violence are beacons for the world said President of India Ram Nath Kovind. He spoke after inaugurating the 20-day, 88th Mahamastakabhisheka celebrations at Shravanbelagola in Hassan district, Karnataka, on Wednesday. The President who greeted the gathering in Kannada said that he was participating in the event with joy in his

Udaipur/Jaipur, Feb 7: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's wife Jashodaben was injured and the driver of the car she was in killed in a road accident that occurred on the Kota-Chittorgarh four-lane road near Begu, Rajasthan, on Wednesday morning. According to sources, Jashodaben was travelling from Atru in Bara towards Udaipur when their car hit a trailer truck "Jashodaben has sustained some minor