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Mangaluru, Jan 5: City-based young poetess Mafazah Sharafuddin’s debut into the literary world took place with the release of her anthology of poems Labyrinths of Emotions at The Yenepoya School in the city on Thursday. Releasing the book, Farhad Yenepoya , Managing Director of The Yenepoya School, said that the school took initiative to publish the book to encourage the expression of the youth

New Delhi Jan 5: A group of Bharatiya Janata Party MPs from Karnataka staged a protest in front of the Mahatma Gandhi statue on the Parliament premises here on Thursday, demanding a probe by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) into the murder of Deepak Rao. The protesters claimed that some Pakistan-funded organisations were behind the killing of members of the BJP and its affiliated

Mangaluru, Jan 4: Two youngsters riding on a two-wheeler, died after a KSRTC bus ran over them. The accident occurred at Narikombu, Nehru Nagar in Bantwal taluk of Dakshina Kannada district on Thursday. The deceased are identified as Azad, 18, and Mohammed Harshid, 16, residents of Sajipa. The accident took place at 2.40 pm. The police said the duo was travelling from BC Road to Melkar. The two

Mangaluru, Jan 4: In a major embarrassment to the local unit of Bharatiya Janta Party, the accused arrested in connection with the cold blooded murder of Deepak Rao, who is being projected as a Bajrang Dal activist, turned out to be the activists of Minority Morcha of the saffron party. Bharatiya Janata Party has blamed Popular Front of India, Social Democratic Party of India, and Dakshina Kannada

Even though none of the arrested in connection with the murder of Deepark Rao at Katipalla in Mangaluru taluk has any links with Popular Front of India and its political arm Social Democratic Party of India, the Karnataka state unit of Bharatiya Janata Party has held the two outfits responsible for the murder. Addressing a press conference in Bengaluru, BJP state general secretary C T Ravi said 24

Mangaluru, Jan 4: The family members of Deepak Rao, who was hacked to death at Katipalla in Mangaluru taluk on Wednesday by a gang of miscreants, are likely to get a huge compensation of over Rs 15 lakh. S Sasikanth Senthil, the deputy commissioner of Dakshina Kannada has announced a compensation of Rs 5 lakh to be immediately paid to the family of Rao. He also said another Rs 5 lakh would be paid

Mangaluru, Jan 4: The activists of Bharatiya Janata Party and other Hindutva groups on Thursday staged road blocks and demonstrations in Managluru, Ullal and other areas of Dakshina Kannada district in protest against the murder of Deepak Rao, said to be a Bajrang Dal activist. Deepak Rao was hacked to death by a gang of miscreants at Katipalla in broad daylight on Thursday. Police have arrested

Mangaluru, Jan 4: After the cops thwarted a planned funeral procession through the city on Thursday morning, by secretly transporting slain youth Deepak Rao’s dead body in an ambulance to the victim’s house, the Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada took the responsibility of convincing the agitating mob to allow the family members to conduct the last rites peacefully. Earlier, angered over the

Mangaluru, Jan 4: In a serious allegation, BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa has accused a senior Congress leader and state minister of having a hand in the murder of Deepak Rao, who hacked to death by miscreants at Katipalla in Mangaluru yesterday. Addressing a press meet before the Parivartana Yatre on Thursday in Ballari, the former chief minister held Dakshina Kannada district in-charge

Mangaluru, Jan 4: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said that Bharatiya Janata Party and communal forces are responsible for the the violence in Dakshina Kannada. “They are disturbing peace. There is no need of any Minister’s resignation”, he told presspersons in response to BJP leaders’ demand for resignation of Ministers in view of violence in Dakshina Kannada. He told presspersons at the helipad