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Mangaluru, Jan 4: The situation in parts of Mangaluru taluk remained volatile for a second day running, with thousands of activists of BJP, VHP and Bajragng Dal gathering in Katipalla and imposing bandh in Surathkal and surrounding areas on Thursday in protest against the murder of Deepak Rao, who was hacked to death yesterday by four miscreants. The police on Thursday morning aborted the funeral

Mangaluru, Jun 4: Even though the police managed to catch four accused in connection with the murder of Deepak Rao at Katipalla on Wednesday, the trouble mongers attacked two persons belonging to Muslim community with lethal weapons without any provocation in two different places of Mangaluru taluk. Basheer (45), a resident of Akashbhavana area in the city, who was on his way to his home after

Mangaluru, Jan 4: Even though Hindutva groups such as Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal had planned to take out a funeral procession of Deepak Rao, who was hacked to death yesterday, the police foiled their bid by secretly transporting the mortal remains in an ambulance to the house of the victim at Katipalla on the outskirts of the city on Thursday morning. When the saffron activists came to

Bengaluru Jan 4: JD(S) state president H D Kumaraswamy promised to provide free healthcare service, free bus and Metro passes and increase the old-age pension for senior citizens if his party is voted to power in the coming Assembly elections. Participating in an interaction with senior citizens in Bengaluru, he also assured to ensure allotment of residential plots at an affordable price to people

Mangaluru Jan 4: The New Year hasn’t brought good tidings for airlines operating from Mangaluru International Airport. From December 31, the runway length has been reduced by 120 metres. The development comes months after the Airport Authority of India decided to postpone the Airport’s runway expansion plan. It means that of the 2,450m of runway available, only 2,330m will be available for safety

Bengaluru Jan 4: Aadhaar seeding of ration cards has helped weed out 8.5 lakh bogus cards, Food and Civil Supplies Minister U T Khader said on Wednesday. Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru, he said that the Food and Civil Supplies department has saved around Rs 450 crore in the last few months after the removal of such cards. He said that due to the prevalence of such cards, each fair price shop

Mangaluru, Jan 3: The Mangaluru city police commissioner and additional district magistrate T R Suresh has promulgated prohibitory orders under Section 35 of Karnataka Police Act in Mangaluru City Police commissionerate limits for 24 hours. The development comes after the coldblooded murder of a youth at Katipalla area of Mangaluru taluk on Wednesday. A tense atmosphere prevailed in the region

Bantwal, Jan 3: Dakshina Kannada district police has managed to arrest three persons in connection with the alleged murder attempt on Keshava, who is also an accused in a murder case. Keshava, who is out on the bail, was attacked with lethal weapons by motorbike-borne men on December 27 at Kalladka town of Bantwal taluk. Keshava, sustained deep injuries on the forehead in the attack, is recovering

Mangaluru, Dec 3: A tense atmosphere prevailed in Surathkal, Katipalla and surrounding areas in Mangaluru taluk after a youth was hacked to death by miscreants in broad daylight on Wednesday afternoon. Soon after the murder, the activists of various Hindutva groups started spreading provocative messages on social media and WhatsApp groups. They claimed that the murdered youth, Deepak Rao, was a

Mangaluru, Jan 3: Within two hours after a youth was hacked to death on Wednesday at Katipalla in Mangaluru taluk, the police managed to nab four accused after intercepting their car. The arrested have been identified as Naushad, Pinky Nawaz, Rizwan and Nirshan. They are being interrogated at an undisclosed location, a top police officer said. Deepak Rao (32) was murdered by a gang of miscreants