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Bengaluru, Dec 25: A 29-year-old software engineer working in the city has been missing since last Monday after he put up his car for sale online, the police said. Kumar Ajitabh, who hails from Patna, had listed his vehicle on online marketplace Olx for sale. Police said Ajitabh's friends suspect that he had gone out on December 18 evening around 6:30 pm to meet a prospective car buyer. According

Belagavi Dec 25: Small Scale Industries and district in-charge Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi directed police officials to try hard to maintain peace, law and order in Belagavi city. Speaking to reporters after an official meeting with district officials in Belagavi, on Monday, Jarkiholi said that police should arrest troublemakers irrespective of how influential they are. "It doesn't matter which

Bengaluru, Dec 25: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah accused his Goa counterpart Manohar Parrikar and state BJP chief B S Yeddyurappa of trying to play out a 'drama' on the issue Mahadayi river water issue, keeping the coming assembly elections in mind. "...Parrikar and Yeddyurappa both tried to play out a drama for the sake of elections (due in Karnataka early next year), he told reporters in

Bengaluru, Dec 25: The killing of journalist- activist Gauri Lankesh and the boardroom battle at IT giant Infosys marked the high point of variegated developments from Karnataka during 2017, which also saw political parties sounding the bugle for the Assembly polls early next year. Diary entries by a political aide of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, indicating payments to Congress leadership; IT

Mangaluru, Dec 25: Christians across the Rome of the East, as this port city of Mangaluru is referred to, thronged the churches of their respective parishes Monday morning to offer special prayers as part of Christmas celebrations. Bishop of Mangaluru Dr Aloysius Paul D'Souza was the main celebrant of the Christmas Mass at Rosario Cathedral. He briefed the gathering about the significance of the

Mangaluru, Dec 25: Mangaluru North MLA Mohiuddin Bava has demanded stringent legal action against those who razed some shops and eateries abutting National Highway 66 at Baikampady area on the outskirts of the city. Two eateries, three shops and one liquor shop were razed in the drive in the early hours of Sunday. Activists of Democratic Youth Federation of India and entrepreneurs initially

Mangaluru, Dec 25: When the coastal city of Mangaluru was celebrating Christmas, a rowdy-sheeter belonging to Christian community was hacked to death near his residence at Gorigudda area in the early hours of Monday. The deceased has been identified as Melrick D’Souza, said to be an associate of notorious rowdy Monkey Stand Vijay. He had at least five cases against him in different police stations

Anant Kumar Hegde, the union minister of state for employment and skill development has once again kicked up a storm by threatening to change the constitution of India in order to formally end secularism in the country. Speaking at a function organised by the Brahmana Yuva Parishat and women’s organisation at Kukkanur in Yelburga taluk of Koppal district on Sunday, Hegde, who is known for

Secularism in India means equal treatment of all religions by the government. With the 42nd Amendment of the Constitution of India enacted in 1976, the Preamble to the Constitution asserted that India is a secular nation. But, for this senior politician of India secularism is lack of pedigree! Hardcore Hindutva leader and Union Minister for Skill Development has said that people without any

Bengaluru, Dec 25: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has dismissed the claim of state BJP president B S Yeddyurappa that Karnataka can seek interim relief from the Mahadayi Water Dispute Tribunal on the basis of the Goa chief minister's letter to him (Yeddyurappa). "The Tribunal will not admit the letter as a document. It is bereft of any commitment from Goa. If Yeddyurappa is really keen on resolution