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New Delhi, Dec 8: The government today extended the deadline for mandatory linking of PAN with Aadhaar by three months to March 31, 2018. This is the third extension given by the government to individuals to link the Permanent Account Number (PAN) with the biometric ID. The Centre had already informed the Supreme Court that it is willing to extend till March 31 the deadline fixed for mandatory

Jeddah: Expatriates from high-tech Indian state of Karnataka in Saudi Arabia recently celebrated Karnataka Rajyotsava Day to commemorate the 62nd formation day of their state. The event was organized by Karnataka Non-Resident Indians (KNRI) Forum at Al Bakhira Banquet Hall, Harazath at Jeddah under the patronage of NRIs’ Forum Karnataka (Govt of Karnataka). Consul for Community welfare, Culture

Bengaluru, Dec 8: Karnataka BJP Yuva Morcha president Pratap Simha’s recent viral video wherein he had revealed the national BJP chief supremo Amit Shah’s order to carry out violent protests in poll-bond state has embarrassed the party. On the other hand Karnataka BJP chief B S Yeddyurappa has openly denied Simha’s claims. The development has also resulted in leaders of the party airing varied

Gangavathi, Dec 8: Kottur Swamiji of Virakta Kalmutt in Gangavathi town, Koppal district, has been reportedly caught in a sex scandal. Tension prevailed for sometime at Virakta Kalmutt in Gangavathi on Thursday after a video purportedly showing Kottur Swami with a woman in a hotel room was streamed by news channels. Kottur Swami switched off his mobile phone and went to an undisclosed location

Bengaluru, Dec 8: Bengaluru India Nano 2017, the 9th edition of India's flagship Nano-science and Nanotechnology event, kicked-off to a flying start with overwhelming participation of policy makers from the state and the Centre and academia. Karnataka Minister for Planning, Statistics and Science and Technology M R Seetharam said Bengaluru is gaining strong foothold in the emerging field of

New Delhi, Dec 7: The Supreme Court on Thursday said the concept of woman's religion merging with his husband after marriage was not sanctioned by any law. The top court observed that the Special Marriage Act was enacted to allow inter-faith marriage between men and women and yet let them retain their respective religious identities. The Special Marriage Act, 1954 of the Parliament was enacted to

The Indian Nursing Council (INC) has removed names of all colleges functioning in Karnataka from its official list, in the second such instance this year. The INC move has come as a huge shock to college managements and students in the midst of the academic year. It is likely to put the future of thousands of nursing students in the state in jeopardy. The INC is a national regulatory body for

Mangaluru, Dec 7: B.S. Nagendra Prakash, a professor of civil engineering at the University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (UVCE) under Bangalore University, is all set to take over as the new Registrar (Administration). The state government has transferred Lokesh K.M. who was serving as the Registrar (Administration) for the past one-and-a-half years. In fact Prof Lokesh received his

Salmabad: Guru Seva Samithi – Bahrain Billawas, an organization of non-resident Indians recently organized ‘Koti Chennaya Kreeda Koota – 2017’ at Gulf Air Club Grounds at Salmabad in Bahrain. GSS President Ajith Bangera welcomed the guests with flower bouquets and addressed the gathering. The event was inaugurated by Bahrain Kannada Sangha President Pradeep Shetty by lighting the sports lamp

Mangaluru, Dec 7: A woman was killed and more than 20 people injured in road accident occurred at Nanthoor Circle, the junction of National Highways 66 and 75 in the city on Thursday morning. A private bus plying from Malali near Gurupura to the State Bank bus terminus in city collided with a speeding truck at the Circle at around 7:15 a.m. The truck was moving from Udupi towards Kasargod on NH 66