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New Delhi, Oct 30: The Supreme Court today directed the father of a Kerala woman, Hadiya Shefin, born Akhila Ashokan, who had converted to Islam and married a Muslim man, to produce her before it on November 27. A bench, comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud, asked senior advocate Shyam Divan, representing the father of the woman, to ensure that she

Manipal, Oct 30: The 3rd edition of the three-day annual finance conclave ‘Finomenal’ was recently conducted at the T A Pai Management Institute. ‘Finomenal, with its theme “Govern, Strengthen, Transform” provides a platform for the students of finance to showcase their knowledge and also network with senior industry professionals. This initiative brought together Economists, CXOs, Bankers

Mangaluru, Oct 30: Shanthi Prakashana, a publishing house from Karnataka’s Mangaluru city, is all set to take part in the 36th Sharjah International Book Fair. The 11-day annual book exhibition-cum-sale will be held from November 1 to November 11 at Sharjah Expo Center, Sharjah. Shanthi Prakashana is known for publishing Islamic books in Kannada on different topics and areas such as society

New Delhi, Oct 30: Amending rules on post office savings schemes like the National Savings Certificates (NSC) and Public Provident Fund (PPF), the government has notified that such accounts would be closed prior to maturity in case of holders changing their personal status to become non-resident Indians (NRIs). The amended rules were notified in the official gazette earlier this month. The

Bengaluru, Oct 30: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said that his government was keen on including 39 sub-castes of fishermen into the Scheduled Tribes (ST) category. Addressing a state-level convention of Gangaamatastha (inland fish farmers) in Mandya, Siddaramaiah claimed that twice he had sent proposals to the Centre seeking inclusion of sub-castes of fishermen under the ST category. “However both

Bengaluru, Oct 30: The media has let down Indians and destroyed the renaissance of society, according to veteran Malayalam writer and thinker Paul Zacharia. Delivering a lecture on ‘The writer’s role in speaking out’ at Bangalore Literature Festival, he said that media has surpassed politicians in spreading communalism and hatred. “The media has let down Indians, and in states like Kerala, has

Mangaluru, Oct 30: The city based Anti-Pollution Drive (APD) Foundation in association with St George’s Homeopathy had initiated a multi-location, air and noise pollution test in Mangaluru city over three days on pre and post Diwali period. The samples for the study were as collected at Alvares Road in Kadri, The Gokarnatheshwara temple dwara in Kudroli, Land Link Township in Konchady and Pai

Mangaluru, Oct 30: Seven youths aged between 19 and 25 years were arrested by the Central Sub Division’s Anti-Rowdy Squad in Mangaluru on Sunday for allegedly consuming cannabis. The police gave the names of the accused as Mohammed Ramlan (22) from Valencia, Ankit Shetty (25) from Marnamikatte, Shubham (23) and Shaun Rodrigues (19) from Kadri, Ganesh Poojary (24) from Jeppu, Praveen (25) from

Mangaluru, Oct 30: Two youths were killed and six were injured when two cars rammed each other in Garadadi near Belthangady on Sunday evening. The Belthangady police said that Vinayak (19), Vishwas (20) and two others were in the car coming from Guruvayankere to Venoor. Around 5.30 p.m., this car rammed a car coming towards Guruvayankere. Vinayak and Vishwas died on the spot. Two injured persons

Bengaluru, Oct 30: The state Congress on Sunday decided to petition the Election Commission of India (ECI) urging it to use Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) system with Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) in the coming state Assembly election. The party took the decision in order to prevent misuse of EVMs, if any, during the polls. The state Congress will soon submit a memorandum in this