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Mangaluru:, Oct 18: A resident of Kavoor in Mangaluru, was defrauded of around Rs 1 lakh after a stranger pretending to be a bank executive called him and took his one-time password (OTP) multiple times a couple of days ago. On October 15, the victim Ravi received a call on his cellphone from number 9771327694 and the person speaking in Hindi introduced himself as a bank executive. The caller told

Udupi, Oct 18: Strongly opposing the separation of Lingayat community from Hindu religion, Paryaya Pejawar Mutt chief pontiff Vishwesha Teertha Swami said that worshipping Hindu god Shiva is part of Lingayat-Veerashaiva tradition. Speaking to media persons on the eve of Diwali, the seer said that in his opinion though there were two traditions (Lingayat and Veerashaiva) in the Lingayat community

Mangaluru, Oct 18: B V Moolimani, Assistant Superintendent of Belagavi Central Prison, conducted an inquiry into a complaint by People’s Union of Civil Liberties (PUCL) accusing the District Prison staff of not taking proper care of Ahmed Qureshi, an accused in two attempt to murder cases, lodged in the jail. PUCL office-bearers gave a representation to the DG & IGP in May 2017 on this. Mr

Bengaluru, Oct 18: Former chief minister and JD(S) state president H D Kumaraswamy has clarified that his party will not field either his nephew Prajwal Revanna or his wife Anitha Kumaraswamy in the upcoming Assembly elections. Addressing the media in Bengaluru, Kumaraswamy said that only two members of the H D Deve Gowda family — he and his brother H D Revanna — would contest the elections. He

Udupi, Oct 18: All-rounder Tanush Kotian got the most memorable birthday gift on Mondaywhen the national junior selection headed by Venkatesh Prasad granted him a place in the India U-19 team for the Asia Cup to be held in Malaysia next month. Tanush was born and brought up in Mumbai. However, his roots are in coastal Karnataka. His father Karunakar and mother Mallika Kotian hail from Pangala in

Bengaluru, Oct 18: Maulana Syed Anzar Shah Khasmi, a city-based outspoken cleric, who was arrested by the Anti-Terrorism Squad of Delhi police nearly two years ago on suspicion of terror links, was finally acquitted by a Delhi court. During charge proceedings, Additional Sessions Judge Siddhartha Sharma discharged Qasmi stating that there was not sufficient evidence against him. However, the other

Udupi, Oct 17: An elderly man lost his life when a speeding bus rammed into his scooter near MGM College in Udupi on Tuesday. The deceased had been identified as Peter Raphael Aranha, 64, a resident of Moodubelle. He was riding from Moodubelle to Doddanaguddeand taking a turn near MGM College, when a private bus moving from Manipal to Mangaluru hit his scooter. Aranha was rushed to a private

Mangaluru, Oct 17: A city-based man, who was searching for a new bride after ending his unsuccessful marriage with his first wife, was duped to the tune of over Rs 11 lakh by a ‘British woman’ and her two male accomplices. The victim, a resident of Kinnigoli area in Mangaluru, had uploaded his personal details on a matrimony website in June 2017 and within a few days he received a reply on

Mangaluru, Oct 17: City based NGO Anti-Pollution Drive (APD) Foundation has set up four stations across Mangaluru to monitor air quality before and during Diwali festival. Under the ‘Shuddha Gaali’ project, the Foundation has set up air quality assessment stations at four places. The assessment of air quality started on Monday. “We will assess the air quality on Tuesday and again on Thursday and

Bengaluru, Oct 17: The Congress on Tuesday strongly defended its president Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra, while upping the ante against BJP national president Amit Shah’s son Jay Shah, whose business reportedly saw a massive revenue growth after the BJP came to power. Fresh allegations have emerged against Vadra following a TV news report that “absconding arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari