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Kasaragod, Oct 2: Days after the burglary attempt at Canara Bank’s ATM counter at Irikkur, unidentified miscreants made yet another abortive bid to loot cash from the bank’s ATM counter at Periye in Kasaragod district in the early hours of Sunday. Two persons wearing masks and red-coloured overcoats were noticed during the inspection of CCTV footage in the presence of fingerprint experts, dog

Chitradurga, Oct 2: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday said there is no doubt that a Congress leader would inaugurate the next year’s Dasara celebration in Mysuru as the chief minister. Talking to reporters here, Siddaramaiah said the media had reported that he had said he would inaugurate the Dasara celebrations next year also. “There is no doubt over the Congress retaining power under my

Mangaluru, Oct 1: City-based young entrepreneur Vathika Pai has been unanimously elected president of Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) for 2017-18. 28-year-old Vathika was elected to the post at the 77th Annual General Meeting of KCCI members held here recently, a press release said. She is the 53rd president of the KCCI. She is also the second woman to head the chamber after Latha R

Mangaluru: Even though Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) director V V Rao has rubbished the possibilities of losing passengers to Kerala’s fourth international airport, which is expected to be commissioned within a few months, his counterpart at Kannur International Airport Ltd (KIAL) has spelt out a greater competition. If everything goes as expected commercial operations at Kannur Airport

Dubai, Oct 1: The United Arab Emirates has begun collecting new "sin" taxes on tobacco products, energy drinks and soft drinks. Beginning today, tobacco and energy drinks will be taxed at 100 per cent and soft drinks at 50 per cent. Shoppers could be seen stocking up the day before. The new tax push comes as the UAE and other oil-rich Gulf nations have struggled with low global energy prices. The

Mangaluru, Oct 1: Mangaluru Flower city, an initiative from young leaders of the coastal city was inaugurated on Sunday, October 1. This Trust has a noble intention of beautification of the city through green initiatives. Mother Nature has gifted the mankind everything needed for their sustenance, but man has destroyed every green for his selfish motives which in turn will harm the entire living

Kalaburgi, Oct 1: Pointing at alarmingly rising farmers’ suicides across the country in the last three years, Maruti Manpade, State president of Karnataka Prantha Raitha Sangha (KPRS), alleged that intense implementation of liberalisation policies by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi led-Union government had intensified the agrarian crisis. Addressing a media conference here on Saturday, he said

Mumbai, Oct 1: A shocking video of a bystander molesting a woman seconds before her death during recent stampede at Mumbai’s Elphinstone Railway station has now surfaced on social media. As seen in the video, the woman tried to reach out to help as she lay atop a pile of victims on the foot overbridge when the shameless man molested her. The woman, trapped by the bodies, finally drops her hand

Mysuru, Oct 1: Expressing confidence that he would get a second term, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said that Congress party would face the upcoming Assembly elections in 2018 under his leadership. Speaking to reporters, after offering puja to the Nandi Dhwaja at Balarama Gate of Mysuru Palace to mark the inauguration of the Dasara procession the CM said that he will perform puja to the Nandi

Bengaluru, Oct 1: The state government will set up an expert committee to check whether private universities have been admitting candidates from Karnataka to 40% of the seats, as mandated. According to Section (9) of the Private Universities Act (Separate Act), private universities should admit at least 40% candidates from Karnataka in their degree and postgraduate courses. However, there have