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Mangaluru, Sept 26: Bharatiya Janata Party national president Amit Shah will hold a meeting of party senior leaders in Mangaluru on October 4. The coastal city has become a political hotbed with the recent communal incidents. According to sources, Mr. Shah will review the progress of various organisational programmes suggested by him during his last visit to the State in August. The meeting is

Bantwal, Sept 26: The Bantwal taluk of Dakshina Kannada district which had recently limped back to normalcy after a series of series of untoward incidents and ban orders, witnessed a gruesome double murder on Monday night. Two youths were hacked to death while three others received fatal injuries in a suspected revenge attack at Farangipet area under the limits of Bantwal Rural police station at

Kalaburgi, Sept 26: Four children were burnt to death after a stove of a pushcart food vendor exploded in the remote Fattu Naik Tanda in Chincholli taluk of Kalaburagi district on Monday evening. The deceased were identified as Riteesh, his sister Ritika, Preetam and Akshata. All were aged between three and four. Preetam and Ritika were killed on the spot, while Riteesh and Akshata died on the way

Bengaluru, Sept 26: Those who submit fake documents or indulge in such frauds during property registration will now face criminal action. Waking up from its slumber, the Department of Stamps and Registration has started booking criminal cases against those who submit fictitious documents for property registration. So far, authorities have booked 15 cases across the state. “This is the first time

Karwar, Sept 26: As many as 55 houses of Kannadigas staying in Baina area of Goa will be demolished on Tuesday following the orders of the deputy commissioner of south Goa. Kannadigas have been residing in the property in question for the past 40 years. A private company which has purchased this property has initiated measures for eviction. The local body had issued a notice to the residents on

New Delhi, Sept 25: Karnataka government, which has been experiencing drought over the last few years, would urge the Supreme Court to allow it to release lesser quantum of Cauvery water to the neighbouring Tamil Nadu, a state minister said today. Karnataka's water resources minister M B Patil met senior advocate Fali S Nariman here to finalise the final written submission in this regard to be

Bengaluru, Sept 25: Karnataka Home Minister Ramalinga Reddy has reiterated that those who murdered journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh and scholar M M Kalburgi will be arrested shortly. Replying to queries of media persons in Tumakuru, he said that the SIT chief had spoken to him on Friday and the investigation was going in the right direction. Meanwhile, Maharashtra’s Special Public Prosecutor

Mangaluru, Sept 25: Prominent Kannada writer and former English professor Chandrashekara Patil will preside over the 83rd Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelana. The annual literary fest will be held this year in Mysuru from November 24 to 26. Popularly called as Champa, he is the foremost voices of the Bandaya Movement. He had also served as chairman of Kannada Development Authority. He had

Bengaluru, Sept 25: A weekend-trekking turned fatal for a student from Bengaluru who drowned in a temple pond, while his friends were busy taking selfies, at Ravugondlu in Kanakapura taluk on Sunday. The head of the victim, identified as Vishwas, was captured in the selfies. According to preliminary investigations, as his friends were totally engaged in clicking group-selfies, they did not notice

Bengaluru, Sept 25: Income Tax sleuths, searching former chief minister S M Krishna’s son-in-law V G Siddharth’s house and business establishments in Bengaluru and elsewhere in the state and country, have reportedly unearthed Rs 650 crore worth of unaccounted assets. Siddharth is the chairman and managing director of Coffee Day Enterprises Ltd and also has other business interests in financial