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Mangaluru, Sept 24: In an apparent attempt to lure more Billavas into its fold, the Dakshina Kannada district unit of Bharatiya Janata Party has decided to take out a 22-km padayatra from Puttur to Padumale in Puttur taluk on October 2 seeking action against forces behind the recent desecration of the statue of Deyi Baidethi, mother of warrior twins Koti-Chennayya at Mupinadka. The yatra will also

Mangaluru, Sept 24: Tanveer Sait, Minister for Primary and Secondary Education and Wakf has warned that the Karnataka government would not hesitate to take stringent action against those misusing wakf properties. Addressing a meeting of Mutavallis from Dakshina Kannada and Udupi in the city on Saturday, he said the government has started the process of documenting wakf properties. Proceeds from

Managluru, Sept 24: A group of people thrashed and handed over a man to the police after he allegedly misbehaved with an 18-year-old German national near Paneer church near Konaje on the outskirts of the city on Saturday. The accused has been identified as Mustafa (19), a local resident. It is said that he is mentally ill. He had recently undergone treatment at for his mental illness at a hospital

Mangaluru, Sept 24: A six-year-old boy, who was returning home after purchasing chocolates, was run over by a train near the Mahakalipadpu railway level crossing here on Saturday. The victim has been identified as Muhammad Hussain Haafil (6), the eldest son among three children of Anwar and Shameena couple from Mahakalipadpu, and a Class 2 student of Cassia St Rita English Medium School, Jeppu

Bengaluru, Sept 24: The Congress on Saturday kick-started its statewide door-to-door campaign ‘Mane Manege Congress’ from Mahadevapura Assembly constituency, where Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and other party leaders trained their guns on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa. The party leaders, including Siddaramaiah and AICC general secretary in charge of Karnataka

Bengaluru, Sept 24: In the wake of garbage contractors threatening to disrupt waste collection in Bengaluru, the state government on Saturday invoked ESMA, prohibiting pourakarmikas and other staff from going on strike for the next one year. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah directed the Urban Development Department to invoke Section 3 of the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA), which empowers the

Mangaluru, Sept 23: For more than a year Jacintha Mendonca lived like a bonded labourer in remote area in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, thinking he would never see his family again. Jacinta Mendonca with her daughters Velita and Vineetha at the press conference in Udupi on Saturday The 47-year-old woman from Mudrangady near Karkala in Udupi district, who was dubed by a duped by a recruitment agency and

Mangaluru/Udupi Sep 23: The District Congress Committees in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi on Saturday launched ‘Mane Manege Congress’ campaign on the directions of the KPCC and AICC. The campaign aims to strengthen the party at the grassroots level in the run-up to the 2018 Assembly elections. Dakshina Kannada district in-charge minister B Ramanath Rai inaugurated the district level campaign at Kadri

Jaipur, Sept 23: Police today arrested a 70-year-old self-styled Hindu godman, accused of raping a law student, from a private hospital in Alwar in Rajasthan. Police said Swami Kaushlendra Prapannachari Falahari Maharaj had got admitted to the hospital after the 21-year-old woman from Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur district filed a rape complaint against him earlier this month. Aravali police station SHO

Bengaluru, Sept 23: Former chief minister and JD(S) State president HD Kumaraswamy on Saturday underwent a successful valve replacement surgery in Bengaluru. He was admitted to Apollo Hospital in Bannerghatta road following excessive coughing over the last few months. Doctors revealed that Kumaraswamy has responded to the procedure well, still in a stable condition, and he would regain