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Mangaluru/Bengaluru, Aug 29: Moderate to heavy rains continued to pound coastal belt, malnad and other parts of Karnataka on Tuesday. Relentless rains has thrown normal life out of gear in Kodagu. With the rivers and rivulets flowing to the brim, a few primary and high schools in Bhagamandala and Napoklu region declared holiday for students, on Monday afternoon. One die in DK Though the intensity

Mangaluru, Aug 29: A 21-year-old man was electrocuted to death when he was trying to keep his mobile phone for charging at Perlaru near Belthangady in Dakshina Kannada district. The deceased has been identified as Girish, son of Devappa Gowda. He was a laborer. The tragedy took place on Sunday. Girish had to remove the wires connected to the socket to get his mobile charged. The wires for the

Mangaluru, Aug 29: Demanding the transfer of Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner Dr K G Jagadeesha various dalit groups on Monday staged a protest in front of DC’s office in the city. Speaking on the occasion CPI(M) state committee general secretary Mavalli Shankar said that the DC insulted dalits by walking out of the SC/ST grievance redressal meeting recently. Dr Jagadeesha should leave

Bengaluru, Aug 29: The effect of demonetisation is being felt in the field of medical and dental education too with very few takers for seats under the NRI and other quotas. Experts in the education sector say demonetisation spelt the abrupt end of parents making cash payments to colleges. According to officials in the Medical Education Department, 676 out of 773 medical seats under the NRI and

Bengaluru, Aug 29: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has instructed CID officials to fast track the probe into the killing of rationalist and Kannada writer M M Kalburgi at Dharwad in August 2015. "On August 30, as people in the state hold meeting to mark the second anniversary of the sad killing of Dr M M Kalburgi, I would like to assure the people of Karnataka that my government will make

Bengaluru, Aug 29: Bengaluru Development Minister K J George on Monday said he has nothing to do with the deletion of certain call details and documents on the mobile phone of deputy superintendent of police M K Ganapathi who committed suicide last year. “If anybody has any evidence, she/he is free to submit it to the Supreme Court where a case is pending,” he told reporters who sought his

Hanur (Chamarajanagar dist), Aug 29: The Ramapura police, on Sunday, arrested Shivaswamy alias Dumble Gundi, 52, an accomplice of the late forest brigand Veerappan and an accused in the Palar bomb blast and other cases in Tamil Nadu. Shivaswamy from Veppede village, Sathyamangalam (Erode district of Tamil Nadu), had absconded 25 years ago and was arrested from D G Puduru village in Sathyamangalam

Bengaluru, Aug 29: The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) has given a clean chit to former IPS officer Kempaiah, adviser to the Home Minister, in the fake caste certificate case. The complainant had filed several certificates, including school certificates, indicating that Kempaiah belonged to Kuruba and not Kadu Kuruba. Kadu Kuruba is an ST community whereas Kuruba is a backward community. The ACB

Bengaluru, Aug 29: An elated Shobha showed off her shining new red saree. “I’ve been walking around wearing old sarees. I have a new one now, ” she said. The 57-year-old woman from Hubballi was among 102 Dalits who had lunch with BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa at his posh Dollars Colony home here on Monday. The Dalit families Yeddyurappa hosted were those whose homes he visited for breakfast

Udupi, Aug 29: Members of the National Students Union of India district unit staged a dharna in front of the Clock Tower on Monday against the Visvesvaraya Technological University demanding cancellation of critical year-back system for non-Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) students and introduction of supplementary exams for CBCS students. Christan Almeida, president of the district unit, said