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Udupi, Aug 21: Vishwesha Tirtha Swami, the pontiff of Paryaya Pejawar Mutt was shifted to the Intensive Care Unit after a successful surgical procedure for hernia at Kasturba Hospital in Manipal on Sunday. Meanwhile, a group of Muslims offered prayers at the entrance of Kasturba Hospital seeking good health for the seer. Raghuram Acharya, Dewan of Pejawar Mutt, said that the 87-year-old Vishwesha

Madikeri, Aug 21: A former hockey player from Kodagu was allegedly stabbed to death by his wife over some dispute in Malad suburb located in the northern part of Mumbai. 52-year-old Chenanda Naveen Appaiah and his wife Amita had an argument over some issue at around 1 pm yesterday. The dispute escalated into a fight and during the scuffle, Amita stabbed her husband, said a police official. "Even

Mangaluru, Aug 21: Muhammed Mashook, a 13-year-old student, who was involved in a car and motorbike collision at Uppala in Kasaragod district, died at a hospital in Mangaluru. Mashook, a class VI student of Delta English Medium School at Majeswaram, and son of Rafeeq, a resident of nearby Morathana locality, sustained grievous injuries as the motorbike he was riding pillion with a close relative

Bengaluru, Aug 21: The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) has registered an FIR against officials of Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) and Public Works Department (PWD), in a case where a prime property allotted to the KMF by the PWD has been leased to realtors. The KMF had leased two acres and 16.74 guntas of land out of the four acres and 14 guntas allotted to it in Koramangala, Bengaluru, to a real

Bengaluru, Aug 21: A pre-poll survey conducted by a private research organisation in Karnataka has revealed that the Congress will emerge as the single largest party and also secure a majority by winning 120-132 seats if Assembly polls were to be held today. The survey conducted by C fore was posted on the organisation’s website on Sunday and also did the rounds in Whatsapp groups created by the

Bengaluru, Aug 21: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday said the reservation policy will have to continue as long as caste system exists in society. Speaking after presenting the D Devaraj Urs Award-2017 to former Union Minister M Mallikarjun Kharge at the Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru, Siddaramaiah blamed the BJP for working against equality in society and charged the party of taking a stand

Bengaluru, Aug 20: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today brushed aside the BJP's allegation that his government was using the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) as a political tool against the opposition leaders, including state BJP chief B S Yeddyurappa. He also asserted that the FIRs filed by the ACB against Yeddyurappa were based on merits. "I am not involved in filing the FIRs against

Bengaluru, Aug 20: The Karnataka ACB has termed the allegation by a senior officer in the state administration that he was being pressured by the agency to give a statement against former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa in a corruption case as a "feeble attempt to build a false defence". H Basavarajendra, now the Deputy Secretary, Mines, InvestigationCell and Sugar,in a letter to Karnataka Governor

New Delhi, Aug 20: Services at public sector banks may take a hit on Tuesday as all unions under the aegis of UFBU have threatened to go on strike against the government's proposed consolidation move besides raising a host of other demands. Most banks have already informed their customers that functioning of branches and offices will be impacted if the strike takes off. Operations at private

Bengaluru, Aug 20: A city civil court has ordered issue of summons to a private bank on a suit filed by a real estate development company seeking a whopping ₹101.77 crore as damages with 36% interest per year from the bank for causing loss to a project because of illegal suspension of disbursement of sanctioned loan amount and forcing the company to borrow money at an exorbitant rate of interest