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Udupi, Aug 17: Pramod Madhwaraj, Minister of State for Fisheries, Youth Empowerment and Sports, on Wednesday launched the ‘Swachh Udupi Mission–Countdown Begins’ programme organised by the district administration and the zilla panchayat here C. Srinivasan, Project Director, India Green Services, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, unveiled a plan for making Udupi a garbage-free district byOctober 2, 2018, here

Mangaluru, Aug 16: The Dakshina Kannada police have arretsed three more persons in connection with the murder of RSS activist Sharath Madivala on Wednesday. This takes the number of arrests made in this case to five. The arrested are Riyaz Paranki, Sadiq Nelyadi and Kaleem alias Kaleemullah. Superintendent of police said they will be produced before the court on Thursday and seek their custody for

Mangaluru, Aug 16: Hemanth Nimbalkar took charge as the IGP (Western range) from P Harishekaran, in Mangaluru on Wednesday. The range comprises of Dakshina Kannada, Uttara Kannada, Udupi and Chikkamagaluru district police units. P Harishekaran has been transferred to Bengaluru as IGP (Headquarters). Speaking to reporters after taking charge, Nimbalkar said that he had worked in Dakshina Kannada

Hyderabad, Aug 16: In a shocking incident, a group of miscreants belonging to RSS and ABVP allegedly attacked the principal of a government college in Telangana's Nizamabad during flag hoisting on India’s 71st Independence Day. The miscreants shouted slogans against the principal Mohammed Yakeen asking him to remove his shoes during the flag hoisting. When Yakeen tried to convince the miscreants

Bengaluru, Aug 16: Karnataka chief minister Siddramaiah on Wednesday recalled the achievements of Indira Gandhi and took a dig at the incumbent central government. At the inaugural event of Indira canteen project in Jayanagar of South Bengaluru, the CM said that all prime minister Narendra Modi has done in the last few years is just radio programme 'Mann Ki Baat'. "But ours is Vangi Bath," he said

Mangaluru, Aug 16: A group of miscreants recently damaged several cars that were parked outside the Yenepoya Medical College Hospital in Derlakatte, on the outskirts of the city. The incident took place in the wee hours of Sunday. As all the parking area inside the hospital campus is fully occupied, the hospital authorities have rented a small area outside the campus for parking. The incident was

Mangaluru, Aug 16: Claiming that investigation agencies have found enough material to declare Popular Front of India as an anti-national terror outfit, Saffron leaders have urged the government to ban the organisation and invoke the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) against all its leaders. Addressing a media conference called by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal in the city

New Delhi, Aug 16: The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered a National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into the plea of a Muslim man whose marriage with a Hindu convert Muslim woman (Akhila alias Hadiya) was annulled by the Kerala High Court as per the request of her Hindu parents. A bench of Chief Justice of India Jagdish Singh Khehar and justice DY Chandrachud ordered NIA to launch a probe into

Bengaluru, Aug 16: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today launched the Karnataka government's subsidised food canteens 'Indira Canteen' here that would provide breakfast at Rs five and lunch and dinner at a cost of Rs 10. Apparently taking the cue from the popular 'Amma canteens' in Tamil Nadu, introduced by former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, the Siddaramaiah government had announced setting

Mangaluru, Aug 16: The 71st independence day celebrations at Adyanadka near Vittla in Bantwal taluk took an ugly turn after a group of miscreants belonging to Bajrang Dal attacked the youths belonging to minority community FOR DISTRIBUTING SWEETS AMONG STUDENTS AND PUBLIC DURING A PROCESSION. It is learnt that the youth from minority community used to distribute sweets on the during the