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Mangaluru, Aug 16: Three Good Samaritans, who have been helping accident victims and 10 students from government schools, who did well in the Class 10 examination were among those felicitated by district in-charge Minister B. Ramanath Rai during the Independence Day celebrations at the Nehru Maidan in the city. Mr. Rai presented “Jeevarakshak award” to Sunil Ivan Menezes from Vagga in Bantwal for

Bengaluru: Aug 16: The state Congress on Tuesday hit back at BJP president Amit Shah for describing the state government as “the most corrupt”, by seeking to know whether the state BJP leaders who took bribe through cheque were corrupt or not. Speaking to reporters after taking part in Independence Day celebrations at the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee office here, state Congress president G

Haveri, Aug 16: The security guard, who was believed to have been charred to death in a bus in Ranebennur, Haveri district, and reappeared on Monday in Hubballi, is actually a murderer, police now say. Ningaraj, 40, had strangulated his uncle Channappa Basavaneppa Belagutti to death with a lungi on December 31, tied up the limbs of the body, doused it with diesel and set it on fire, Superintendent

Bengaluru, Aug 16: In just four hours, Bengaluru city and most parts of south interior Karnataka were submerged in knee-deep water in the early hours of Tuesday. This is simply because the district administration ignored the warning issued by the India Meteorological Department cautioning them of moderate to heavy rainfall in the city and south interior Karnataka. The city received 13 cm (128.7 mm

Udupi, Aug 15: A first year degree student of B.B. Hegde College, who felt uneasy in the college auditorium after the Independence Day function in Kundapur on Tuesday, later died. According to sources in the college and police department, Amith Poojary (18) attended the Independence Day function in the college. After the function, he was in the college auditorium, when he felt uneasy. This was

Mangaluru, Aug 15: Nearly six weeks after the cold-blooded murder of RSS worker Sharath Madiwala that had triggered communal clashes in coastal district, the police have managed to arrest two accused including a small-time leader of Popular Front of India. Addressing a press meet here on Tuesday, IGP (western range) Harisheshkaran announced the names of the accused as Abdul Shafi (36), a resident

Kasargod, Aug 15: Even as RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has defended violation of protocol during Independence Day celebration, a Congress MLA has mocked the hardcore Hindutva outfit by conveying it the wishes of 15th anniversary of “touching” the national flag. In his Facebook post, MLA V T Balram wished all Indians 71st Independence Day and wished all RSS workers 15th anniversary of touching a

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation on the 71st Independence Day from the ramparts of the historic Red Fort. The PM concluded his speech with chants of “Bharat Mata Ki Jai ... Vande Mataram ... Jai Hind!” Here are 25 attractive points from the PM’s I-Day speech: 1. In the five years from our 70th year of Independence to the 75th year of Independence, let's pledge to work together to

Bengaluru, Aug 15: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today said "imposition" of any language on a state, which has its own official language, is unconstitutional. The statement comes against the backdrop of protests by pro-Kannada outfits against use of Hindi on Namma Metro signboards. Siddaramaiah had written to the Centre stating the state government was compelled to ask the Bangalore Metro

Mangaluru, Aug 15: Dakshina Kannada celebrated the 71st Independence Day with a spirit of patriotism and unity as people gathered at Nehru Maidan in the heart of the city to witness the unfurling of the National Flag on Tuesday. Minister of Forests, Environment and Ecology and District In-charge B Ramanath Rai hoisted the tricolour and received the guard of honour before inspecting the parade. A