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Manipal, Apr 29: Sleuths of Udupi District Crime Intelligence Bureau (DCIB) arrested two persons on the charge of illegally selling ganja near Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT) here on Tuesday. The arrested have been identified as Ranjit (23), a resident of Shirva village, and his friend Shivaraj Acharya (19). Acting on a tip-off, a team of DCIB arrested the two, who were waiting on two

Hirekerur (Haveri dist)/Bengaluru, Apr 29: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said that he would reshuffle the Cabinet soon but the date for the same is not decided yet. Speaking to reporters at a press meet here on Tuesday, the chief minister said, “The government has not ignored the districts which do not have representation in the Cabinet. The government programmes are being implemented in all the

Bengaluru, Apr 29: The Lokayukta police raided 13 government officials, including an IAS officer, across the State on Tuesday and unearthed illegal assets worth around Rs. 14 crore. The simultaneous raids were conducted at 36 premises in Bengaluru, Ballari, Bidar, Chikkaballapur, Dharwad, Kalaburagi, Koppal, Mandya, Mangaluru, Shivamogga and Tumakuru districts. The police have unearthed illegal

Kathmandu, Apr 29: Five hours by car from Kathmandu, then by foot for several miles past the spot where the road is blocked by boulders and mud, people from the villages near the epicentre of Nepal’s powerful earthquake – Saurpani – are burying their dead, despairing of help arriving anytime soon. On Monday, Parbati Dhakal and several dozen of her neighbours walked two hours down a jungle path

Mangaluru, Apr 28: Sports Festival -2015, a ten-day festival of various sporting events organized by Football Players Association, Mangaluru was concluded at Nehru Maidan Football Ground in the city on Monday. Speaking at the valedictory function U T Khader, health and family welfare minister, said that sports festivals would boost sportiveness among the people and bridge gap between communities

Kasargod, Apr 28: A doctor from Kasargod district who had gone missing in Nepal after a massive earthquake hit the Himalayan nation has been confirmed dead. Dr Irshad (26), son of A N Shamshuddin hailing from Anebagilu in Kasaragod had visited Kathmandu along with his two friends. According to reliable sources, Dr Irshad’s friend from Kannur, Dr Deepak Thomas has also been confirmed dead. Dr

New Delhi, April 28: Opposition parties today demanded that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal step down owning "moral responsibility" after a Bihar University told Delhi High Court that provisional certificate of Law Minister in his government Jitender Singh Tomar is "fabricated". Congress also sought immediate dismissal of Tomar, both as a Minister and MLA, while the BJP slammed Aam Aadmi

Mangaluru, Apr 28: Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner A B Ibrahim said that with 90 percent completion of all arrangements for the 19th Federation Cup – National Senior Athletics Championship 2015, scheduled to be inaugurated on Thursday, there was an overall upliftment of the stadium. Speaking to media persons on the sidelines of the inaugural function of the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA)

Mangaluru, Apr 28: Two days before the official inauguration of the 19th Federation Cup – National Senior Athletics Championship 2015, the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) centre for the championship was formally inaugurated by Dakshina Kannada district in-charge minister B Ramanath Rai at Mangala Stadium here on Tuesday. The anti-doping centre was inaugurated at the restored building which

Mangaluru, Apr 28: Former minister for Higher Education B A Moideen has exhorted the linguistic academies to play a crucial in bridging the gap between people in the society. Speaking after releasing ‘Eranti’, a collection of two Beary plays published by Karnataka Beary Sahitya Academy, in Mangaluru on Monday, he said linguistic academies exist to unite people and not to divide them. Stating that