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Mumbai, Apr 24: Six persons, including three policemen and a woman, were arrested on Thursday for allegedly sexually exploiting a woman, police said The victim, a 29-year-old model, had sent an SMS to Mumbai Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria on 21 April, complaining about her sexual exploitation by some men including two assistant police inspectors and head constable of the city police. The three

Belagavi, Apr 24: Elections to more than 6,000 gram panchayats (GP) across the State will be held in two phases and a notification in this regard will be tentatively issued in the first week of May, according to the State Election Commissioner P N Sreenivasachary. After reviewing preparations for the panchayat elections to the Belagavi revenue division at the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha here on

Bengaluru: Apr 24: Five students of a City-based engineering college met a watery grave at an abandoned quarry pit on Thursday afternoon in Bettadhalsuru on Kempegowda International Airport Road. While four bodies were recovered from the nearly 80-foot-deep pit, the search for the fifth body was called off due to bad light. Arun Chandra Shetty, Harish, Kham Patali, Rajesh and K R Nanda Kumar, all

Mangaluru, Apr 24: In view of creating awareness among general public, especially the children, Centre for Integrated Learning (CIL) in association with Big Bazar of Future Group, FBB and Team Prithvi meaningfully observed the World Earth Day on Wednesday by holding a march and planting a sapling at an abandoned park in the city. While Big Bazar took up the project as a CSR (Corporate Social

Mangalore, Apr 23: Veteran Congress leader and former union minister B Janardhan Poojary has urged Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to sanction a sum of Rs 15 crore to develop the famous Sayyid Madani Dargah of Ullal into a tourist centre. Addressing a press conference here on Thursday, he said that the Ullal Dargah had been attracting devotees from all religions not only from Karnataka but other

Mangaluru, Apr 23: Dakshina Kannada deputy commissioner A B Ibrahim on Thursday said that a total of 205 lorries and trucks transporting sand had been seized by the district administration in various taluks in a crackdown, for violating regulations while transporting their cargo. Briefing mediapersons at a press conference at his office here on Thursday, Mr Ibrahim said that the lorries flouting

London, Apr 23: A collection of arms and armour once owned by Tipu Sultan, was sold for a total of over 6 million pounds (Rs 56.8 crore) in a London auction by Bonhams. The 30 items in the 'Bonhams Islamic and Indian Art Sale' held on April 21 come from a single collection. The top lot was a rare gem-set sword with tiger's head pommel from Tipu Sultan's royal regalia went under the hammer for 2

Udupi, Apr 23: The Udupi district administration has cancelled the licence of Dreamz Scuba Diving operating from Shiroor near here, after one of its instructors allegedly molested a female techie. Meanwhile, the Udupi district police have opened a rowdy-sheet against a scuba diving instructor, who has been charged with the molestation of a 23-year-old Bengaluru-based software engineer near Shiroor

Bengaluru, Apr 23: The former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda, who is keen on strengthening Janata Parivar in the nation, has said that he would retire from politics by next parliamentary elections. “I am 87 and will retire from politics by next Parliament election,” the veteran leader said in an interview. He also said that his family neither fought for personal gain nor did it come in the way of

Udupi, Apr 23: A middle aged man accidentally fell from a coconut tree and died at Ampar village in Kundapur taluk on Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as Chandrashekhar Shetty, a local resident. The police said that Shetty had gone to pluck coconuts from the trees in the house of Gopalakrishna Nayak, when he slipped from a tree, fell and died. A case of unnatural death was registered at