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Dubai, Apr 23: Bearys Cultural Forum, which has entered into the 14th year of service in the United Arab Emirates and India, conducted its annual general body meeting at the Usmania Hotel Banquet Hall in Dubai. Once again Dr B K Yusuf was reelected president of BCF unanimously. Mumtaz Zakir was chosen women’s wing president. Presiding over the meeting Dr B K Yusuf said that compassion, concern and

Mangaluru, Apr 23: In a shocking incident, a murder convict has given a slip to police at a court premises in the city while he was being escorted to prison. Within a few minutes after he was pronounced guilty by II Additional District and Sessions Court on Wednesday in a four-year-old murder case, Akshay managed to escape. Akshay was one of the accused in the murder case of Kumara alias Bongu

Mysuru, Apr 23: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s disappearance from his house here from 8 am to 10.45 am on Wednesday sent his security into a tizzy. People who had gathered at his house to submit petitions returned disappointed. The chief minister, who was in the City to participate in the Basava Jayanti celebrations and other programmes, had stayed back and was relaxing at his TK Layout house. He

Raichur, Apr 23: The II Additional District and Sessions Court in Raichur on Wednesday issued a non-bailable warrant against Kannada actor Pooja Gandhi as she failed to appear before the court for two hearings in a row, in a case related to violation of model code of conduct during the 2013 Assembly polls. The case was adjourned to May 22, for the next hearing. Earlier too, the court had issued an

Kasaragod, Apr 23: Widespread damage to property and standing crop was reported in the summer rain accompanied by strong winds and lightning that lashed the district on Wednesday. Several houses and electronic equipment were damaged in strong lightning at Badiadukka, where two persons, including a housewife, suffered burns in the lightning late in the evening. A car parked on the Mulleria-Jalsoor

Riyadh, Apr 23: Saudi Arabia beheaded two people for murder today, one of whom was from India, the interior ministry said. Sajada Ansari, a shepherd, was convicted of robbing his Saudi boss as he slept and beating him to death with a hammer, the ministry said in a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency. The other convict, Saudi Mater al-Rowaeeli, was condemned for shooting dead his

Mangaluru, Apr 22: Minister for Sports and Youth Empowerment K Abhayachandra Jain on Wednesday released the invitation for the 19th Federation Cup - National Senior Athletics Championship 2015 to be hosted in Mangaluru from April 30 to May 4. The national championship is being jointly organised by Youth Empowerment and Sports Department, Government of Karnataka, Karnataka Amateur Athletics

New Delhi, Apr 22: International news channel Al Jazeera was today forced to go off air in the country for five days as the government penalised it for allegedly showing wrong maps of India. Al Jazeera today only showed a blank screen with a message saying that "as instructed by the ministry of Information and Broadcasting, this channel will not be available from 00.01 hours on 22nd April till 00

Bengaluru, April 22: The number of H1N1 cases reported in the State since January 2015 till date, is the highest in seven years. As many as 3032 cases of swine flu were reported in the first four months of the current year. Even during the 2010 outbreak, which had triggered a panic in the State, the number of cases reported then was just 2552. However, this time around, the cases have exceeded the

New Delhi, Apr 22: The net neutrality debate is a "trial balloon" floated by the Government to hand over Internet space to corporates, Rahul Gandhi today charged, vowing to oppose it tooth and nail. "I want to ask a question. If you (the government) have to protect net neutrality, why did you begin the consultation process. It was a trial balloon. First shoot the trial balloon, see the reaction