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Abu Dhabi, Apr 20: Bearys Welfare Forum, Abu Dhabi, organized its decennial celebration with great fanfare at Indian Social and Cultural Centre, here recently. BWF decennial awards were also conferred on achievers from various fields to mark the 10th year of social service on the same occasion. The first session of the programme was commenced with the recitation of Quran by Mr.Anas. Mohammed Ali

Mangaluru, Apr 20: A picnic to the picturesque Ermai Falls near Belthangady turned tragic as a 23-year-old youth drowned in the water on Sunday. The deceased has been identified as Dhanush, a resident of Padubidri. The Belthangady police said Dhanush and his three relatives had gone to the falls after visiting Dharmasthala. Dhanush entered the water and after a few minutes started struggling

Chamarajanagar, Apr 20: Members of two communities clashed at Santhemaralli Circle extension in Chamarajanagar town on Saturday night, after a hoarding that allegedly hurt the sentiments of a community was installed in the extension. Nearly two dozen people including six policemen sustained injuries in group clash and subsequent stone pelting incidents. Rural police station SI Mahadevappa

New Delhi, Apr 20: A 31-year-old AIIMS doctor killed herself and blamed her husband, also a doctor with the same hospital, for taking the extreme step. The woman was found dead on Sunday morning in a hotel in Paharganj where she had checked in following a fight with her husband the previous day. In a detailed suicide note that she wrote before slitting her wrist, Priya Vedi said she was mentally

Karkala, Apr 20: A chain-snatcher was nabbed by the police in Karkala town after he was identified in the video footage of a CCTV camera set up for maintenance of cleanliness in town limits. Thomas Castelino (48), resident of Salmara in Karkala, is the accused arrested by the police. Thomas targeted lone women walking in the streets and snatched gold chains from the unaware victims. He would

Kasaragod, Apr 20: A 60-year-old woman was killed after she was run over by a train at Uduma on Sunday. Kulsoo, wife of Mohammed Kunhi, a resident of Pakyar House in the nearby locality, got killed after she was knocked down by an express train near the uduma town level crossing around 12.30 p.m., the police said. She was trying to cross the double-line tracks along with her grandson. The boy

Mangaluru, Apr 19: The Dakshina Kananda district unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday celebrated the party becoming the world’s largest political party as its membership swelled over 10 crore. Bursting crackers and distributing sweets to the general public near the party office marked the celebrations. Chikkamagaluru MLA and national co-convener of the BJP membership drive C.T. Ravi led

Mangaluru, Apr 19: As many as six youths including five foreign nationals have been arrested by police in Mangaluru after a violent clash between two groups of students last night in the city. At least four youth were injured in the clash occurred at the basement of Veera Palace, a paying guest accommodation for men at Kodialguthu East, in the city. One of the youth was stabbed with a fork by a

Bengaluru, Apr 19: A number of toll booths at Hoskote, about 25 km from here, were damaged and one of them set ablaze by irate villagers today after a local was allegedly assaulted by employees following an argument over paying the toll fee. "Villagers near Hoskote pelted stones on a number of booths, damaging them and set fire to one of them, after a local was assaulted by toll plaza employees,"

Mangaluru, Apr 19: Sports Festival -2015 – a ten-day festival of various sporting events including floodlight matches, organised by Football Players Association, Mangaluru was kicked off with much enthusiasm at Nehru Maidan Football Ground in the city on Sunday. On the same occasion, blood donation camp organised in association with Indian Red Cross Society and Unity Health Complex, Mangaluru, was