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New Delhi, Mar 4: Senior AAP leaders Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav, who were on a collision course with party Convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, were today voted out of Political Affairs Committee of the party, which has been rocked by dissidence in recent days. In a show-down in the party's 21-member National Executive (NE), supporters of Kejriwal voted out Yadav and Bhushan

Mangaluru, Mar 4: DYFI district president Muneer Katipalla said that the residents of the areas affected by the severe pollution levels caused due to the coke and sulphur units of Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL) located north of the Mangaluru city had filed a police complaint few days ago against the negligence and nuisance caused by the company. Speaking to reporters here on

Mangaluru, Mar 4: Senior Congress leader and communal harmony activist Ibrahim Kodichal has been appointed as the chairman of the prestigious Mangaluru Urban Development Authority. Speaking to Coastaldigest.com, Mr Kodichal said that he would formally assume the office on Friday. He said the MUDA is for the have-nots and he would see that MUDA should lend a helping hand to the poor. Kodichal, who

Sydney, Mar 4: Australia's High Court today backed the broadcasting watchdog's finding that an Australian radio station broke the law with a prank call to a British hospital taking care of the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge, paving the way for penalties. Two presenters at Sydney's 2Day FM called the London hospital in December 2012, pretending to be Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles. They were put

Mangaluru, Mar 4: After one-and-a-half years of tenure as the chief executive officer of Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat, IAS officer Tulasi Maddineni has been transferred. Tulasi Maddineni and P I Sreevidya She will be replaced by P I Sreevidya, another IAS officer, who was serving as the CEO of Kodagu ZP. Ms Sreevidya, who hails from Kottarakkara in Kerala, had secured 14th rank in the IAS

Mangaluru, Mar 4: A total of 11 teams from various colleges across the district participated in competitions such as Proprete-De-Master (Best Manager), Schoonmaak-De-Stake (Finance), Nairmalya and Kaaranji (Kannada), Tamizlik-De-Personnel (Human Resource) and Renhold-De-Mart (Marketing) at “Flames 2015” – a national-level undergraduate fest for management students organised by Centre for

London, Mar 4: India's IT hub Bangalore and Pakistan's financial capital Karachi have emerged as the world's cheapest cities to live in, according to a new global survey. The sub-continent as a whole offers the best value for money, with Mumbai, Chennai and New Delhi also being ranked on the lower end of the 'Worldwide Cost of Living Report 2015' compiled by the Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU).

Udupi, Mar 4: Terming the controversial land acquisition bill tabled by Narendra Modi-led BJP government as ‘anti-people’ and ‘anti-farmer’, Pejawar Mutt pontiff Vishwesha Tirtha Swami urged the Centre not to take wrong steps. “I strongly oppose the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Bill, 2015, tabled by the Union

Mangaluru, Mar 4: Aloysius D’Souza, the headmaster of Rosario High School has unanimously elected for the period of 2015-2020, a term of 5years as the president of D.K. and Udupi districts, Mangalore Teachers Co-operative Credit Society. The Society consists of 3700 members. He was rendering his service as director for the past two terms and now for the third term was unanimously reelected as the

Mangaluru, Mar 4: As per the suggestion of an enquiry committee, the Govinda Dasa First Grade College, Surathkal, has revoked the suspension of six students including five girls. The six students had been suspended by the principal on charge of violation of the rules and regulations of the college by using cell phones inside the college. However, the college management had in fact decided to