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Mangaluru, Feb 23: In what could have been a major tragedy, the car of Karnataka health and family welfare minister was plunged into a deep gorge in the wee hours of Monday at near Manjanady on the outskirts of the city. Driver of the car, Mohan, suffered injuries in the accident while the minister’s personal assistant Libzath escaped with minor injuries. It is leant that the driver lost control

Mangaluru, Feb 23: In yet another bid to disturb peace, miscreants threw stones at the Badriya Juma Masjid, Kulai, on the outskirts of the city in the early hours of Sunday, causing damage to a windowpane. This incident comes close on the heels of one such at a community hall attached to the Muhiyddeen Juma Masjid, Bajpe, and at the Rahamaniya Juma Masjid, Porkodi Cross, near Bajpe, in the early

Mangaluru, Feb 23: A 23-year-old youth breathed his last at hospital here, after he met with an accident at Mogral near Kasaragod late on Saturday. The deceased has been identified as Sachin, 25, son of Bhaskar, a retired KSRTC driver, and resident of Kudlu locality in Kasaragod. The head-on collision between Sachin’s motorbike occurred at around 9.45 p.m. at Mogral. The car proceeding towards

Kasaragod, Feb 23: A teenager was stabbed to death in a clash involving two sections of people at Kumbla, here at 7 p.m. on Sunday. The deceased has been identified as Zakir, 19, of Tsunami colony at Pervad in Kasaragod district. The clash ensued after an altercation between two groups of people over their non-inclusion in organising a football match hosted by a local club, the police said. The

Bengaluru, Feb 22: Asia's premier air show, "Aero India" came to a close today with the event turning into a carnival on the last two days as nearly three lakh people thronged the Air Force Station at Yelahanka here to witness the splendid aerial feast by the metal birds. The 10th edition of the biennial five-day event that began on Wednesday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi making a strong pitch

Bharatpur (Raj), Feb 22: Stating that the current times are "favourable" for RSS, its chief Mohan Bhagwat said the outfit should make it a priority to unite Hindus while at the same time stressed that every faith should be respected as unity in diversity was India's strength. "The present time is favourable to us, and conditions are conducive so that Karyakarta (swayamsevak) should get to this

Mangaluru, Feb 22: In a shocking incident, a 20-year-old student of a private college near here was kidnapped by a group of anti-social elements, brutally assaulted and thrown on a beach on the outskirts of the city on Sunday. Riyaz, a final year BSc student at Govinda Dasa College, Surathkal, was attacked, days after photographs of a group of male and female students of the college went viral on

New Delhi, Feb 22: The government is working on an ambitious plan to build one smart city each at the country's 12 major ports including New Mangaluru, at an estimated total investment of Rs 50,000 crore, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has said. "Each port will construct one smart city. We are trying to do this. Each city will be built with an expenditure of about Rs 3,000-4,000 crore," said the

Mangaluru, Feb 22: Various medical departments and facilities such as a new out-patient department block, casualty block, radiology ward, intensive care unit (ICU), neonatal ICU, trauma centre, surgical wards and central laboratory were inaugurated at the newly-established Kanachur Hospital and Research Centre, run by Kanachur Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) at Deralakatte on the outskirts of

Mangaluru, Feb 22: An elderly man, who was critically injured in a hit-and-run accident in the heart of the city on Sunday, was rushed to a hospital by Minister for Health and Family welfare U T Khadar. The 70-year-old man was knocked down by a speeding auto-rickshaw while he was crossing the road in front of Lady Goschen hospital. However, the auto-rickshaw driver sped away without stopping. The