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Udupi, Dec 17: An extra-marital affair between a married driver and a widow ended with the man stabbing her to death before committing suicide at Padubidri here. The deceased have been identified as Tara Devadiga (38) and Naveen Devadiga (40). Both had two children each from their first marriages. Police sources said that Naveen resorted to the extreme step after Tara's parents refused his

Udupi, Dec 17: The bandh call given by the Kasturirangan Varadi Virodhi Horata Samiti and other like-minded groups on Wednesday in Hebri town and surrounding villages of Udupi district to protest against the recommendations of the K Kasturirangan Panel Report on Conservation of Western Ghats evoked good response. Most of the business establishments remained closed in the area while buses remained

Aligarh, Dec 17: Ending days of stand-off, Dharam Jagaran Samiti, a western UP-based Hindutva group, today called off its controversial conversion programme scheduled for December 25. Satya Prakash Nauman, district president of the outfit, today said over phone,"The proposed 'ghar wapsi'(conversion ceremony) planned for December 25 has been called off". However, he did not elaborate the reason

New Delhi, Dec 17: Flight operations of cash-strapped SpiceJet were grounded on Wednesday due to non-supply of jet fuel by oil marketing companies. œNot even a single flight has taken off till this morning due to fuel supply issue with the oil companies,  sources said. State-run oil marketing firms have not yet taken a decision on the resumption of jet fuel supply to SpiceJet on a two-weeks

Bengaluru, Dec 17: Security has been beefed up at schools and colleges in the country's IT capital Bengaluru following terror attacks in Sydney and Peshwar. However, DCP Central (Bengaluru) Sandeep Patil said that there was no need for public to be scared or worried because of this threat. œWe have conducted anti-sabotage checks at some vital places," he said. He said, "We have also posted police

Mangaluru, Dec 17: The District Kambala Samiti, Mangaluru, which has been fighting for the continuation of folk sport after the districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi banned it claiming it amounted to cruelty to animals, held a meeting in Moodbidri on Tuesday to discuss the ways to bring the conditions imposed into practice. As per the fresh high court orders, use of canes has been banned in the

Manipal, Dec 17: A woman was cheated of Rs 19,619 from her bank account by a fake call at Kudi village in Manipal police station limits in Udupi district. The police said Rajashree Nayak from Kudi received a call at around 2.40 p.m. on December 14 from a person who claimed that he was the manager of the Delhi branch of State Bank of India. He told her debit card had expired and sought some details

Mangaluru, Dec 17: A degree student the in city has accused an auto-rickshaw driver of sexually harassing her. The first year BCA student from a college off M.G. Road, in her complaint, identified the driver as Santosh. She said that driver Santosh harassed her when she was walking from her hostel to her college. The girl said she was being harassed since June to December 14 this year. The Barke

Islamabad, Dec 17: Children were the majority of the 148 people killed Tuesday in a Taliban attack on a school run by the Pakistani army in the northwestern city of Peshawar, near the border with Afghanistan. The fatalities included 132 students and nine school employees, the military's director of public information, Gen. Asim Bajwa, told a press conference. Another 122 students were wounded, as

Thirthahalli, Dec 17: A Town Panchayat member on Tuesday lodged a complaint with the town police alleging that he had received a threat call on December 15 night from a person claiming to be an aide of gangster Ravi Pujari. According to the police, the unidentified caller threatened to kill Town Panchayat member P C Satish Shetty and his family members if he did not withdraw within a week the