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Mangaluru, Feb 5: An associate of underworld operative Vikki Shetty has been arrested by the Surathkal police for his alleged involvement in the in the murder of BJP leader and garage owner Keshava Shetty. The arrested has been identified as Satish Soorinje (30), who was missing for nearly one month. According to police, Satish Soorinje was the main accused in the murder which occurred on January

Bengaluru: Feb 5: The Catholic church today alleged that two key Vatican officials who were to address the 27th national assembly of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) in Bengaluru which beagan on February 3 had been denied visa. Cardinal Oswald Gracias, CCBI president, said the 140 bishops from across the world are attending the assembly that commenced yesterday. Archbishop Arthur

Bengaluru, Feb 5: The State legislature witnessed commotion on Wednesday with the BJP strongly opposing the ruling Congress’ decision to ban the entry of Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Praveen Togadia into Bengaluru to participate in a Hindu Viraat Samavesha on February 8. The Legislative Assembly and the Council witnessed repeated adjournments with the BJP vociferously demanding the withdrawal of

Bengaluru, Feb 5: China is looking to increase its investments in Karnataka, especially in Bengaluru, Le Yucheng, the Chinese Ambassador to India, said after meeting Chief Minister Siddaramaiah here on Wednesday. “We are primarily looking at avenues to increase Chinese investments in Karnataka, especially in Bengaluru. The primary agenda is to concentrate on the information technology (IT)?and

Hyderabad, Feb 5: The fragile lifeless body of five-year-old Shahista Sabah bore tell-tale marks of burns, needle pricks, thrashing and severe starvation. The little one had cried for help for almost eight months at the residence of a Police Head Constable in Malkapur of Medak district, 40 km from here, before succumbing to torture. The police are now saying that the girl had been abducted by the

Mangaluru, Feb 4: A few dozen members of Hindutva organisations Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal staged a protest in front of PVS junction in the centre of the city against the state government for imposing a ban on VHP leader Praveen Togadia from entering Bengaluru for a few days. The protestors shouted slogans against the state government, and condemned the ban due to which Praveen

Bengaluru, Feb 4: BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday appeared before the Karnataka High Court seeking permission to assist the court in the ongoing Jayalalitha's disproportionate of assets case as he was original complainant. He said the Supreme Court has orally asked him to get orders from the Karnataka High Court to assist the court in the prosecution of Jayalalitha and others in the case

Agra/Meerut: With ten days to go for Valentine's Day, Hindutva outfits active in western UP have warned that couples found celebrating the "foreign festival" in public will face a variety of punishments. While a prompt Arya Samaj wedding will be forced on Hindu couples, inter-faith partners will have to sit through a "shuddhikaran" (purification) ritual, the Hindu Mahasabha has said. What's more

Mangaluru, Feb 4: An exhibition of photographs depicting ‘Street Life’ captured by Coastaldigest.com staff photographer Ahmed Anwar will be held for four days from February 7 at Talent Research Foundation Hall at Kankanady in the city. Announcing this at a press conference here on Wednesday, Talent Research Foundation (TRF) president Riyaz Kannur said that a collection of Ahmed Anwar’s black-and

Puttur, Feb 4: In a tragic mishap, an erratic pickup truck caused five accidents in Boluvari in Puttur, resulting in the death of a police personnel and injuring five others on Tuesday night. Resident of Uppinangady Nemiraj (46), who was serving as a police personnel at the office of assistant superintendent of police in Puttur, died on the spot in the mishap. It is said that the driver on the