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Mangaluru, Feb 4: A court in Bengaluru on Tuesday extended the police custody of two of the Bhatkal based youth arrested last month on terrorism charges by two days for further interrogation. Police said that Bhatkal based homeopathic doctor Syed Ismail Afaq and his cousin Abdus Subur were on Tuesday remanded in police custody for two more days in Bengaluru. Two other youth — Saddam Hussain and

Bengaluru, Feb 4: Anger spilled on to the streets on Tuesday with many organisations protesting against the alleged ragging of a college student in K.R. Puram here. Thamarai Chelvan, a student of South East Asian College of Nursing, attempted suicide on January 28 after alleged ragging by his classmates. The family claimed that the college management offered financial assistance for the treatment

Mangaluru, Feb 4: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence officers on Tuesday arrested a person at Mangaluru International Airport for alleged smuggling of five gold biscuits by concealing it in rectum. The seizure of five gold biscuits weighing a total of 583 grams worth Rs 16.33 lakh was made based on a tip off from intelligence. The accused is Mohammed Sameer, a resident of Udma in Kasaragod

Bengaluru, Feb 4: The Karnataka government has allotted 7,860 acres of land to companies which had signed memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with it at the Global Investors’ Meets in 2010 and 2012. Both the meets were held during BJP rule in the state. The government acquired 6,278 acres for the projects signed at the GIM in 2010. Out of this land, just 467 acres has been utilised for 13 projects

Mangalore, Feb 4: The Jet Airways has announced the launch of daily nonstop direct flight between Mangaluru and Abu Dhabi from the summer season. The announcement comes weeks after Air India Express announced weekly four non-stop direct flights between these two destinations from the summer season. As per the tentative schedule released by the Jet Airways, the first nonstop flight of the season

Riyadh, Feb 4: Dr Zakir A. Naik, president of the Islamic Research Foundation of India has won the 2015 King Faisal International Prize (KFIP) for Service to Islam. Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal and KFIP Secretary-General Abdullah Al-Othaimeen announced the names of the winners at a glittering function held at Al-Khozama Center on Tuesday. Two internationally acclaimed scholars of chemistry

Bengaluru, Feb 4: State Planning Board Deputy Chairman C M Ibrahim said on Tuesday he had recommended reintroduction of lottery in Karnataka to fund a proposed healthcare scheme for poor and middle-class families. Ibrahim, a close aide of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, said the board wanted to ensure that even middle-class families were provided with healthcare up to Rs 5 lakh. A lottery ticket

Bengaluru, Feb 4: Karnataka Home Minister K J George today informed the state assembly that 23 persons have been arrested in the state on terrorism related charges during the last two years. In a written reply to a question by Basavaraja S Bommai (BJP), he said 18 of them had been chargesheeted in different terror related cases and investigation was going on against five others. Sharing the

Mumbai, Feb 3: Underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's brother Iqbal Kaskar was arrested by Mumbai Police on Tuesday, as per reports. He has been arrested in assault and extortion case in Mumbai. Reacting on the development, Kiren Rijiju, MoS Home, said, "Obviously if we capture someone who falls under the 'wanted' list it is an achievement for us," as per media reports. Earlier Kaskar and his two

Mangaluru, Feb 3: A Dalit leader alleged misappropriation of funds meant for Dalits under Rural Ashraya and Indira Awas Yojana housing schemes, to the tune of Rs 37 lakhs by a few persons by forging fake documents of actual beneficiaries and availing the funds in Sullia taluk. Speaking at the SC/ST monthly grievance meeting at the office of Superintendent of Police here on Tuesday, Dalit leader S