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Bengaluru, Jan 18: The 9th Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court here on Saturday issued summons to cricketer M S Dhoni and the editor of a business magazine to appear before it with regard to an advertisement featuring the cricketer as the idol of Vishnu. Hearing a petition filed by activist Jayakumar Hiremath, Judge J V Vijayanand ordered summons to Dhoni, the editor and five others to

Bengaluru, Jan 18: The State government will launch the Rajiv Arogya Bhagya scheme for providing subsidised healthcare for Above Poverty Line families and cash-less medical treatment for government employees under the Jyoti Sanjeevini scheme, on January 20. Implementation of the Rajiv Arogya Bhagya scheme also means every citizen, irrespective of income and who is not covered by any health

Mangaluru, Jan 17: 'Dar-ush-Shafqath', an old age home for Muslim women aged above 50 years, built under the aegis of Kudroli Jamia Masjid, was formally inaugurated on Saturday. The building was inaugurated by Nissar Ahamed, chairman and managing director of Dubai’s Nash Group of Companies, and who bore the entire cost of construction in the presence of Dakshina Kannada Khazi Thwaka Ahmed Musliyar

Kasargod, Jan 17: A police team led by DySP T P Ranjith has successfully nabbed a notorious criminal wanted by the police department in over 20 criminal cases including murder and ganja trading, in Kumble in Kasargod district. The police team has arrested Chaikatte Muhammed (45), from Kodyamme in Kumble, after the criminal was on the run from several months. When the accused was engaged in illegal

Mangaluru, Jan 17: In view of the recent revision in the SSLC syllabus textbooks from the state syllabus to that recommended by National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) for Class 10 students, academic staff of Vikas P U College, Mangaluru have jointly compiled a handbook to help the students prepare well for their final board examinations. The handbook ‘Score More’ is a

Mangaluru, Jan 17: “The paramedical graduates should acquire adequate knowledge and skills to suit and meet their future responsibilities and follow the professional ethics to achieve success in their chosen field” opined Member of Legislative Council Adv. Ivan D’souza. He was addressing the fresh graduates of Shree Devi Group of Institutions (M.P.T., B.P.T., M.Sc. Nursing, B.Sc. Nursing, M. Pharm

Agartala, Jan 17: A man was arrested on the charge of his attempt to bury alive his nine-year old daughter at Putia in Sipahijala district of Tripura, police today said. When Abul Hussain was forcibly trying to bury her daughter Rukshena in a pit in the backyard of his residence, a neighbour saw it and raised an alarm following which locals rescued the girl yesterday, SP (Control), Uttam Bhaumick

Moodbidri, Jan 17: The 75th All-India Inter-university Athletics Meet began on a colourful and feisty note, at the newly-laid synthetic track at Swaraj Maidan here on Friday, where as many as 3,390 athletes from 240 different universities took part in the meet. The athletics meet was organised by Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) and Government of Karnataka, in joint association

Chennai, Jan 17: A Chennai-Delhi Air India flight was delayed by more than two hours after a pilot and an aircraft engineer had a difference of opinion which ended up in a fight inside the cockpit on Saturday. Sources said that the plane which had arrived from Mumbai was scheduled to take off at 9.45am to Delhi but developed a technical snag. Though an aircraft engineer rectified the snag, the

Mangaluru, Jan 17: With regard to the formation of Bharatiya Hindu Parishad by a Puttur-based Congress leader in Dakshina Kannada district, senior Congress leader and Health Minister U T Khader said that it was not wrong or illegal to form an organization in the name of religion. However, it is necessary to keep the activities of such organizations in check so that they do not become anti