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Mangaluru, Dec 10: A gang of miscreants belonging to Sangh Parivar have brutally assaulted a cattle trader and his helpers at Bilalsuradi village near Belthangady, on the outskirts of the city. The trader Hussain Malebettu and his aide Rukmayya, both aged around 50 years have been hospitalized after the attack. Source said that a 50 member group, wielding rods and clubs, suddenly arrived and

Bengaluru:Dec 10: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Tuesday claimed that it had conclusive evidence that 14-year-old Nanditha, a girl from Thirthahalli, Shivamogga district, who died under mysterious circumstances in October, had committed suicide by consuming a poisonous substance containing phosphorous. The CID submitted an interim report to the State government and ruled out

Mangaluru, Dec 10: Deputy Commissioner A B Ibrahim has promised that the State government would reimburse medical bills of those injured in the clashes on Friday night in Ulaibettu and subsequent untoward incidents neighbouring areas. Mr Ibrahim who met the injured at three hospitals in the city said that the district administration would take stern action against the culprits regarding Ulaibettu

New Delhi, Dec 10: The government may award Bharat Ratna to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his 90th birthday on December 25. Many BJP MPs have conveyed to the government that the party's first prime minister should be conferred the highest civilian honour. The topic figured at BJP's parliamentary meet on Tuesday too. Vajpayee led the first NDA government as the 11th Prime Minister

Mangaluru, Dec 10: A 25-year-old man has been sentenced for the remainder of his life for raping and murdering a 22-year old teachers' trainee near Baltila village in Bantwal taluk. The VI Additional District and Sessions Judge S H Pushpanjali Devi ordered Satish to undergo rigorous life imprisonment for the remainder of his life. Apart from directing Satish to pay a compensation of Rs. 30,000 to

Bengaluru, Dec 10: Lokayukta Justice Y Bhaskar Rao has declared that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator from the Bangalore South constituency, M Krishnappa, should not continue to hold his post as the œLokayukta is satisfied that allegations against him are substantiated . Krishnappa, a second-time MLA, was accused of illegal denotification of 36 guntas of land in Survey No 103/1 and 39

Mangaluru, Dec 9: Within hours after a so called peace meeting hosted by Mangaluru City Police Commissionerate concluded, a group of miscreants brutally stabbed a youth at Katipalla on the outskirts of the city. 29-year-old Taslim Arif, a local resident, sustained severe injuries when the assailants stabbed him and fled the spot. It is said that the assailants belonged to Sangh Parivar. The fresh

Mangaluru, Dec 9: The peace meeting hosted by the Mangaluru City Police Commissionerate in its office premises here on Tuesday largely saw leaders belonging to the Sangh Parivar, while several Muslim organisations chose to boycott or not attend the peace meeting citing bias towards a particular community by the police and district administration. A few representatives of Left parties also took

Jaipur, Dec 9: An IIT-Bombay student has claimed to have received a job offer of two crore rupees from the social networking site Facebook. Aastha Agrawal (20), a fourth-year student of Computer Science at IIT-B, had completed her third-year internship in the company's headquarters in California in May-June this year following which the company gave her the pre-placement offer. "I am very happy

Mangaluru, Dec 9: A middle aged man has been arrested by police for sexually assaulting his two stepdaughters from a village near Dharmasthala in Belthangady taluk of Dakshina Kananda district. The accused has been identified as Raja (40). He is said to be a Sangh Parivar activist. The police arrested him based on a complaint lodged by the mother of two minor girls, who were allegedly raped by him