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Mangalore, Dec 8: In view of escalating unrest following violent communal clashes in Ulaibettu and surrounding areas since Friday, Dakshina Kannada district-in-charge minister B Ramanath Rai appealed for peace among people from different communities in the society. Citizens should maintain peace in the society and should not heed false rumours, he said. Speaking to mediapersons at a press

Mangaluru, Dec 8: A medical student met his untimely death and his friend sustained critical injuries when the motorbike they were riding crashed into a tipper in an overtake bid at Ullal on Monday. The deceased has been identified as Saravanan U (25), a second year MBBS student of Yenepoya Medical College in the city. He was a resident of Tamil Nadu. According to local sources, the over-confident

Mangaluru, Dec 8: In yet another controversial statement, BJP leader Tejaswini Gowda has exhorted the Sangh Parivar protesters, who attempted to defy prohibitory orders at Ulaibettu in Mangaluru taluk on Monday, to be prepared to die for the cause of Hindutva. œYou should be ready to sacrifice your life safeguard Hindutva," said Ms Tejaswini addressing a group of Sangh Parivar activists who had

Mangaluru, Dec 8: The spate of violence post Ulaibettu communal clash has been spread across Mangaluru Taluk. A fresh incident of stabbing was reported from Kunjathbail, near Kavoor on the outskirts of the city on Monday. Source said that a youth identified as Shareef was brutally stabbed allegedly by Sangh Parivar activists in the broad daylight. Two person, who came on a motorbike, assaulted

Moodbidri, Dec 8: In a tragic accident, a student died on the spot when the motorbike he was riding on crashed into a Honda car on NH 13 at Bannadka near here on Sunday evening. The deceased has been identified as Sandeep Hegde (18). A Honda car that was travelling towards Moodbidri from Karkala veered sharply on the road after colliding with an incoming vehicle and skidded onto the path of the

Mangaluru, Dec 8: A massive protest organized by Sangh Parivar outfits amidst prohibitory orders in volatile areas of Mangaluru taluk on Monday took a violent turn as the agitators began raise provocative slogans and pelt stones. Police resorted to baton charge when the violent protesters violated prohibitory and tired to march into Ulaibettu village, where Section 144 has been clamped. Even

Kundapur, Dec 8: Karnataka minister for infrastructure development and information R Roshan Baig has warned the people against misusing WhatsApp, Facebook and other social media to create communal unrest in the region. Addressing media persons after meeting with Muslim leaders of Gangolli town, which is slowly returning to normalcy after a spate of communal clashes, the minister said that a

Kozhikode, Dec 8: Police took into custody some activists of the 'Kiss of Love' campaign, who had converged at the moffusil bus-stand here today to protest against moral policing and workers of 'Hanuman Sena' who were opposing them. Kozhikode City Police Commissioner A V George said that some activists of the 'Kiss of Love' and 'Hanuman Sena' have been taken into custody. Some activists of 'Kiss

Mangaluru, Dec 8: Several groups of Sangh Parviar activists were seen on Monday morning trying to forcefully impose bandh in Gurupura, Kaikamba, Vamanjoor, Ulaibettu and other sensitive areas of Mangaluru taluk amidst prohibitory orders. The dawn-to-dusk bandh call was given by Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Bajrang Dal, Ram Sene and other outfits of Sangh Parivar following last week's communal clashes in

Mangaluru, Dec 8: The recurrence of untoward incidents in Mangaluru and surrounding areas on Sunday contributed to heighten the communal tensions in the coastal district of Dakshina Kananda. A middle aged Muslim merchant from Bengaluru identified as Sayed Wasim was brutally stabbed by and robbed by two miscreants suspected to be members of Sangh Parivar at Bandar area on Sunday night. Mr Wasim has