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Bengaluru, Nov 21: In the wake of Karnataka High Court's direction to the state government to act on big encroachers of government land and to clear encroachments of over five acres, Revenue Minister V Srinivas Prasad today said the state government will take action on it on a war-footing. "....the division bench has spoken in terms- that the work being done by government on the encroachment issue

Mangaluru, Nov 21: Activist and Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar on Friday flagged off a boat rally from Mangaluru to Thiruvananthapuram at Bunder, here, aimed at protection of sea, coast, inland water bodies and fisheries resources. The rally is being organised in association with National Fishworkers Forum in Karnataka and Kerala. The campaign will witness a series of public meetings

New Delhi, Nov 21: Indians were flying aeroplanes, carrying out stem cell research and may even have been using cosmic weapons 5,000 years ago, according to the chairman of India's leading historical organisation. Professor Y. Sudershan Rao, the head of the Indian Council of Historical Research, has been criticized by fellow historians for comments that Hindu epics are adequate to understand the

Mangaluru, Nov 21: Dakshina Kannada unit of Bharatiya Janata Party has launched a systematic membership registration drive by opening a separate office for the purpose at Jagannath Joshi Soudha, party head office here on Friday. Former Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar formally inaugurated the membership registration office in the presence of Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, former minister

Chennai, Nov 21: Madras High Court has quashed cases of rioting, attempt to murder and unlawful assembly registered against more than 1,000 members of Popular Front of India (PFI) in connection with a clash with police during a rally taken out in Ramanathapuram district in February this year. Justice G M Akbar Ali, in a petition filed by 19 persons named in the cases, said it would be a farce to

Ajman, Nov 21: Sheikh Humaid Bin Rashid Al Nuaimi, Member of the Supreme Council, UAE and Ruler of Ajman conferred the degrees on 90 graduates including 6 students from master's programs during the 11th convocation of Gulf Medical University held on Wednesday at Ajman Kempinski Hotel and Resort. Sheikh congratulated the graduates for their academic achievement. “This event signifies that each of

Chikkamagaluru, Nov 21: Within a couple of days after a ferocious tiger which had been terrorizing people in Chikkamagaluru was captured by the Forest Department in Bababudangiri range, another tiger was sighted in a village in the district. Residents of Kaimara in Chikkamagaluru taluk were a worried lot as many of them had sighted a tiger in a coffee plantation nearby. They have urged the Forest

Tumakuru, Nov 21: At least two women were killed on the spot and 15 others suffered severe injuries in a ghastly serial accident at Batawadi in the city on Thursday. Three vehicles – a bus, a lorry and an auto rickshaw – were completely destroyed in the accident. The deceased were identified as Fathima Bi (40) and Azmathunnissa (45), residents of Nazarabad. The condition of auto driver Ahmed (31)

Bengaluru, Nov 21: An electrician, who raped a four-year-old daughter of an engineer at the latter's apartment at Sarjapura here has been arrested by police. The accused has been identified as Arvind Reddy (40), who lived with his wife and two children in Dommasandra, here and his wife had been bedridden after a cardiac arrest. The sexual assault which took place on November 10, came to light on

Belagavi, Nov 21: Two country-made bombs were found near the railway track at Kirwala village in Khanapur taluk between Gunji and Londa railway stations on Thursday. A vigilant railway keyman immediately alerted his superiors, and a tragedy was averted with the police defusing one of the bombs and taking the other for ballistic examination. Railway keyman Hanmantgouda Patil, who had been checking