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Bengaluru, Nov 21: Expressing serious reservations against holding the “Kiss of Love” campaign in the City, Kannada & Culture Minister Umashree said that such public display of affection is “against our culture”. In a letter to Home Minister K?J George on Thursday, Umashree said the organisers have given a call to hold the campaign on November 29 to protest against moral policing. “But young men

Mangaluru, Nov 21: Sri Rama Sene chief Pramod Muthalik has now been booked by police in Mangaluru for his inciting remarks on rapists. Addressing the media here last Sunday, he had said the relatives of rape victims should take the law into their hands and cut off the hands of rapists. Rapists are not scared of law and the court and the police have failed to punish them. The Sene will bear the

Jeddah, Nov 20: The Indian community of Karnataka state residing in Jeddah, KSA recently felicitated the Hajj, information and infrastructure development minister Roshan Baig at the inauguration ceremony of Karnataka Noble Trophy Cricket Tournament in Jeddah under the banner of Karnataka NRI Forum Jeddah and Jamiyyatul Falah Jeddah. The tournament is scheduled to begin from November 27 and

Jeddah, Nov 20: The family members of a Dakshina Kannada based man, who was killed in a road accident in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia nearly five years ago, have finally won a huge amount of compensation thanks to the hard work of the activists of India Fraternity Forum. A Saudi court has ordered a Saudi national, whose reckless driving had resulted in the death of Abdul Hameed, an expatriate worker

Abu Dhabi, Nov 20: The UAE's commercial capital and its most cosmopolitan city, Dubai, has been identified as the most attractive city in the world to live in in terms of professional and private life, according to an Insead Alumni survey. Among 15 of the world's prominent cities, Dubai topped the list for the best place to work, ahead of others such as New York, Hong Kong, Singapore, London and

Udupi, Nov 20: A source close to the police team investigating into the missing case of a 13-year-old student of Sharada Residential School, Kunjibettu, Udupi, have revealed she had developed a deep liking for popular television actor Faisal Khan. Eshika S Shetty, a student of class 8, is missing since around 8.30 p.m. on November 15. On Wednesday the girl's parents, who came from Muscat, along

Jeddah, Nov 20: The Passports Department has made mandatory for dependents of expat workers including women and children above 15 to have their fingerprints taken at its offices across the Kingdom. In Jeddah, special arrangements have been made to register the fingerprints of expat women and children as part of the second phase of the registration program. “All expat women and children above 15

Mangaluru, Nov 20: In a gut-wrenching incident, a three-year-old boy reportedly drowned in an abandoned quarry near his house at Vamanjoor village on the outskirts of the city on Wednesday. The victim has been identified as Ayyappa (3), the son of a labourer couple residing at Vamanjoor. The Mangalore Rural Police said Ayyappa had gone to play in the neighbourhood at around 9 a.m. and did not

New Delhi, Nov 20: In a fresh case of honour killing, a 21-year-old girl was allegedly murdered in the capital by her parents who opposed her marriage to a youth belonging to a different caste. The deceased, identified as Bhawna Yadav, a final year student of Sanskrit Honours at Venkateswara College, was allegedly strangled to death by her parents Jagmohan Yadav, a property dealer and his wife

Subramanya, Nov 20: The Karnataka High Court has allowed continuation of “Made Snana” ritual in its traditional form at Kukke Subramanyaswami temple at Subramanya till the court decided constitutional validity of the ritual. The court passed the interim order on a review petition filed by some of the employees of the temple questioning the modification of the ritual by the government. The court