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Mysuru, Nov 14: Former journalist and Mysore-Kodagu MP, Pratap Simha, was on Thursday granted bail by a local court in a case pertaining to a provocative speech he had made while campaigning for Lok Sabha elections in March this year. The 5th JMFC Court judge, Ashwini Atthibali, granted Simha bail on a bond of Rs 15,000. Simha appeared before the court which had issued him summons after the

Mangaluru, Nov 14: More than a dozen passengers suffered minor injuries when a bus collided with a truck on Bejai Main road here on Thursday. The Mangaluru Traffic East police said around 5 p.m. a speeding private bus – travelling from State Bank towards Surathkal – rammed the truck from behind. Though the front of the bus was smashed in, no major harm was done to passengers, said the police.

New Delhi, Nov 14: Months after Narendra Modi led-government's Minister for Human Resource Development Smriti Irani hit the headlines for providing false information on her educational qualification, now her aide is now in news for wrong reasons. The newly-inducted minister of state for HRD Ram Shankar Katheria was on Thursday at the centre of a controversy over an allegation that his graduation

Bengaluru, Nov 14: Former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda on Thursday announced appointment of his son H D Kumaraswamy as President of the JDS state unit, even as he acknowledged there was a need to dispel the impression that his was a "father-son party." Gowda, who has come under constant attack over his family maintaining a stranglehold over JDS, defended the appointment of Kumaraswamy, a former

Kolkata, Nov 13: Rohit Sharma created history, becoming the first man ever to smash two double centuries in ODIs. Rohit got his second double ton vs Sri Lanka in Eden Gardens on Thursday. His first (209) came against Australia in Bangalore on November 3, 2013. Rohit also surpassed Virender Sehwag's 219 to become the highest-scorer in ODIs. Rohit was dismissed off the final delivery for 264, as

Mumbai, Nov 13: Former actress Mamta Kulkarni was arrested along with her husband in Kenya in a joint operation between Drug Enforcement Agency and Mombasa Police, as per reports in social media platform Twitter. Kulkarni, who was a Bollywood siren in the Nineties, has resurfaced in news after after disappearing from the limelight more than a decade ago. Mamta was last seen in Dev Anand's Censor

Mangaluru, Nov 13: Dozens of residents of Jokatte village, which is loca-ted adjacent to Mangaluru Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL) on Thursday staged a protest to against the pollution being caused by the phase III plant of MRPL. The protest comes a day after the massive oil and waste discharge from the phase III plant of MRPL polluted a stream in Jokatte. The agitators, who gathered

Bengaluru, Nov 13: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today reassured the IT industry that the state government will not lag in providing the necessary infrastructure facilities for their growth and expansion. "The spectacular IT growth story of India is led by Karnataka, thanks to the availability of highly skilled professionals, dynamic entrepreneurs, a vibrant eco-system, and industry

Bantwal, Nov 13: A new building constructed for the functioning of a government hospital at Ajjinadka near Punacha in Bantwal taluk remains vacant and unused for nearly three years. The government hospital was established after years of struggle by the villagers of Punacha and Kepu near Vittal at a cost of Rs 50 lakhs. To the disappointment of the local villagers, the hospital remains unutilised

Madurai, Nov 13: Three persons surrendered before local courts on Wednesday in connection with the seizure of 11 country bombs from a dustbin in a busy area of the city here on November 10. Varichoor Selvam and Parthiban surrendered before the Judicial magistrate court here, Manimaran surrendered before the Judicial Magistrate court at Villipuram, police said. Manivasagam, part of an organised