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Bangalore, Oct 19: Former MLA?A?T?Ramaswamy, who had headed the Anti-Land Grab Committee, has released documents claiming that the rich and powerful politicians were encroaching government land for their personal profit. On Saturday, Ramaswamy released documents to support his charges against former Bangalore Police Commissioner and former MP H?T?Sangliana. Sangliana and his family members had

Jeddah, Oct 19: Children below the age of 10 may be barred from performing Haj from next year. According to a report in a local newspaper, the subject came up for discussion during a recent meeting between the heads of pilgrim establishments and the Haj Ministry. No decision has yet been taken on the proposal, said Al-Watan newspaper, quoting sources. It is only a point of discussion at the moment

Mumbai, Oct 18: Criticising the government for telling the Supreme Court that all information on black money stashed abroad can't be disclosed, activist Anna Hazare today wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and threatened to launch an agitation if the ill-gotten wealth was not brought back. "Bringing back black money is an important issue before the nation. If needed, I won't shirk from

Mangalore, Oct 18: The mass marriage ceremonies hosted by Bearys Welfare Forum (BWF)- Abu Dhabi, in recent years have solved problems of a large number of poor Muslim families, said P M Ibrahim Musliyar Bekal, the Khazi of Udupi district. He was speaking after inaugurating the sixth edition of mass marriage organized by BWF on Saturday at Milagress Hall in Mangalore. The Khazi said that said that

Mangalore, Oct 18: With the intention of celebrating Deepavali in a special manner at Shree Gokarnanatheshwara Kshetra at Kudroli, former union minister and temple head B Janardhan Poojary said that about 5,000 widows would participate in the special Lakshmi pooja which would be performed by widow priestesses installed at the temple. Announcing this at a press conference here on Saturday, he said

New Delhi, Oct 18: Accusing Narendra Modi-led NDA government of trying to protect the culprits who stashed money in overseas banks, senior advocate Ram Jethmalani on whose plea the Supreme Court had constituted Special Investigating Team (SIT) on black money, strongly objected to Centre's stand and said that matter be not heard. "Matter should not be entertained even for a day. Such application

Mangalore, Oct 18: To combat cyber crime and tackle cases of online financial fraud, a cyber crime police station was recently sanctioned by the government to the Western Range of Karnataka State Police. The police station is expected to be established in the building of Mangalore East and South Traffic police stations at Kadri, and will also cover Mangalore City Police Commissionerate limits. The

Udupi, Oct 18: Protesting against the alleged medical negligence by doctors in the death of 18-year-old Karthik Shetty at a private hospital in Deralakatte, Mangalore, members of Udupi district Vidyarthi Yuva Sene have warned of intense protests if justice was not meted in the case. Karthik was a student of Hebri Government Pre-University College, and had gotten himself admitted to Yenepoya

Mangalore, Oct 18: A committee constituted by the Election Commission of India on has submitted before Supreme Court that the country can consider granting voting rights for Non-Resident Indians either by postal ballot or proxy voting. The committee in its report submitted on Thursday stated that Internet voting was not feasible option owing to the vulnerabilities in the technology and IT

United Nations, Oct 18: More than 1.2 billion people are living on less than USD 1.25 a day and 2.4 billion are living on less than USD 2 a day, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said. He told the UN observance of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty that at least 700 million people were lifted out of extreme poverty between 1990 and 2010 and he is determined to help UN make