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Makkah, Oct 14: A P Abubakar Usthad, the general-secretary of the All India Sunni Jamiyyathul Ulama, has hailed Saudi Arabian King Abdullah for his determination to crush terrorism using every means possible. œNeither Islam nor any other religion supports killing or disrupting peace and stability among nations,  said A P Usthad, during a recent press conference in Makkah. Usthad also urged world

Mangalore, Oct 14: Karnataka Tulu, Beary, Konkani, Kodava Sahitya academies and Karnataka Arebhashe Samskruti Mattu Sahitya Academy have jointly urged that the academies and respective heads should be included in majority of cultural events undertaken by the state government and district administrations. Speaking at joint press conference organised by the heads of the academies here on Monday

Dharwad, Oct 14: Mathe Mahadevi, the first female Jagadguru, or spiritual head of a South Indian Lingayat community, has supported legalising prostitution to check the increasing sex crimes against children and women. According to her, there has been a worrying increase in rapes in the recent past. There have also been demands to legalise prostitution. The government has even formed a committee to

Bangalore, Oct 13: Karnataka Government will have no objection to shift AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa to Tamil Nadu from a jail here if the neighbouring state makes a request through courts, Home Minister K J George said today. "If there is a proposal coming before the court from the Tamil Nadu government, we have no objection to shifting (Jayalalithaa)," George told media persons here

Lucknow, Oct 13: In a fresh and dramatic twist to the 'Love Jihad' case involving a girl in Meerut, the victim Monday alleged that she was forced by her family to make false accusations that she was first gang raped by Muslim men and then forcibly converted to Islam. The girl from Khakhrauda made the statement before a magistrate, making it a legally binding document. Officials said she had

Oslo, Oct 13: Asserting that the problem of terrorism in India was imported, President Pranab Mukherjee has said indigenous terrorist activity was "extremely negligible" with hardly any involvement of the 150 million Muslims of the country. "Of course there may be one or two out of hundred fifty million but all of these are imported. These are coming from outside. Indigenous terrorist activity in

Mangalore, Oct 13: Members of Vishwa Hindu Parishat and Bajarang Dal staged a demonstration in front of DC office in Mangalore on Monday against Kavoor SI Umesh for allegedly assaulting their fellow member, a murder accused. Charan, a resident of Moodushedde had alleged that he was beaten up by the SI Umesh after taking him to police station. Addressing the protestors, BJP leader Mohan Bhandary

Dubai, Oct 13: Indian embassy in Kuwait has simplified the visa procedure for Kuwaiti nationals as well as expatriates living in the country with an aim to enhance travel to India for business, tourism, medical treatment and study purposes. The embassy said it has issued 10,000 visas this year, as against 7,600 visas issued during the same period last year, registering a jump of 30 per cent. "The

Pune, Oct 13: The passport division of the ministry of external affairs has initiated the process for the public roll-out of new-age e-passports. The technology will make the document more secure and also substantially reduce the time required by the holder for immigration. While the look and feel of the passport will remain largely as it is now, an electronic chip, containing identidfication data

Kundapur, Oct 13: In a shocking incident pointing at the negligence of doctors at a government hospital, an elderly man lying motionless on a hospital was discovered dead by the state health minister U T Khader during his surprise visit to the local government hospital. Surprisingly, the doctors at the hospital were completely unaware of the death of the elderly patient! It was brought to their