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Athani, Oct 13: Ganeshyogi Maharaj of Mayureshwar mutt at Kempwad village, who used to claim that he would come back to life three days after his death, died after consuming poison late on Saturday. Amidst strong protests by hundreds of devotees to wait for three days, a police team headed by Deputy Superintendent of Police S S Patil explained the seriousness of the matter to the devotees and

Meerut, Oct 13: Denying rumours of œlove jihad,  a 22-year-old woman from Meerut, who earlier alleged gang rape and forced conversion sending western Uttar Pradesh on the boil in August, said on Sunday that she had run away with a Muslim man out of her own free will. She approached the police complaining of a threat from her family, and in a written statement, denied rape or conversion. Denial

Mangalore, Oct 13: A bridegroom who wanted dowry from bride's father was arrested on the wedding day on October 12. 24-year-old Ilyas from Pavoor agreed to marry the daughter of Aboobaker from Krishnapura 4th block at the cost of Rs.2.5 lakhs. The wedding was scheduled on October 12 after giving full amount of dowry. However, two-days before the wedding day, Ilyas contacted the bride's family

Mangalore, Oct 13: A State-level Ayush practitioners convention ”'Ayush Utsav 2014' will be held at Nehru Maidan in Mangalore on November 22 and 23, said Karnataka Ayurveda and Unani Practitioners (KAUP) Board President Dr Sathyamoorthy Bhat. Speaking to mediapersons here on Sunday, he said that this is for the first time that the practitioners of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and

Bangalore, Oct 13: Energy Minister D K Shivakumar on Sunday announced two hours' load-shedding with immediate effect all across Karnataka, and one hour in Bangalore. A drop in power generation by thermal power stations in the State as well as in power-generation units owned by the Centre resulted in the move. Shivakumar said the load-shedding was necessary in view of the gap of about 25 per cent

Bangalore, Oct 12: The Nandini Layout police taken fertility expert K. T. Gurumurthy, accused of selling a new born baby instead of arranging a surrogate mother, into seven days custody. The Nandini Layout police are planning to trace the surrogate mother of the girl who was sold to a city-based couple. Gurumurthy had sold the baby to the couple for Rs 3.5 lakh. Gurumurthy owner of Srushti Global

Jeddah, Oct 11: Nearly 80 Indians have died during the Haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia this year with most of the deaths due to illness or age-related ailments, a senior official said today. Of the 136,020 Indian pilgrims who performed Haj this year, 100,020 came through the Haj Committee of India. "Seventy-seven Indian pilgrims have died so far during their pilgrimage. All, apart from one person

Mangalore, Oct 12: Karnataka Urban Development department should take necessary measures to bring Moodushedde village that includes Pilikula Nisargadhama into the folds of Mangalore City Corporation, said MLC Ivan D'Souza. Speaking after accepting felicitation offered to him by the Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mangalore, in the city on Saturday, he lamented that the population as the

Dubai, Oct 12: An elderly Indian, who landed in Dubai about 40 years ago, and has not once visited his hometown, cannot remember his family or even his name correctly. Social workers are doing their best to ascertain his identity and help trace his family in Kerala. According to his passport details, his name is Abdullah Punathil Usman and he is 60 years old. His friends believe he landed in the

Bangalore, Oct 12: The newly elected chairman and vice-chairman of Karnataka State Bar Council P P Hegde and Anilkumar J M respectively, took charge on Saturday. They were felicitated by the leaders of the Bar Council. Both are the young members of the Bar Council and it is the first time that young team of the chairman and vice chairman has been unanimously elected in the history of the Council