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Mangalore, Oct 11: The first batch of Hajj pilgrims, who had undertaken pilgrimage from this coastal city this year, returned home on Friday evening. Carrying 128 pilgrims, a special flight landed at the Mangalore International Airport at around 2:50 p.m. This marks the start of the return of pilgrims from Dakshina Kannada, Kodagu, Udupi, Hassan and Chikmagalur districts, flown on Government

Sullia, Oct 11: Less than a week after losing his beloved sister, Railway Minister D V Sadananda Gowda lost his mother too. 92-year-old Kamala passed away at her residence at Devaragunda in Sullia taluk of Dakshina Kannada district in the early hours of Saturday. She was suffering from multiple ailments and Mr Gowda used to visit her frequently. Recently she had suffered bouts of weakness

Mangalore, Oct 11: Over a hundred residents from Jokatte and surrounding areas under the banner of Nagarikara Horata Samiti, Jokatte staged a demonstration in front of the deputy commissioner's office here on Friday, demanding that the œpolluting  sulphur and coke manufacturing units of Mangalore Refinery and Petroleum Limited (MRPL) Phase III plant should be scrapped. In view of air, noise and

Bangalore, Oct 11: A proposal to tap the phones of those close to Railway Minister D V Sadananda Gowda was scuttled by a few police officers citing consequences of such a move and that the case did not require such an exercise, according to a senior police officer privy to the matter. The officer, however, admitted that the police did monitor mobile call details of a few members of Gowda family to

Mangalore, Oct 10: Mamatha Poojary, the skipper of India's national women's Kabaddi team which bagged gold medal in Asian Games 2014 was accorded a ceremonious welcome on her arrival at Mangalore International Airport. Mamatha, who came home for the first time on Friday after receiving Arjuna Award by President Pranab Mukherjee in recognition of her achievements in Kabaddi, hugged, hugged her

Hyderabad, Oct 10: A woman software engineer has gone missing after leaving for office and special teams have been formed to trace her, police said Friday. Bhavya Sri Charitha, an employee of Open Texts located in Hitec City, had left for the office from her house at KPHB Colony Thursday morning. Her husband Kartik Chaitanya lodged a complaint with police after she did not return home till late

Mangalore, Oct 10: Officers of Customs at Mangalore International Airport managed to nab yet another suspected gold smuggler and seized 204 grams of gold valued at Rs 5,50,800. The accused is Sarfraz Povval Mohammed Kunhi (30), a resident of Nagarakatte Cross Road, Fort Road, Kasargod district in Kerala, who came from Dubai. Customs sources said that the accused had concealed gold in the form of a

Bhatkal, Oct 10: In a tragic incident, a 19-year-old passenger fell from a moving train and breathed his last near Moodlakatte in Kundapur taluk. The deceased has been identified as Mohammed Salman, son of Abdul Razzak from Bhatkal. The tragedy took place in the intervening night of Thursday and Friday while Salman was travelling from Bhatkal to Kerala onboard Matsyagandha Express train. An

New Delhi, Oct 10: Indian rights activist Kailash Satyarthy and Pakistan's Malala Yusafzai have together been awarded the prestigious Nobel peace prize for this year. The Nobel Committee said it was "an important point for a Hindu and a Muslim, an Indian and a Pakistani, to join in a common struggle for education and against extremism." 17-year-old Malala Yusafzai, who was shot at by the Taliban

Belgaum: Oct 10: Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president G Parameshwara has reiterated that he aspired for deputy chief minister post. œI nurture many ambitions and to become deputy chief minister is one among them,  said Mr Parameshwara replying to a query of media persons on his arrival at Sambra airport here on Thursday. But the decision was left to the party high command, he clarified