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Shimoga, Sep 23: Burglars drilled a big hole in the rear wall of a State Bank of Mysore (SBM) branch building here and made off with about nine kg of gold worth around Rs. 2.45 crore and Rs 36 lakh in cash. The heist occurred sometime between Saturday evening, when the bank's Machenahally branch was closed for the day, and Monday morning when the staff arrived to open it. Sunday was a holiday. The

Mangalore, Sep 23: For the first time an air cushion vehicle (hovercraft) is being stationed in Karnataka. The first of two hovercrafts sanctioned Indian Coast Guard along Karnataka coast arrived in Mangalore on Monday. The amphibious vehicle rode the waves, skimming over choppy waters, before parking on Panambur beach near the ICG, Karnataka headquarters. With this acquisition, the hovercraft

Bangalore, Sep 23: Shisheer Rudrappa, a National Law School of India University alumnus, has been roped in to handle Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's social media accounts. Rudrappa, after his law graduation, had moved to the United States for postgraduation and was managing a private equity portfolio before taking a sabbatical to assist in launching the social sites. The Chief Minister's Office?(CMO

Mangalore, Sep 23: Even though Mangalore and Ullal will be kerosene-free zones after November 1 this year, there will be no blanket ban on sale of kerosene, clarified Minister in-charge of Dakshina Kannada B. Ramanath Rai. At a meeting convened to discuss preparations for declaring the jurisdictions of Mangalore City Corporation and Ullal Town Municipality as kerosene-free on the Rajyotsava Day

Mangalore, Sep 22: In a broad daylight murder, a youth was stabbed to death by unknown assailants at Gorigudde area in the city on Monday afternoon. The deceased has been identified as Durgaprasad, a 35-year-old resident of Kambettu Badaga, Yadapadavu, on the outskirts of the city. The incident took place when Durgaprasad was talking to his friend near a cemetery near Gorigudde. The assailants

Bangalore, Sep 22: India's maiden Mars mission was on course to reach the Red Planet's orbit on Wednesday that could create history when the spacecraft's main engine was successfully fired today in the first test of its last crucial manoeuvre in search for evidence of life. The 440 Newton Liquid Apogee Motor (LAM) engine, idling for the last 300 days on the Mars Orbiter Mission(MOM) 'Mangalyaan'

Mangalore, Sep 22: Members of Dakshina Kannada Working Journalists Union (DKWJU) handed over a memorandum to the assistant deputy commissioner here on Monday, in protest against the alleged attack on journalists that took place in Bidar on Friday. Condemning the alleged attack, members of the union, led by union president P B Harish Rai, on Monday urged the government to take legal action against

Mangalore, Sep 22: Following the discovery of dead worms in the food served to passengers onboard an Air India Express flight from Mangalore to Bahrain last Friday, the AIE has served a notice to the caterers warning against such incidents in the future. After the matter of dead worms in the food served was brought to the notice of the cabin crew and senior staff, AIE station manager Nagesh Shetty

Bangalore, Sep 22: Former Karnataka chief minister and union minister Dr M Veerappa Moily has kicked up a row. Speaking at a function in Bangalore on Sunday, Moily said that the word 'Hindu' was basically invented by the Muslims in the medieval age. "The word Hindu was invented by the Muslims ¦ They called us Hindus. There is no mention of the word Hindu in our Vedas and Upanishads," said Dr Moily

Mangalore, Sep 22: Condemning the recent assaults on Muslim youth by communal outfits, the Muslim Central Committee, Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts, has appealed to the people to maintain peace and harmony in the region ahead of religious festivals Dussehra and Eid-ul-Adha. Speaking at a press conference here on Monday, president of the committee KS Mohammed Masood said that a lot of