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Mangalore, Sep 22: Dakshina Kannada needs Rs 1,000 crore to build check dams to store water, according to Minister for Health and Family Welfare U T Khader. Speaking after inaugurating the Public Health Centre at Vaddagere in Koratagere taluk on Sunday, he urged the State government to increase the cost of Yettinahole drinking water project to Rs. 13,000 crore and to allot the additional Rs. 1,000

Mangalore, Sep 22: KMC Hospital organized the World Heart Day Drawing Competition for the Tenth consecutive year on the theme œHeart Healthy Environment  for Class 4 to Class 10 students. Nearly 360 students and 30 in-patient children from across the city participated in this Drawing competition and made it a huge success. Attractive cash prizes will be distributed to the competition winners on

New Delhi, Sep 22: In its renewed impetus to woo Dalits, various other castes and sub-castes, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has embarked on an ambitious exercise to re-write history. Emboldened by the BJP's success in the Lok Sabha elections, the RSS has intensified its efforts to find and validate a common Hindu thread to unify all groups under one Hindu identity. Three top RSS leaders

Kasaragod, Sep 22: Timely detection of a breach developed in a railway track near Kotikulam railway station, near Kasaragod, averted a possible rail accident on Sunday. The breach on the track through which north-bound trains run was detected around 7 a.m. forcing authorities to halt the Cheruvathur-Mangalore passenger train for a while. The train was later allowed to pass with restricted speed

Bangalore, Sep 22: In a shocking incident an autorickshaw manhandled a young female techie, who had hired his vehicle in the night in Bangalore. However, Rini Biswas, the 25-year-old software engineer, who was roughed up by the driver, managed to fight back. Rini Biswas hired the auto on September 18 to return home at Maruthi Nagar in Madiwala. œIt was around 11 p.m. when the driver agreed to drop

Udupi, Sep 22: Karnataka government has given in-principle approval to a Rs. 347- crore project to construct vented dams in Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts. Vinay Kumar Sorake, Urban Development Minister announced this after inaugurating various developmental works and distributing facilities to beneficiaries at Hejmady in Udupi district. The minister said the project to construct vented dams

Bangalore, Sep 22: Minister of State for Women and Child Development, Umashree, on Sunday said that a committee would be set up to look into the possibility of legalising prostitution. She was speaking in the City after releasing the book'Buddhanillada Amrapaali,' authored by Dr Leela Sampige. œThe committee will comprise of experts. They will give a detailed report on the pros and cons of

Mangalore, Sep 21: œOur country faces many challenges of which, none is bigger than poverty and unemployment. Every contribution would go some way in addressing this scourge of poverty which afflicts a very large percentage of our population,  said Vice President of India Mohammed Hamid Ansari. Speaking after inaugurating the valedictory function of the centenary celebrations of the Catholic

Mangalore, Sep 21: A warm welcome was accorded to Mohammed Hamid Ansari, the vice president of India, during his first visit to this port city. Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala, the new Governor of Karnataka, who arrived in the city earlier in the day formally welcomed Hamid Ansair and his wife Salma Ansari at Mangalore International Airport. Minister for Forest, Environment, Ecology and Dakshina Kannada

Mangalore, Sep 21: In a shocking incident, worms were found in the breakfast served to a woman in an Air India Express flight which left for Bahrain from Mangalore International Airport on Friday. The woman was served breakfast on a flight which departed form Mangalore at around 8 a.m. on Friday, in which she discovered worms. She immediately brought the matter to the attention of the cabin crew