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Mangalore, Sep 21: The Belthangady unit of Karnataka Dalitha Sangharsha Samithi, has filed a complaint against the publication of a classified advertisement in a local Kannada newspaper alleging that the advertisement was insulting and derogatory towards the Scheduled Caste. On September 18, a'wanted' classified advertisement was published in a weekly broadsheet, calling for a female employee to

Mysore, Sep 21: Pramoda Devi Wadiyar unveiled a life-size wax statue of maharaja Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar at Melody Wax Museum premises in Siddhartha Layout here on Saturday. Melody World Wax Museum has come out with the life-size statue as a mark of respect to the maharaja, who passed away in December last year. Speaking after unveiling the statue, maharani Pramoda Devi said: "The

Bantwal, Sep 21: Rahul Kumar S, accepted charge on Saturday as the new Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) of Bantwal in a small ceremony. Rahul Kumar is the first ASP of Bantwal, after the upgradation of the station. Earlier, the town of Bantwal came under the limits of Puttur sub-region. Later, it came under the jurisdiction of DySP, and now, it has been upgraded to fall under the

New York, Sep 21: A 28-year-old Indian architect has been named "young leader of tomorrow" by Time magazine for his pioneering work in designing affordable flood-proof houses for slum dwellers. Alok Shetty is among "leaders of tomorrow" who are "working hard to change their worlds today," Time said as it named six inspirational young persons in its first class of "next generation leaders". Time

Mangalore, Sep 21: The city of Mangalore woke up to a shocking news on Sunday. A senior employee of Mangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (MESCOM) was found murdered at his residence at Bejai in the city. Jagadish Rao (55), an executive engineer at MESCOM, was silenced by a two intruders when his family members were asleep. It is learnt that two unidentified assailants gained entry into the

Mangalore, Sep 21: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will inaugurate Mangalore Dasara 2014 at Kudroli Sri Gokarnanatha Temple on September 27. Temple development committee member Harikrishna Bantwal, addressing a press meet here on Saturday said that the 23rd annual Mangalore Dasara will be formally inaugurated at 6.30 p.m. The Navaratri festival at Kudroli Temple has its own significance as it is being

Mandya, Sep 21: Even though plenty of funds have been released for various development works, under MLAs' constituency development plans, the executing agencies have failed in completing the projects. Since the year 2009-10 till date, Rs 58.90 crore has been released under MLAs' funds for seven Assembly constituencies in the district. However only Rs 31.15 crore ” 52.88 per cent ” has been

Jeddah, Sep 21: More than 24,000 illegal pilgrims bound for Makkah have been stopped at security checkpoints in Taif and sent back over the past few days. œThis year, checkpoints have been set up early to stop illegal pilgrims from making it into the holy city,  said Brig. Mohammed Al-Waleedi, Taif police chief. Police have intensified security checks on the roads and routes leading to Makkah

Hospet (Bellary district), Sep 21: The Lokayukta registrar has issued notices to several police officials named in the report on illegal mining submitted by former Lokayukta Justice Santosh Hegde. The notices have been issued through the additional director general of police of the Civil Rights Enforcement Directorate, Bangalore, and DGP Sunil Agarwal. Retired officers also figure in the list of

Bangalore, Sep 21: Former prime minister H D Deve Gowda has lent his support to the agitation launched by freedom fighter H S Doreswamy and JD(S) former MLA A T Ramaswamy against land-grabbing in the State. Addressing a press conference in Bangalore on Saturday, Gowda said he wanted to join the struggle embarked on by Doreswamy, but stayed away as his involvement would have given the issue a