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Mangalore, Sep 20: Hundreds of activists of Bajrang Dal and other Hindutva outfits laid siege to Mangalore Rural Police Station on Friday night questioning the detention of their fellow miscreants who had stabbed and assaulted six Muslim students in the city previous day. The Hindutva agitators withdraw their two-hour-long protest in front of the police station at around 11:00 p.m. after the

Bantwal, Sep 19: A group of vigilante attackers owing allegiance to Sangh Parivar waylaid a cattle-laden vehicle in Bantwal taluk and brutally assaulted its driver until local police reached the spot and took him to custody. Ivan D'Souza, who sustained severe injuries in the attack, has lodged a complaint at Bantwal Town Police Station against the assailants including local Hindutva activists

Bangalore, Sep 19: Nearly 350 students of a government school in Bangalore were admitted to a hospital on Friday due to food poisoning after having their mid-day meals. The children of the DJ Halli Urdu Government School complained of nausea and vomiting soon after they had their lunch allegedly supplied by International Society for Promotion of Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). Zameer Ahmed, a

New Delhi, Sep 19: "Indian Muslims will live for India, they will die for India ” they will not want anything bad for India," Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said in his first interview after assuming office. "My understanding is that they are doing injustice towards the Muslims of our country. If anyone thinks Indian Muslims will dance to their tune, they are delusional," Modi told CNN's Fareed

Udupi, Sep 19: Renowned Martial Arts trainer Yajnesh Shetty, has been awarded Bharat Gaurav Puraskar at a ceremony held at Islamic Culture Center in New Delhi. He was presented the award by Union Minister for Tourism and Culture, Shripad Yasso Naik. known in Bollywood cricle as 'Cheetah', Shetty was recently honoured with the United States Martial Arts Hall of Fame Award 2014. Shetty, who hails

Mangalore, Sep 19: At a time when families are becoming distant and elderly ones in the family are being neglected of their needs and problems, HelpAge India, in collaboration with Vishwas Trust organised a'Mobilization meeting with Elders' at St Antony's Homes for the Poor in Valencia, and launched the'Neighbourhood Project' here on Friday. Inaugurating the project which involved the formation of

Kasaragod, Sep 19: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested four more persons in connection with the trafficking of women from Kerala to Gulf countries through Nedumbassery and Thiruvananthapuram airports. The arrested have been identified as Manesh A.P. (33) from Kodungalloor, P.K. Kabeer(52) of Chavakkad who was living at Angamaly, Sudharman(57) of Vellayambalam, Thiruvananthapuram

Mangalore, Sep 19: A siren went off from the Indian Oil Corporation Mangalore Terminal at Panambur at sharp 3 pm on Thursday, with a tank lorry filling (TLF) operator rushing out raising an alarm 'fire..fire' from the place where oil was filled into the tanker. Soon the area was engulfed by a vapour and subsequently a fire was spotted, posing a threat of it developing as an inferno at any time

Kasaragod, Sep 19: A 65-year-old woman was allegedly murdered at her residence at Koolathur in Bedakam village in Kasaragod district. The police have arrested her son, daughter-in-law, and grandson in connection with the incident. The murder of Ammalu Amma, a quarry labourer, came to light after Sharath, 20, informed the Bedakam police on Wednesday that his grandmother had committed suicide by

Bangalore, Sep 19: Energy Minister D?K?Shivakumar on Thursday said action would be initiated against any Congress leader who seeks separate statehood for North Karnataka. Speaking to reporters in Bangalore,?Shivakumar demanded that the BJP expel former minister Umesh Katti for raking up the North Karnataka issue. Such statements were detrimental to the interest of the State, he said and added that