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Mysore, Sep 16: Karnataka will be in a position to contribute 10 per cent to the country's total earnings in electronics sector, besides generating about 2.5 lakh jobs in the industry by 2020, according to Minister for IT, BT and Science and Technology S.R. Patil. Speaking after inaugurating Spark-IT, the Minister said India is expected to be a $400 billion electronics market by 2020. “I can say

Mangalore, Sep 16: The government has sacked all the five independent directors of Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL), leaving the company board with no powers to take any large investment decision. MRPL in a filing to the stock exchanges today said: "Five non official part time directors namely, C L Shah, Neela Gangadharan, Prof Usha Kiran Rai, Prof Jayant M Modak and Capt John

Uppinangady, Sep 16: In an unfortunate mishap, a motorcycle plying towards Uppinangady from Mangalore on the national highway fell into a pit resulting in the death of the rider, while another person riding pillion was injured. Mithun (19) from Sullia is the deceased, who lost his life in the accident. The other rider, Manju, escaped with minor injuries. On the way to Uppinangady, the bike which

Kateel, Sep 15: The closure of Mangalore Chemicals and Fertilisers (MCF) Limited will not be allowed to happen, said Mangalore M P Nalin Kumar Kateel. Talks have been held with the Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers Ananth Kumar in this regard. In the coming days, a delegation of company officers and employees will visit the capital to hand over a memorandum to the concerned union ministers

Mangalore, Sep 15: Peace activists and family members of a Dubai-bound Muslim passenger, who had been briefly detained at Mangalore International Airport last weekend, have demanded unconditional apology from a section of media that terrorized the port city through their racist reportage. Within a few hours after Abdul Khader, a resident of Muttagate in Uppala town of Kasargod district, was taken

Bellary Sep 15: Archaeological Survey of India has mooted a plan to conduct a thorough survey of Hampi, capital of the erstwhile Vijayanagar empire and an UNESCO world heritage site, to prevent waterlogging of the monuments during the monsoon. Water gushes into a few religious and civil monuments in partially low lying areas, especially after incessant rains. Due to poor drainage system, water

Mangalore, Sep 15: Minister for health and family welfare UT Khader said that the state government had approved a list of programmes and schemes under the National Urban Health Mission to improve the health of the urban poor and a district-level programme would be organised towards the end of October to launch all NUHM-related schemes in the city. Briefing mediapersons at a press conference here

Mumbai, Sep 15: Further hardening his stand on seat- sharing with BJP, Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray today said he has rejected the saffron ally's demand for contesting 135 seats in Maharashtra assembly polls and hinted at going it alone, saying "everything has an alternative". He, however, clarified that talks are still on to clinch a seat-sharing formula. "They (BJP) offered a proposal

Mangalore, Sep 15: The Air India Express is introducing seven new flights to the Gulf countries from Mangalore, Cochin, Calicut and Trivandrum airports. From October 26, the airline will introduce an additional weekly flight each from Trivandrum and Cochin to Muscat, two direct flights from Calicut to Doha and three weekly flights on the Mangalore-Bahrain-Kuwait route. Shyam Sundar, chief

Panaji, Sep 15: The right wing Hindu outfits under the banner of National Hindu Movement (NHM) on Sunday morning held protests in Ponda in central Goa asking the State government to immediately lift the unconstitutional ban imposed on Sri Ram Sene chief Pramod Muthalik and his associates in Goa. They also asked that the Union and State governments to enact stringent laws to stop alleged Love Jihad