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Mangalore, Aug 16: Bantwal police arrested an aged man for allegedly attempting to sexually assault a fifth standard student at N C Road in Bolanthoor on Friday. The accused is Hasainar (65). He was running a shop at Bangarakodi. A minor girl had approached the shop in the afternoon to purchase eatables. As he had closed the shop in the afternoon, he had asked her to accompany him to his house to

Mangalore, Aug 16: The Mangalore City Police on Friday registered abetment of suicide case against three persons in connection with the suicide of three persons at an apartment at Hoigebail on Thursday. The persons against whom cases under IPC Section 306 have been registered are Udaya, Rajesh Shetty and Anil, said Urwa police. Meanwhile IPC Section 302 has been registered against deceased

Ahmadabad, Aug 15: The Gujarat government has reinstated an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, who is an accused in Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case and given him a plum posting as Superintendent, DGP Vigilance Squad, according to a Gujarat state home department notification issued yesterday midnight. Abhay Chudasama who spent four years in prison, is the first Sohrabuddin Sheikh case

Mangalore, Aug 15: With the support of several like-minded organisations, Sahyadri Samrakshana Sanchaya has given an ultimatum to the state government to retract the Nethravati diversion project by the end of September, failing which they would launch a severe demonstration demanding the resignation of ministers hailing from Dakshina Kannada. On the occasion of Independence Day, the organisations

Bangalore, Aug 15: A Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) man was allegedly assaulted brutally by a gang of four unidentified persons in Vidyaranyapura on Thursday morning, triggering a protest by the RSS members in the area. The victim, Phanindra (40), is a resident of Defence Colony in Vidyaranyapura. He is employed as a marketing manager in a private company. He was on his way to attend the RSS

Bangalore, Aug 15: Calling recent cases of atrocities against women and girls as "disturbing", Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today said his government is committed to prevent such incidents and they would be dealt with "mercilessly". "In the recent past, there have been disturbing incidents of atrocities on women. Our government is committed to prevent such incidents by tightening up

Mangalore, Aug 15: The annual Independence Day cup organized by Dakshina Kannada Football Association (DKDFA) came to a close on August 15 on the occasion of Independence Day at District Football Grounds adjacent to Nehru Maidan here. Delivering the presidential address at the valedictory ceremony Deputy Commissioner A B Ibrahim insisted the administration of Mangalore City Corporation to convert

New Delhi, Aug 15: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday invited the global business community to set up manufacturing facilities in India giving the slogan come, make in India'. In his maiden Independence Day address, he exhorted the youth to become entrepreneurs and manufacture zero-defect' goods with a view to making the country a global export hub. “From ramparts of the Red Fort, I would like

Bangalore, Aug 15: Karnataka Friday celebrated the 68th Independence Day with patriotic fervour, gaiety and a spirit of freedom gripping the state after the tri-colour was hoisted and the national anthem sung. In this tech hub, on a sunny day with cool breeze wafting, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah unfurled the national flag and reviewed the guard of honour at the Field Marshal Manekshaw parade

Mangalore, Aug 15: The 68th Independence Day celebrations were observed with a spirit of nationalism and patriotism in Dakshina Kannada as people gathered at Nehru Maidan to witness the unfurling of the National Flag on the occasion of Independence Day on Friday. Minister of Forests, Environment and Ecology and district in-charge minister B Ramanath Rai hoisted the Indian tricolour at the maidan