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Mangalore, Aug 12: A local court has filed a complaint against a city based advocate for allegedly producing fake documents for premature withdrawal of fixed deposit related to compensation paid for an accident victim. The accused advocate is A.C. Jayaraj. In a complaint before filed before the Mangalore North Police, Chief Stenographer of Principal Civil Judge (Senior Division) Court Asha K.P

Lucknow, Aug 12: Recent incidents of rioting and arson in Saharanpur has led to a loss of about Rs. 244 crore to the city, says an Assocham Study. An analysis Economic impact analysis of Saharanpur riots' conducted by industry body Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry said that micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) suffered losses of about Rs. 25 crore and marginal workers sustained

Jeddah, Aug 12: The Ministry of Labor is tightening screws on companies and establishments falling in the “yellow” category in the Nitaqat system of Saudization of jobs. Starting the new Hijra year (Oct. 25), these companies will be allowed to renew the iqamas (residence permits) of their employees for only four years as opposed to the six-year period allowed now. Six months later, i.e. after

Riyadh, Aug 12: Newly appointed Indian Deputy Chief of Mission Hemant Kotalwar has vowed to support non-resident Indians (NRIs) in the Kingdom and commended the Indian Embassy's hard work during the legalization grace period. Kotalwar's statements came on Monday, in which the newly stationed diplomat said he drew inspiration from the hard work of volunteers and social workers during that period.

Bangalore, Aug 12: A 19-year-old girl has made a complaint to the police that her close friend and his four associates abducted her in an auto-rickshaw before raping her one by one at an under-construction building at Shampur in K G Halli on Saturday night. Police have detained three men but said the girl's claims were being verified. The girl, a native of Chennai and resident of Benson Town

Mangalore, Aug 12: A tense atmosphere prevailed at Yedapadavu near Moodbidri when an attempt was made to disrupt peace in the locality over cattle transportation. Several miscreants reportedly belonging to right wing outfit stopped a tempo which was transporting four calves and one cow with all legal documents. The livestock belonged to one Usman of Siddakatte. They were being transported to one

Bantwal, Aug 12: Two persons were taken into custody by Bantwal rural police in connection with alleged revenge murder case of Rifayi, an autorickshaw driver, who is the brother of a murder accused near Maripalla, Bantwal taluk. The duo were taken into custody on the suspicion that they helped to hatch the conspiracy. Two teams led by Bantwal Circle Inspector Belliyappa and Rural SI Nagaraj have

Davangere/Athani/Hassan, Aug 12: Ten people died in three road accidents across the state on Monday. In the first incident, a speeding private bus hit a Maruti Omni at 6.45 am at Taralabalu Nagar near Davangere, killing five people, including three of a family. According to the rural police, S L Rudraiah (55), wife Sumathi (50), son Pradeep (24) and Pradeep's friends, Adarsha (22) and Karthik (22)

New Delhi, Aug 12: The Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to Shubha Shankaranarayan (32), who was found guilty of murdering her fiancé B V Girish, a software engineer, in 2003 along with three others, to kill her fiancé B V Girish in Bangalore in 2003. Shubha, who is a law graduate, was sentenced to life imprisonment by the trial court in 2010 after being held guilty in the murder case. The

Bangalore, Aug 11: Senior JDS leader H D Kumaraswamy today alleged that the Chief Minister had tried to influence the Karnataka Public Service Commission recruitment process, a charge dismissed by Siddaramaiah who called him a "big liar." "In this issue, Chief Minister himself (is) involved by misusing his office. He called (telephoned) one (KPSC) member 72 times to select some candidates. When