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Udupi, Aug 1: In a sudden development, Superintendent of Police of Udupi district Dr M B Boralingaiah has been transferred among 31 IPS officers by Karnataka state government. Dr Boralingaiah had taken charge as Udupi SP in January 2012. An IPS officer of 2008 batch, Dr Boralingaiah hails from Mallanayakahalli village in Maddur taluk of Mandya district. He completed his MBBS at the Mysore Medical

Bangalore, Aug 1: In a major reshuffle the State government has transferred five IAS and 31 IPS officers. The development comes as three senior IAS officers - G?V?Krishna Rau, Amaranarayana and K?R?Niranjan retired from service on Thursday. Senior IAS?officer G?Latha Krishna Rau is the new Additional Chief Secretary-cum-Development Commissioner. She takes the post held by her husband Krishna Rau

Mumbai, Aug 1: Calling upon all citizens to come together against noise pollution the Bombay high court has directed the police to remove loudspeakers from places of worship in Mumabi and Navi Mumbai if the required permission from the authorities has not been obtained. A division bench of Justices V M Kanade and P D Kode, while hearing a PIL, said that unauthorized loudspeakers must be

Bangalore, Jul 31: Former Prime Minister and JDS chief H D Devegowda today said he has suggested to the party state leadership not to field any candidates for the August 21 by-elections to three assembly seats in the state, saying his party was not in a sound financial position. He however clarified that his party would neither support BJP nor Congress in the elections. By-elections to three seats

Gaza/Jerusalem, Jul 31: The toll in the ongoing Zionist state sponsored terrorism in the Gaza Strip has escalated to 1,363, the Palestinian health ministry said Thursday even as Israel called up more reservists to bolster its brutal military. The victims include 315 children and 166 women, Xinhua reported. About 7,600 Palestinians have been injured, including 2,307 children and 1,529 women. More

Karkala, Jul 31: Even as the public outrage mounted across the state over the increased cases of rape and sexual harassment in schools, another shameful incident was reported from a government high school at Hebri in Karkala taluk of Udupi district. Karkala police on Thursday nabbed the headmaster of Hebri Government High School on charges of alleged sexual harassment on a female student. The

Mangalore, Jul 31: The 19th Dakshina Kannada Zilla Kannada Sahitya Sammelana organised by Dakshina Kannada Zilla Kannada Sahitya Parishad on August 2 and 3 at Polali in Bantwal taluk. The two-day event will be presided by well-known academician and scholar Nadoja' Prof K P Rao. Addressing a news conference here on Thursday, president of Kannada Sahitya Parishad Pradeep Kumar Kalkura said that the

Bangalore, July 31: A 12-hour bandh in the country's IT hub to protest rising cases of sexual offences against women and children called by Kannada outfits today evoked a mixed response. Commercial establishments in several areas remained shut while buses operated by Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation plied but with fewer passengers. A section of autorickshaws stayed off the roads, which

Bantwal, Jul 31: There are plenty of fish to be caught in Chelur in Bantwal taluk where a progressive-minded agriculturist had begun rearing fish in his backyard. John Veigas, an agriculturist from Chelur in Bantwal taluk, has begun the unique culture of fish farming in a pond in his backyard. He is now in the process of developing the aquaculture into a successful alternative vocation. Fresh

Kaikamba, Jul 31: In the latest among the spate of robberies, gold, jewellery and cash worth Rs 3 lakhs was stolen from the house of Ismail close to Kaikamba town. It is suspected that the robbery took place between 3.30 p.m. on Tuesday and 12.30 a.m. on Wednesday. The robbery was discovered when Ismail and other family members returned home from B C Road at 1 a.m. on Wednesday. Tuesday being Eid