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Manipal, May 30: The death of a middle-aged person who had come to be treated at Kasturba Medical College Hospital at Manipal is alleged to be due to the negligence of the resident doctor. The deceased is Shashiprasad (45), resident of Kasturba Nagar in Chitpady in Udupi. Shashiprasad was said to be suffering from throat pain and registered as a patient in the Out-patient Department (OPD) at KMC

Udupi, May 30: A total of 21 couples from the Mogaveera community entered into wedlock at a mass marriage ceremony jointly organised by G Shankar Family Trust and Mogaveera Youth Association, Udupi at Ambalpady on Thursday. President of the trust Dr G Shankar and Shyamili Shankar handed over garments and traditional gold ornaments to each couple who tied the knot. The marriage rituals were

Panaji, May 30: Nearly a year after he delivered a provocative speech addressing the delegates of All India Hindu Janajagaruti Samiti in Ponda, a complaint has been filed against Sri Ram Sena chief Pramod Muthalik. The complaint was filed by Durgadas Kamat, organising secretary and spokesperson of the Goa Pradesh Congress Committee, and three others on Thursday. They also attached the links to

Bangalore, May 30: The Karnataka state Lokayukta have unearthed illegal assets to the tune of over Rs 15 crore in simultaneous raids against five government officials including a 1987 batch Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer Hari Kumar Jha. Additional Director General of Police (Lokayukta) HN Sathyanarayana Rao said that raids were conducted at 10 premises including property belonging to Hari

Bangalore, May 30: Anti-Naxal Force (ANF) constable Naveen G Naik, who had shot down Mohammed Kabir, a 23-year-old Muslim youth, under suspicious circumstances at the forest check-post on the Sringeri-Karkala road in April, has been granted bail by Karnataka High Court. While granting the bail, the vacation bench of High Court observed that the ANF constable fired under pressure, as such a

Mangalore, May 30: The police have traced a girl child allegedly sold by her parents to a couple residing at Surathkal, near Mangalore. Sulaiman, 46, a resident of the Muriyanavi locality in Kanhangad, had sold his 18-month-old girl and six-month-old son in 2012 and 2013. The police received a tip-off that the elder child had been “adopted” by a Brahmin childless couple. They were asked to produce

Bangalore, May 30: Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) P Ravindranath, accused of clicking pictures of a woman at a coffee shop, lodged a complaint against City Police Commissioner Raghavendra Auradkar and two other officers on Thursday. He also sought action against them under the SC/ST Atrocities (Prevention) Act 1989. In his complaint to the Cubbon Park police, Ravindranath, who

New Delhi, May 29: Believe it or not! It was the most funniest moment in the history of Indian judiciary system! The “wise” counsels of BJP leader Nitin Gadkari created such a funny atmosphere in Delhi court by presenting a faking news item as evidence against AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal. One of the counsels cited a “news story”, which claimed that one of the AAP leaders said the magistrate who

Bangalore, May 29: Karnataka government was mulling to levy tax on extravagant and lavish wedding ceremonies, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister T B Jayachandra said on Thursday. People spending over Rs five lakh for holding marriage ceremonies may be taxed, Jayachandra said. The government is planning to introduce this law by bringing in an amendment to the existing Karnataka Marriages

New Delhi, May 29: Former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein had attracted widespread criticism by building underground bunkers to rescue himself from unexpected bombardment from United States. But, now the new Indian prime minister Narendra Modi is going on to the extent of building a huge underground tunnel to travel from his official residence 7, Race Course Road (7, RCR) to Safdarjung Airport