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Dubai, Jun 1: An Indian expatriate in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Sunday was jailed for three months for molesting a female co-worker in an elevator at their workplace, a media report said. The Indian man, who worked as a financial analyst and identified only as K K, 40, was convicted of indecently groping a 27-year-old fellow Indian woman in an office elevator in November last year by the

Mangalore, Jun 1: As part of World Milk Day celebration, the Dakshina Kannada Cooperative Milk Producers ' Union Limited (DKMUL) organised Nandini Sihi Utsava (Nandini sweet festival) and felicitation of achieving Nandini milk dealers in the district at Kulshekar on Sunday. On the occasion, around 50 Nandini product dealers who had the highest rate of sales during 2013-14 were honoured with

Mangalore, Jun 1: A speeding lorry plunged off a bridge and landed in riverside gorge at Kulur on the outskirts of the city, injuring two persons and incurring heavy losses. The incident took place on Sunday morning at around 7 a.m. when the onion-laden goods lorry was plying towards Mangalore. The lorry was carrying onions worth Rs 3.5 lakh. According to sources, the driver swerved towards the

New Delhi, Jun 1: Press Council Chairperson Justice Markandey Katju has kicked off a debate saying Muslims should support the demand for a Uniform Civil Code. He claimed that one of the reasons for the backwardness of Muslims is that there has been no modernisation of their personal law. Katju said, "There should be a uniform civil code. Vote bank politics is the reason that it wasn't made earlier

New Delhi, Jun 1: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has effected major changes in norms of civil services examination like granting aspiring candidates two additional attempts and consequential age relaxations from this year onwards. "Every candidate appearing for the examination, who is otherwise eligible, shall be permitted six attempts (two more than earlier four)," said a notification

Mangalore, Jun 1: Dakshina Kannada Khazi Thwaka Ahmed Musliyar inaugurated two newly constructed houses in remote villages of the coastal district by Talent Research Foundation, Mangalore. The houses were built for two poor homeless families - Mrs Pathunhi of Rajagudde in Mangalore taluk and Mrs Athijamma of Aladi in Bantwal taluk, Speaking on the occasion Khazi said that the act of giving

Udupi, Jun 1: A world class swimming pool would be constructed soon in Udupi to encourage swimmers in the coastal district, said Abhayachandra Jain, Minister for Youth Services and Sports. Speaking after inaugurating the renovated district shuttle badminton court at the district indoor stadium here, Mr. Jain said the wooden flooring of the badminton court had given way within a couple of years due

New Delhi, Jun 1: The BJP top brass has given the green signal to field B Y Raghavendra from Shikaripura Assembly seat, which was vacated by former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa after getting elected to the Lok Sabha from Shimoga During Yeddyurappa 's recent meeting with party national president Rajnath Singh, the latter agreed to field Raghavendra as the BJP candidate. Though the bypoll for the

Riyadh, Jun 1: The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) has pulled out a random selection of Cadbury chocolate bars from the market to test for traces of porcine DNA following reports that surfaced from Malaysia stating that some locally produced Cadbury milk bars were found to contain pork derivatives. An SFDA statement said that a periodic check for non-halal ingredients in food products by the

Bangalore, Jun 1: The State unit of the Congress is planning to make a Christian, a Kannada actor and a Kannada writer members of the Legislative Council. Christian leaders were unhappy with the party not giving a ticket to the community to contest the parliamentary elections in the State. Hence, the State party wants to pacify the community by making one of its leaders an MLC. Names of Nivedit