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Panaji, July 26: Ministers dreaming about a "Hindu nation" should be taken to task by the government and have no place in India, according to Fr. Maverick Fernandes, head of the Goa Church's charitable wing. Fernandes, who on several occasions has been the voice of the powerful Roman Catholic Church in Goa, also said that comments like those by Co-operation Minister Deepak Dhavalikar and Deputy

Abu Dhabi, Jul 26: The General Directorates of Residency and Foreigners Affairs at the Ministry of Interior says all technical and services preparations have been made to launch a new visa and fees system to be applied at the beginning of August. The changes are in line with the Cabinet decision No 22 for 2014, regarding the regulation and development of the naturalization, residency and

Mangalore, Jul 26: Tributes were paid to martyrs of Kargil War and veteran soldiers were felicitated in a programme to mark Kargil Vijaya Divas jointly organised by Dakshina Kannada Ex-Servicemen Association in association with Centre for Integrated Learning (CIL) and Lions Club Mangalore on Saturday. Retired Air Vice Marshal Ramesh Karnik, ex-army officers Harish Kumar and Bhagwan Shetty and ex

Mangalore, Jul 26: Due to the concretisation of a 26-km stretch from Gundia (Dakshina Kannada) to Maranahalli (Hassan), the Shiradi Ghat road on the Mangalore-Bangalore stretch will remain closed for six months from December 1. Announcing this at a district-level meeting on Shiradi Ghat development here on Friday, executive engineer C Nataraj said that the 26-kn stretch would be concretised at a

Mangalore, Jul 26: The bail application of three accused in the murder case of Bajrang Dal activist Rajesh Poojary were rejected for the second time by the district court during CID investigation in the case. The accused Hussain, Imran and Irshad from Mallur village were denied bail due to the objection filed by CID investigating officers. Following charges that the police had arrested three

Bhubaneswar, Jul 26: A 15-year-old girl in Odisha set herself on fire after her parents said they couldn't pay her school fee, a family member said. An official Saturday termed it as an accident. The incident took place in Khutuguda village in Nabarangapur district, about 700 kms from here, Thursday. Kanak Dei Bhatra, a class 10 student, requested her parents to give around Rs.200 for school fee

New Delhi, Jul 26: Tomato prices have soared up to Rs 80 per kg in some parts of the country after a substantial drop in supply from key producing states. The average price of tomato, monitored by the Consumer Affairs Department, in 59 cities, however, stood at Rs 60 per kg. The vegetable is selling at Rs 80 per kg in Gurgaon and Port Blair. Tomato is available at Rs 75 per kg in Patna and Indore

Washington, Jul 26: Indian-American Sampat Shivangi, a 1962-batch alumnus of Kasturba Medical College (KMC), Manipal, has been appointed as the chairman of the Mississippi Board of Mental Health, making him the first Asian to occupy the top health post in the southern American state. Shivangi last week assumed the office of chair of the Board of Mental Health which is the second largest state

Bangalore, Jul 26: R Roshan Baig, Minister for Infrastructure Development, Information and Haj informed the Legislative Council on Friday that a delegation would meet Minister of State for Civil Aviation G M Siddeshwar and discuss the restoration of Mangalore-Kuwait direct flights. He was replying to newly appointed MLC Ivan D'Souza who pointed out that Air India's direct flight from Mangalore to

Mumbai, Jul 26: Muslims in Mumbai are protesting Israel's military operation in Gaza and look who's feeling the heat — Foreign food and drink companies such as PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, Nestle and Kraft. Hotels in Muslim-dominated Bhendi Bazaar area, for instance, such as the Shalimar Hotel, have put up a list of brands that won't be served. Other eateries in the area, too, have stopped selling soft