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Bangalore, Jul 26: The State government has plans to expand the Mangalore airport. Apart from a new terminal, the proposal is to extend the runway by one kilometre and the process of land acquisition for the same is under way, R Roshan Baig, Minister for Infrastructure Development, Information and Haj informed the Legislative Council on Friday. Replying to a question raised by Congress member Ivan

Bangalore, Jul 26: Illegal denotification reared its ugly head again as the Opposition BJP alleged in the Assembly on Friday that the Siddaramaiah government had denotified 541 acres of valuable land meant for Bangalore Development Authority's Arkavathy layout. Leader of the Opposition Jagadish Shettar alleged that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had given the green signal for issuing denotification

Gandhinagar, Jul 26: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) — the country's apex auditing agency — has slammed the Gujarat government in its five different reports, for severe mismanagement of the state's financial resources. The reports highlight irregularities amounting to more than Rs 25,000 crore, which includes what the CAG says was around Rs 1,500 crore in undue benefits to certain

Mangalore, Jul 26: In yet another case of hate crime, two youth assaulted a Kasargod boy for allegedly being with his two female friends belonging different community. 22-year-old Umar Farooq arrived at the Mangalore bus stand along with his classmates. All three went shopping on K S Rao Road. Near the Sharavu Temple, the boy asked a few persons for directions to a nearby beach. After telling the

Gaza, Jul 25: In the first shooting on Friday in Hawara, near Nablus, an Israeli settler shot dead an 18-year-old and injured three other Palestinians, sources told Al Jazeera. Two hours later at the same protest Israeli soldiers open fire, killing a 22-year-old. Two other Palestinians were shot dead by Israeli solders during a protest in Beit Ummar, near Hebron. One of those killed reportely

New Delhi, Jul 25: Indian tennis star Sania Mirza on Friday broke down during an interview following the controversial remark by Telangana BJP leader K Laxman describing her as "non-local" and "daughter-in-law" of Pakistan. "I was really sad yesterday. It is really upsetting for me. I don't know if it happens in any other country. I don't know how many times I will have to justify my Indianess

Mangalore, Jul 25: The 18th annual Independence Cup football tournament organised by Dakshina Kannada District Football Association will kick off at Nehru Maidan in the city on July 30, said president of the association D M Aslam. Announcing this at a press conference here on Friday, he said that the annual football tournament would be inaugurated by Mayor of Mangalore City Corporation Mahabala

Kochi, Jul 25: Shiju Thomas, who was held in a Abu Dhabi prison after drugs were found in his baggage, said he never thought he 'would walk out free' after being released Thursday. Thomas, 29, who hails from here, is ecstatic after he walked out of the prison and he thought he was dreaming. 'Believe me I never ever thought I would walk out free,' Thomas said from Abu Dhabi. He said it was around 4

Mangalore, Jul 25: Along with concretisation of the city roads, it is important to increase the green cover in the city. With this goal in mind, Mangalore City Corporation had launched the Green Mangalore' initiative, said Mayor Mahabala Marla. Speaking at the inauguration of Vanamahotsava' programme jointly organised by Dakshina Kannada Working Journalists Union, Mangalore Press Club and Forest

Mangalore, Jul 25: Tragically, dozens of students studying in the Government Women's First Grade College, Balmatta were barred from entering their classes on Friday, for having reportedly participated in a protest organised by Students Federation of India (SFI) a day earlier in the city. When the students arrived to college to attend their classes on Friday morning, they were barred from entering