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New Delhi, Jul 12: As many as 11,000 files were destroyed as per Prime Minister Narendra Modi's orders to weed out files and papers but none of these related to the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said. Singh said this in a suo motu statement in Rajya Sabha two days after CPI-M MP P Rajeev alleged on the basis of media reports that 1.5 lakh files including those

Kasargod, Jul 12: Four members of a criminal gang, who were suspected to have hatched a conspiracy to kill the accused in the infamous Balige Azeez murder case, were arrested on Friday. Abdul Majeed alias Balige Majeed (30), and Aboobaker Siddique alias Balige Siddique (29), brothers of the slain Balige Azeez; K.A. Ashraf (28) and K. Gopala (30); all hailing from Manjeshwaram, were arrested by a

Mangalore, Jul 11: A murder accused was brutally hacked to death in broad day light on Friday at Moodushedde near Pilikula on the outskirts of the city. The police identified the deceased as Bharat alias Prabhu, who was an accused in several criminal cases including a murder case. Police sources said that Prabhu was attacked by two assailants who came on a motorbike. It is said that the motorbike

Gaza/Jerusalem, Jul 11: Israeli jets bombed the Gaza Strip for the fourth day today killing 10 Palestinians as the death toll rose to 100 on a day when the Jewish state was targeted for the first time by rocket attacks from Lebanon since the military offensive began. Ten Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes today, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said. Five Palestinians were killed and

Mangalore, Jul 11: Team of doctors at Indiana Hospital & Heart Institute, Mangalore gave a new lease of life to a 30 day old child weighing 3 kgs by performing a rare heart surgery first time in Mangalore. According to a press release issued by the hospital, parents of this child hailing from Kasaragod, Kerala approached Dr. Ali Kumble, Chief Consultant Paediatrician for breathing difficulty and

New Delhi, Jul 11: The Supreme Court on Friday granted a one-month conditional bail on health grounds to Kerala-based PDP leader Abdul Nasser Ma'adani, a key accused in the 2008 Bangalore serial blasts case. An apex court bench headed by Justice J Chelameswar said that during his one-month bail, Ma'adani will not leave the city of Bangalore throughout the bail period and the Karnataka government

Udupi, Jul 11: A 26-year-old youth lost his life when after a private bus hit down the two wheeler on which he riding and ran over her on Friday. Shashank, the only son of Mahesh and Sumathi Poojary, resident of Arasikatte in Bantakal in the district was returning after dropping his mother for a function. He was riding behind Udupi-Shirva Lobo Travels which halted to take in passengers. He was hit

Mangalore/Belthangady, Jul 11: Even as the hunting and collecting of bull frogs in the neighbouring state of Goa comes across as strange or bizarre to the people in Karnataka, more shocking is the low-profile and illegal sale of frogs through the black market in Dakshina Kannada! Bull frog legs are considered a prized delicacy in Goa, and during heavy rains villagers would often collect in large

Bangalore, Jul 11: At almost Rs 10,000 per rat, the BBMP has probably paid the steepest price to its 'Piper' (companies chosen through e-procurement) to get rid of pesky rodents. Armed with an RTI reply, Yediyur corporator N R Ramesh stunned the BBMP Council when he said the Palike had spent Rs 2 lakh in six months to catch rats at the Palike head office in NR square and IPP building in

Udupi, Jul 11: Two linemen attached to Mangalore Electricity Supply Company Ltd. (MESCOM) were arrested on Thursday on the charge of attempting to rape a minor girl at Padubidri. Surendra Devadiga from Nandikur and Raviraj from Brahamavar are the arrested who allegedly molested a 15-year-old girl when she was passing by from where they were attending a faulty electric pole. The duo misbehaved and