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Mangalore, Jul 2: The new office of Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel was inaugurated on Thursday in the deputy commissioner's office complex, in the presence of Deputy Commissioner A B Ibrahim. BJP district president Pratap Simha Nayak, former minister Krishna J Palemar, former MLA Yogish Bhat and others were also present on the occasion. Speaking on the occasion, Mr Kateel said that his

Mangalore, Jul 3: The two doctors of Mangalore Nursing Home, who were accused of leaving behind the artery forceps in the pelvic area of a woman after operating on her more than four years ago, have secured anticipatory bail from a local court. Mangalore East Police Station has registered case of medical negligence against Dr Poornima Nair and Dr Rohan Gatti based on the complaint of victim Umm-ul

Bangalore, Jul 3: After allegedly committing 21 murders in Maharashtra, Chandrakant S Sharma migrated to Bangalore where he killed his next victim, helped by his wife and two sons. This killing landed the family in jail in just three days. Sharma, though, is unlikely to be convicted for the earlier murders, for the Maharashtra police have closed all the 21 murder cases. Sharma, 54, his wife Harsha

Manipal, Jul 3: Residents of Manchikere are still apprehensive over the widening of the 90-metre long fissure in the earth that surfaced in Yembattu Badagabettu gram panchayat in Manipal two months ago. Most localities in the area are anxious over the possibility of its widening further. Over the last week, the widening of the fissure has caused alarm for the local residents here. While earlier

Bangalore, Jul 3: Minister for Health and Family Welfare U T Khader on Wednesday promised to look into the demands of government doctors, essentially for a pay hike and to initiate steps to punish those who attack them while on duty citing medical negligence, under the Karnataka Prohibition of Violence against Medicare Service Personnel and Damage to Property in Medicare Services Institutions Act

Beijing, Jul 3: China has ordered schools and government offices in the northwest Xinjiang region to ban fasting during the ongoing holy month of Ramadan. China's ruling Communist party is officially atheist, and for years has restricted fasting in Xinjiang, home to the mostly Muslim Uighur minority. The ban orders are being issued through websites of schools and government agencies in the region

Bangalore, Jul 3: Two police constables were allegedly assaulted by a Congress MLA and his associates at a bar in the upmarket UB?City in the early hours of Wednesday when the policemen took objection to a party that was continuing past midnight. According to a complaint filed with the police, Vijayanand Kashappanavar (42), MLA from Hungund constituency in Bagalkot district, and his aides

New Delhi, Jul 3: BJP general secretary Amit Shah, who piloted the BJP to victory in the politically-critical state of Uttar Pradesh in the general elections, has been accorded Z-Plus category security. The Union Home Ministry, after reviewing the “threat perception” to the senior BJP leader, a close aide of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, decided to add his name to the list of VIPs who have been

Bangalore, Jul 3: The government on Wednesday put on hold a hike in LPG prices in states including Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Kerala, where an increase in local levies had led to a rise in fuel rates. The increase in state levies such as entry tax and octroi led to prices of domestic LPG rising in Kerala by Rs 4.50 per cylinder, Rs 3 in Karnataka, Rs 5.50 in Madhya Pradesh and Re 1 per cylinder

Mangalore, Jul 3: With arrest of three youth hailing from three different villages in Dakshina Kannada, Mangalore City Police has busted a major cattle theft ring in the coastal district. Arrested by the sleuths from Bajpe Police Station, the accused have been identified as Mohammed Ashfaq alias Badavara Bandhu ' (25) from Jokatte in Mangalore taluk, Nisar (25) from Neerpade in Bantwal taluk and