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Bangalore, Jul 2: Karnataka home minister K J George said that he was aware that underworld gangsters were making threat calls to businessmen and influential people, especially in coastal cities of Mangalore and Udupi. In his reply to a query by Karkala BJP MLA V?Sunil Kumar, the minister conceded that gangs making extortion bids had increased. Mr George said gangsters looked for publicity so that

Bangalore, Jul 2: Karnataka home minister K J George revealed that as many as 37 passports are found to have been procured by submitting fake documents in Mangalore, Udupi and other parts of the state. In a written reply to B?N Vijayakumar of the BJP, the minister provided details of all the 37 cases and the people involved. Cases have been booked against 76 people in this regard, he said. The

Mangalore, Jul 2: A major fire broke out in Karangalpady area on Monday night gutting a scrap dealer 's shop. The shop belonged to one Ibrahim Salim from Ullal in Mangalore taluk. Though, no casualty was reported in the accident but two adjacent houses were partially damaged. The fire was so huge that smoke from it covered a large part of the locality. Fire tenders were rushed to douse the flames

Mangalore, Jul 2: Mangalore International Airport has proposed to carry out Haj operations this year. First phase of Haj operations will commence on August 27 and end on September 1. As per the flight schedule, Air India Express flights will commence operations from Mangalore airport to Madinah daily at 3.15pm. Second phase of operations will commence on October 10 and conclude on October 14

Bangalore, Jul 1: Swedish Ambassador to India Harold Sandberg today invited Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to visit his country to study various systems including disposal of solid waste using sophisticated technologies. Siddaramaiah said the Ambassador invited to him for a visit from August 17 to 21 but the government would take a decision on the matter soon. The garbage disposal problem

Mangalore, Jul 1: With the proposed Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Bill, 2014 to be tabled soon in the Parliament, Child Line, in collaboration with others, will send in their recommendations and suggestions to the provisions in the newly-drafted Bill to incorporate them into the Bill before it is tabled. Giving an overview of the proposed bill and placing her observations

Aligarh, Jul 1: An Aligarh-based Muslim body has written a letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi expressing dismay over AK Anotony's remarks that some sections of society have an impression that the party is inclined to minority communities. Millat Bedari Muhim Committee (MBMC), which had supported the Congress during Lok Sabha polls, said that Muslims can do without "pseudo appeasement and

New Delhi, Jul 1: Chief Justice of India RM Lodha has hit out at Narendra Modi government for rejecting the candidature of former solicitor general Gopal Subramanium as SC judge. "Independence of judiciary will never be compromised," the CJI said reacting strongly to Gopal Subramanium controversy. The move to segregate Gopal Subramanium's name was "done by the executive without my knowledge and

Mangalore, Jul 1: The suicide of an employ of Mangalore City Corporation has once again exposed the horrible condition of the low-wage workers of civic body. 40-year-old-Yashwant, who had dedicated almost 15 years of his life to serve MCC, on Monday ended his life by hanging himself. The incident came to light on Tuesday morning. He was a worker in the water supply department of MCC and was in

Panaji, Jul 1: Goa's Public Works Department Minister Sudin Dhavalikar wants to ban young girls from wearing short skirts to nightclubs of Goa. "Young girls wearing short skirts in nightclubs are a threat to the Goan culture," Dhavalikar told reporters on the sidelines of an inauguration function in Panaji late Monday. "This habit of young girls wearing short dresses everywhere does not fit the