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Mangalore/Kochi, Jun 28: International Airports in Mangalore and Kochi were put on high alert after Cochin International Airport (CIA) received threatening calls stating that it would be attacked by terrorists with AK-47s, a top airport official said. CIA Director A K C Nair said that the security would remain high and the red alert would continue till Monday. The CIA on Friday evening received

Bantwal, Jun 28: Unable to pay heavy hospital bills, a middle aged endosulfan victim allegedly committed suicide in her house at Alike near Vittal in Bantwal tauluk. The deceased is Kusuma (45), wife of Ramanna Gowda. It is learnt that Kusuma was diagnosed with cancer in 2009, and in 2013 she was identified as a victim of endosulfan. She was reportedly dejected over the rising cost of treating her

Kasaragod, Jun 28: Two students were drowned in a pond at Nellikkata, near Badiadukka, on Friday. The boys, identified as Sadiq and Faris, both 18 and residing in the Churippallam locality, went missing while taking bath in the pond, a senior police officer supervising the rescue operation said. Both the boys were pursuing Plus Two.The incident was reported around 4.30 p.m. The boys could not be

Udupi, Jun 28: BJP leader and former Udupi MLA K Raghupati Bhat has alleged the Udupi City Municipal Council (CMC) of indulging in corruption. Addressing media persons here, Mr. Bhat said that CMC had issued tenders for many works that had already been completed. “Tenders were called again for as many as 174 projects in different parts of Udupi. But in nearly half of these – involving around Rs

Mangalore, Jun 28: Three miscreants waylaid a teenager and assaulted him in Mulihitlu in Mangalore South police station limits on Friday. The victim is 18-year-old Karthik, a resident of Mulihitlu. One of the accused has been identified as Vikky. According to police Karthik was returning home on his motorcycle with his brother Kaushik on the pillion. Around 8 a.m. Vikky and two others reportedly

Bangalore, Jun 28: Lokayukta officials on Friday conducted simultaneous raids at houses and offices of seven government officials across the State, including a 1988 batch Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer, and unearthed assets disproportionate to their known source of income to the tune of over Rs. 7 crore. The officials have also booked cases against the officials under the provisions of the

Udupi, Jun 28: A teenage girl allegedly committed suicide at Kadtala village coming under Ajekar police station limits in Udupi district. It is learnt that she took this extreme step because her mother scolded her. The police said Harinakshi (18), a student of II PUC, quarrelled with her mother on Thursday. Though she slept at home, she was missing in the morning. She was found hanging on a tree

Bangalore, Jun 28: The government has appointed former bureaucrat Meera C. Saksena as acting chairperson of the Karnataka State Human Rights Commission. The notification issued on June 23 says she will be acting chairperson “until further orders”. The process of appointing a chairperson for the commission has been hanging fire for nearly two years now, ever since S.R. Nayak demitted office in July

Rajkot, Jun 28: A private complaint was on Friday filed in the magistrate's court here seeking registration of a case against Shankaracharya of Dwarkapeeth Swaroopanad Saraswati for allegedly hurting the religious sentiments with his reported remarks against Saibaba, the 19th century saint from Shirdi. "Bimal Gandhi has filed an application in Chief Judicial Magistrate's Court seeking registration

Bangalore, Jun 27: President Pranab Mukherjee has given Tamil Nadu Governor K Rosaiah the additional charge of Karnataka, in addition to his own duties. Karnataka Governor HR Bharadwaj is to retire on Saturday. Hence, Rosaiah has been entrusted the charge of the additional state. In addition to Bhardwaj, Tripura Governor Devanand Konwar will also retire on Saturday. Mizoram Governor Vakkom B