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Mangalore, Jun 26: Four persons were arrested by the Customs officers at Mangalore International Airport at Kenjar here on Wednesday for allegedly carrying foreign currency that was in the illicit possession of and in excess of permissible limits from an air passenger. The currencies were seized from four air passengers- Nasir Kappil Abdulla, Abdulla Kunhi, Abdul Gabbar, and Khalid Hassainer

Dubai, Jun 26: Sixteen Indian crew members of a cargo ship have been stranded for almost a year aboard an empty vessel anchored off a port here as they do not have visas and the ship's documents have also expired, according to a media report. The ship 'Maharishi Devatreya' has been anchored 12 miles from Rashid Port here. Aninda Sengupta, who joined the ship as a captain in November 2013, said the

Abu Dhabi, June 26: Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, in his capacity as ruler of Dubai, has ordered the release of 892 Emirati and expatriate inmates from Dubai's correctional and punitive establishments on the occasion of the Holy Month of Ramadan. Dubai Attorney-General Essam Eisa Al Humaidan said Dubai

Bangalore, Jun 26: The privilege committee of the Legislative Council has indicted Minister for Minority Welfare and Wakf, Qamar-ul-Islam, for breach of privilege in his written reply on the wakf property scam. The committee has left it to the discretion of the Council to take action against him. The committee 's chairman, MLC?G Madhusudhan of the BJP, on Wednesday tabled the report which states

Kasargod, Jun 26: K K Geetha, Associate Professor in the Department of Statistics at Nehru Arts and Science College, Kanhangad, allegedly committed suicide by jumping in front of a train at Hosangadii, between Manjeswaram and Uppala stations, on Wednesday. The badly mutilated body of the 52-year-old Geetha was found under a railway bridge in the afternoon, P. Pramod, sub-inspector, Manjeshwaram

Bangalore, June 26: Ivan D 'souza and three newly nominated members of Legislative Council were on Wednesday sworn in by the Chairman of the council. Former opposition leader in Council and Congress leader V S Ugrappa, former party MP Iqbal Ahmed Saradagi, Davangere district Congress president Abdul Jabbar, AICC secretary Ivan D'Souza and actor Jayamala were nominated to the Legislative Council on

Mumbai, Jun 26: With an eye on assembly elections after severe drubbing in Lok Sabha polls, the Congress-NCP government today approved 16 per cent reservation for Marathas and five per cent for Muslims in government jobs and education institutions. With the additional 21 per cent quotas for the politically influential Maratha community and Muslims cleared by the Cabinet today, reservation in jobs

Noida, June 25: Nine-year-old Amaar Asif was suffering from end-stage kidney and liver disease. When his parents, who own a small shop in Lahore, came to know about this rare disease, they were shattered. There is no treatment available for it in Pakistan. They consulted hospitals in Singapore, China and the US, as also in London. The cost of treatment was beyond their reach. Finally, with the

Udupi, Jun 25: Cadres from the Youth Congress staged a rail roko on Wednesday in Udupi demanding that the Centre roll back the rail fare hike immediately. The Union Railway Minister had announced that the rail fare hike would come into force from Wednesday. The agitators stopped the Rajadhani Express train for more than half an hour at Indrali railway station. Condemning the sudden hike, the Youth

Mangalore, Jun 25: A pre-university college student was found dead under mysterious circumstances in her hostel room on Wednesday at Valachil, here. It is believed that Mahima (17), daughter of Rajendra and Nitya couple from Kollegal in Chamarajanagar committed might have committed suicide as she was found hanging. It is learnt that the deceased had admitted to the PUC at prestigious Expert PU