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Mangalore, Jun 17: In a shocking incident, a youth died after falling at newly inaugurated Forum Fiza Mall in Mangalore. The deceased has been identified as Sultan Mirza (22), son of Ansari, hailing from Assam. He was working as a labourer in Mangalore. The tragedy took place on Monday when Mirza was working on third floor of the mall. Eye witnesses said that five people including Mirza were

Mangalore, Jun 17: Amidst high security, violence continued to rock district sub jail in Mangalore. On Tuesday two under-trials who had formed gangs of their own in the prison, reportedly got into fight. A least two under-trials injured in the fresh brawl, sources said. One of the injured identified as Shailesh (45) was rushed to District Wenlock Hospital after the incident. It could be recalled

Hyderabad, Jun 17: The Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) has urged India and other members of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) to agree on a uniform wage policy for the low income migrants working in the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. A large number of expatriates from India and other SAARC countries are working in GCC countries of Bahrain , Kuwait, Oman

Kasargod, Jun 17: Three men have been nabbed by Kasargod police in connection with a robbery case where the accused robbed a man of Rs 5 lakh by blinding him with chilli powder. The three apprehended have been identified as Sameer (27) from Kalikkadav, Sirajjudin (36) from Charladka and Abdul Hakeem (23) from Nalamail in Kasargod district. According to the complaint, the trio had arrived in a four

Mandya, Jun 17: Brushing aside the media reports that she had complained to the Congress high command against several local leaders of the party, former Lok Sabha Member Ramya said that she loved the people of her constituency. Ms. Ramya, who lost the MP seat to her nearest opponent C.S. Puttaraju of Janata Dal (Secular) recently, was given a warm felicitation by her fans and Congress leaders at

Thimphu, Jun 17: People of Bhutan do not clap as a congratulatory gesture as they believe that clapping is done only to ward off evil spirits. But they made an exception for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modiwho gave a speech at the joint session of Bhutanese parliament. As Mr Modi finished his speech, delivered in Hindi, which the members of parliament including the Bhutanese prime minister

Mangalore, Jun 17: Domestic workers under the banner of Domestic Workers ' Rights Union took out a rally in Mangalore on Monday to mark International Domestic Workers ' Day. Several women, most of whom work as domestic helps in Mangalore highlighted their problems such as job insecurity, less pay and dignity in service. They demanded the deputy commissioner A B Ibrahim to implement minimum wage

Bangalore, Jun 17: Newly-appointed Karnataka Planning Board Deputy Chairman C M Ibrahim said he is hopeful of getting benefits to the state from the central government as he was “close” to the Union Ministers. “This time Karnataka is very powerful at the Centre. Narendra Modi is the Prime Minister. Arun Jaitley, who is Union Finance Minister, is my close friend. Ananth Kumar is at the front and D

New Delhi, Jun 17: The economy does not seem to be swaying to the Modi government 's “achhe din” tune, as the latest official figures indicate that the prices of essential commodities and food items have risen the sharpest in the last five months. The wholesale price inflation in May touched 6.01 per cent as against 5.3 per cent in the previous month, negating the positive trend depicted by

Mangalore, Jun 16: Minister for Primary and Secondary education Kimmane Rathnakar said that the state government would discuss on the feasibility of changing the norms for educational institutions to qualify themselves as minority institutions for the implementation of Right to Education (RTE) Act in primary education, before finalising it. During his visit to the coastal town on Monday, Mr