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Chennai, Jun 8: The trend of celebrities embracing Islam has continued in Tamil Nadu, with another prominent Tamil actor becoming a Muslim. Actor Jai, who has reportedly been following Islam for few months, was seen praying in a Masjid in the city on Friday. The development comes after two well-known Tamil celebrities- music director Yuvan Shanker Raja and actress Monkia-publicly announced their

Kasargod, Jun 8: A youth was robbed of Rs.5 lakh by a four-member gang after spraying chilly powder on his face at Bevinja under the Vidyanagar police station limits, near here. The incident occurred around 6.30 a.m. when C.H. Abdul Jaleel (40), travelling in a motorcycle, was waylaid by the gang after alighting from a car. They robbed him of the amount by spraying chilly powder on his face. The

Bangalore, Jun 8: Aijaz Ahmed Mirza, the former junior research fellow at the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in Bangalore who was arrested along with a dozen Muslim youth in August 2012 on the charges of plotting to assassinate radical Hindutva politicians and journalists in Karnataka and elsewhere, has been given a clean chit by the National?Investigation Agency (NIA). The

Udupi, Jun 8: Actor Anant Nag and writer and lyricist Jayant Kaikini received the Distinguished Achievement Awards for Outstanding Konkanis, instituted by the Dr T M A Pai Foundation here on Saturday. Writer Surya Ashok from Kochi received the Dr T M A Pai Best Konkani Book Award for her travelogue “Ananya Kenya” on the occasion. Speaking after receiving the award, Mr Nag said that Konkani was one

Bangalore, Jun 8: The BJP and JD(S) have decided to continue their poll-alliance during the looming Legislative Council election too. BJP leader and businessman D U?Mallikarjun, who filed his papers as an Independent for the Council elections from the Assembly on Saturday, is likely to get the support of the BJP and JD(S). Mallikarjun had unsuccessfully contested as a BJP candidate from the

Bangalore, June 8: The Karnataka state unit of Bharatiya Janata Party is learnt to have recommended the names of former minister D?B?Chandre Gowda and Rajya Sabha member Rama Jois to the central leadership for appointment to the posts of governors. According to party sources, detailed bio-data of the two leaders have been forwarded to the central leadership. Jois has already served as Governor of

Bangalore, Jun 7: A woman IT professional from Jharkhand was allegedly raped on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday in Electronics City police station limits here. "Yes. We have received a complaint. A Jharkhand IT employee was raped at her PG (paying guest accommodation) on the intervening night between Thursday and Friday at about 3 AM," said Additional Commissioner of Police (Law and

New Delhi, June 7: Prominent citizens and civil society activists today questioned the "silence" of the Prime Minister's office on recent "blatant" attacks on free speech of writers and academicians and demanded that these constitututional rights be protected. The citizens in a joint statement said that in the last fortnight there had been a "resurgence" of attacks to curb the right to free speech

Bangalore, Jun 7: The Centre has no proposal to constitute the Cauvery Management Board, which Tamil Nadu is pressing for but is being opposed by Karnataka, Union Chemicals and Fertiliser Minister Ananth Kumar said today. "Today morning I have spoken to Union Water Resource Minister Sadvi Uma Bharti, there is no such proposal in the Water Resource Department," Kumar told reporters here in the wake

Mangalore, Jun 7: Upa Lokayukta Justice Subash B Adi reviewed a number of petitions received from people in a public hearing and disposal of complaints organised by the Karnataka Lokayukta at Town Hall here on Saturday. The grievances received by the Upa Lokayukta in Dakshina Kannada were pertaining to revenue departments, police inefficiency, irregularities in Mangalore Electricity Supply Company