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Mysore, Dec 11: Tens of thousands of people today bade an emotional farewell to the last scion of the erstwhile Mysore royal family Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wodeyar, as his mortal remains were consigned to the flames here with full state honours. The last rites were performed as per royal traditions by Chaduranga Kantaraj Urs, nephew of Wodeyar, who lit the pyre. Thousands of people lined up

Riyadh, Dec 11: Saudi Arabian authorities have issued notice to schools that expatriate students cannot be barred from sitting for examinations and their certificates cannot be blocked on the ground that their iqamas - residency permits for expatriate in Saudi Arabia - have expired. The country's ministry of education has issued this directive in the wake of increasing number of complaints from

Mangalore, Dec 11: SDPI Dakshina Kannada district unit president Akbar Ali said that collection of toll from vehicles passing through the toll booth at Brahmarakotlu on National Highway 73 in Bantwal taluk was illegal without the completion of works and urged that the toll collection should be stopped until the pending works on the NH 73 were completed. Speaking at a press conference here on

Kasargod, Dec 11: Three youths were crushed to death by a speeding lorry after they met with an accident on national highway at Bandiyod Mallangai here on Tuesday late night. The deceased have been identified as Althaf, Irshad and Raishad, the three friends from Kayyur Merkala. All three were 19-year-old and they were employed in different towns. The tragedy occurred when the trio was returning

Mangalore, Dec 11: The Central Arecanut and Cocoa Marketing and Processing Cooperative (Campco) will take all the necessary action to protect the interests of arecanut growers in the state, amidst the proposal to ban arecanut, said president of the multi-state co-operative Konkodi Padmanabha. Addressing reporters at a press conference here on Wednesday, he said that the co-operative had several

Mangalore, Dec 11: The platinum jubilee finale of Raknno, a Konkani weekly will be held here on December 15. The highlight of the finale will be conferring of Raknno Platinum Sahitya Puraskar to Fr Mark Valder, former editor of Raknno. The award carries Rs 50,000 cash, a shawl, a citation and a memento. Most Rev Aloysius Paul D'Souza, Bishop of Mangalore will be the main celebrant at the

Karkala Dec 11: Two Christian women were briefly taken into custody on Tuesday by Karkala police for allegedly trying to convert poor Hindu families to Christianity at Kumbalpady of Nitte village near here. It is learnt that Rajani and Chitra had been propagating Christianity in the village by distributing booklets and pamphlets. The duo had reportedly tried persuade a poor Hindu family to accept

Mangalore, Dec 11: The Popular Front of India (PFI) is responsible for the recent attack on a journalist at Vittla on the outskirts of the city, said Dakshina Kannada unit of People's Union for Civil Liberties. The PUCL was in possession of an audio recording in which an attacker claims to be a member of the PFI, said the fact-finding committee of the PUCL, consisting of its president P.B. D'sa

Bangalore, Dec 11: Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister T.B. Jayachandra has said that the Karnataka State Human Rights Commission (KSHRC) will have a new chairperson on December 17. He announced this here on Tuesday after a group of human rights and Right to Information activists staged a protest against the post lying vacant for long (nearly 18 months), as the Minister got up to speak at a

New Delhi, Dec 11: In a jolt to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgenders and gay rights activists, the Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the constitutional validity of the penal provision making gay sex an offence punishable with upto life imprisonment. A bench of justices G.S. Singhvi and S.J. Mukhopadhaya set aside the Delhi High Court's verdict which had in 2009 decriminalised gay sex among