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Mangalore, Sep 26: The suspected Maoist Horale Saroja (30) from Horale in Koppa taluk in Chikmagalur district who was arrested in 2008 was acquitted by the District and Sessions Court. District and Sessions Court Justice B M Angadi issued the verdict acquitting Saroja declaring that the prosecution has failed to prove the charges against the accused. Saroja Counsel Shantharam Shetty said Horale

Puttur, Sep 26: A kidnap bid of a married woman was foiled at Aramboor in Sullia taluk on Wednesday. A 19-year-old Noushida, wife of Abdul Khadar from Madavu in Puttur taluk was returning home from her tailoring shop at Madavu when three unidentified miscreants abducted her in a blue colored Scorpio car sources in Puttur rural police station said. The victim managed to escape when the abductors

Bangalore, Sept 26: The Centre for e-governance of the State government is likely to defer its plans to scale up Aadhaar enrolment in the State, following the Supreme Court (SC) direction not to make unique identity (UID) numbers mandatory for citizens to get government services, including various subsidy schemes. With the oil ministry's recent decision to extend Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT)

Mangalore, Sep 25: Officers of the department of customs detected a case of illegal transshipment of six gold biscuits weighing 1.5 kg from a passenger at Mangalore International Airport (MIA), Kenjar here on Wednesday. The passenger identified as Abdul Rahman, a resident of Kasargod flew from Dubai to Mangalore in Jet Airways The contraband valued at Rs 45.55 lakhs was cleverly concealed in a fan

Mangalore, Sep 25:'Parnd Pelakayi'- a collection of Tulu poems and'Maale Pataki'- a collection of Tulu proverbs, written by advocate Shashiraj Rao Kavoor were released at a programme organised by Rangasangati, Mangalore at Ravindra Kala Bhavan here on Wednesday. Parnd Pelakayi, (banana jackfruit) was released by litterateur and critic Dr B A Vivek Rai in a unique way by cutting open a jackfruit

Moodbidri, Sep 25: Atmosphere turned tense for some time in Moodbidri after a fight between renowned advocate Shanti Prasad Hegde and a student turned violent. Shanti Prasad Hegde is the younger brother of State Bar Council vice president P P Hegde. It is said that at 2 p.m., Mr Hegde was traveling along with his daughter in his car. The car hit Tasir Ahmed (20), a student when Mr Hegde was

Mangalore, Sep 25: Members of Dakshina Kannada unit of the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) on Monday carried out demonstration in front of Deputy Commissioner's office, Mangalore urging the state and central government to speed up the process to set up University named after in Tipu Sultan. Providing scholarship for students of minority community and elimination of minister for higher education

Mangalore, Sep 25: Volvo Group, one of the leading providers of commercial transport solutions, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, (NITK, Surathkal) in India. The mutually beneficial partnership is a part of the Volvo Group's Academic Partner Program (APP), a global initiative that provides students an opportunity to gain

Mangalore, Sep 25: Three students trained at Centre For Advanced Learning (CFAL), Kuntikan, Mangalore have successfully cleared the National Talent Search Examination (NTSE 2012-13) and have thus become three of the 64 students selected from Karnataka. Addressing mediapersons at a press meet in MangaloreSeverine Rosario, Principal of the centre said that Adarsh Somayaji of Canara High School Urva

Bangalore, Sep 25: Human Rights activist Teesta Setalvad will be in Bangalore on September 29 to take part in a programme at St Aloysius College. With the BJP portraying Narendra Modi as its prime ministerial candidate, Ms Setalvad will speak on the topic 'Perspective of Indian constitution and perspective of Modi and his followers'. She will later have interaction with the audience, informed a