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Kasargod, Sep 28: Two youth were killed and one seriously injured, after a Swift Maruri car in which they were travelling skidded and hit against a tree at Mettupalayam in Tamilnadu. The deceased have been identified Sheikh Anees (26) and Sheikh Shaaz (26. The injured is Sheikh Suhaib (26). He has been admitted in a private hospital in Coimbatore. All are residents of Chetukundu in Kasargod

Jaipur, Sep 27: A special court for the National Investigation Agency (NIA) cases here has framed charges against seven persons accused of carrying out a blast in the Ajmer dargah in October 2007, even as one of the accused has blamed Congress leaders for pressuring him to implicate senior RSS functionaries in the case. The court framed charges against Swami Aseemanand, a key figure in the

Mangalore, Sep 27: Students and members of Dakshina Kannada district committee of Campus Front of India (CFI) held a demonstration'Justice for Akshatha' demanding that the ones responsible for 18-year-old student's death be punished. Addressing the demonstration, CFI state committee member Tufail said that considerable number of crimes on female students and women had occurred in the past few

Mangalore, Sep 27: In a major shuffle in police department Mangalore City Crime Bureau inspector H N Venkatesh Prasanna has been transferred to the Directorate of Civil Rights Enforcement (DCRE). He has been replaced by Valentine D'Souza who was serving as Circle Inspector in Karkala. Earlier Mr Prasanna had served at Pandeshwar and Mulky police stations in the district. Venkatesh Prasanna was

New Delhi, Sep 27: India will build its first strategic oil storage by January in an effort to insulate itself from supply disruptions, Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily said today. India, which is 79% dependent on imports to meet its crude oil needs, is building underground storages at Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh and Mangalore and Padur in Karnataka to store about 5.33 million tonnes of crude oil

Mangalore, Sep 27: A programme was jointly organised by Department of Tourism and Dakshina Kannada district administration in association with University College, Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation (KSTDC) and Jungle Lodges and Resorts, Mangalore, at Ravindra Kala Bhavan here on Friday, to mark World Tourism Day 2013. Speaking after inaugurating the programme, DK Deputy Commissioner N

Kundapur, Sep 27: A 31-year-old biker was crushed to death under the wheels of a truck after he hit by Tata Nano car at Tekkatte here on Friday. The deceased has been identified as Ashwath Madhysta, son of Manjunath Madhyastha, resident of Munoor, Hebbarbettu. Ashwath was going to Kundapur from Udupi in his Bullet bike when a Tata Nano driven by one Vasudev from Kundapur to Udup hit him. Due to

Mangalore, Sep 27: The death of an 18-year-old girl who was studying in Venkataramana Government First Grade College at Car Street in the city sparked protests by students of the college and the members of Akhila Bharatha Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) on Friday. The protestors carried out a rally from Jyothi to State Bank after boycotting regular classes urging for the speedy inquiry and demanding the

Moodbidri, Sep 27: Condemning the assault on a student by the Advocate Shanthi Prasad Hegde Moodbidri unit of the National Students Union of India (NSUI) and the Campus Front of India (CFI) staged a protest in front of the Tahsildar's office here on September 26. Addressing the protestors, Badshah, Unit President of CFI condemned the advocate for taking the law into hands and for'misleading the

Mangalore, Sep 27: National organising secretary of Akhila Bharat Hindu Mahasabha (ABHM) Santhosh Roy on Thursday reiterated that the'Khadga diksha' programme announced by the organisation would take place on October 25 in Mangalore as scheduled. Speaking at a press conference here on Thursday, he said that the khadga diksha was a cultural and religious tradition which was being followed from