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Bangalore, Jul 31: Bowing to pressure from MLAs cutting across party lines, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday announced that popular schemes like “Suvarna Grama,” “Nagarothana,” “Namma Grama-Namma Raste,” “Bhagyalakshmi,” cycle for schoolchildren and “Bhoochetana,” would continue. All these were started by the previous BJP government. Besides, the chief minister increased the local area

Dubai, Jul 30: Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai has awarded the Islamic Personality of the Year award to the Islamic scholar Dr Zakir Naik of India in appreciation of his efforts in serving Islam. Sheikh Mohammed received Dr Zakir Naik at Zabeel Palace in presence of Dubai Deputy Ruler Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al

Moodbidri, Jul 30: In a shocking incident, entrepreneur and community leader A Gunapal Jain met his end in an accident that took place at Hosangadi near Venoor in Belthangady taluk, on Tuesday. The mishap occurred when the Innova car in which Mr Jain was travelling was hit by a private bus which was came on the wrong side. Though Mr Jain was rushed to a hospital, he succumbed to injuries. Mr Jain

Mangalore, Jul 30: A fisherman died as the boat he was sailing in with five others capsized near Someshwar-Uchila on Tuesday. Though five of them were rescued by the locals, fisherman Keshav Kotian went missing after the mishap. Immediate attempts were made to search for the missing fisherman. The body of Keshav (55) from Baikampady was later found along the coast. Caught up in the fury of waves

Mangalore, Jul 30: Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) has taken up a crusade against the eateries in Mangalore, which have been over pricing the delicacies served. The organisation seeking uniform pricing in all hotels across the city has sought District administration to have a regulatory policy to control the practice of raising food price in hotels, restaurants and eateries. Addressing

Kasargod, Jul 30: An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of the Manjeswaram police station was arrested on Monday while accepting a bribe of Rs.5,000. A team of Vigilance Department sleuths, led by Deputy Superintendent of Police Sunil Babu, arrested K.D. Sebastian when he was accepting Rs.5,000 as the second instalment of a bribe from Moideen Kunhi and his family who were involved in a case in

Mangalore, Jul 30: The main accused in the biggest temple heist in the state, Ghanshyam alias Santhosh Das was brought to Dakshina Kannada and produced before the court here on Monday. He has been remanded to police custody for 11 days. The kingpin of the Moddbidri Basadi theft case was arrested at Srikakulam in Andhra Pradesh three days ago, by a special team constituted to nab him. During the 11

Bangalore, Jul 30: There is no proposal before the state government to take over the Gokarna temple or Udupi Ashta Mutts, Muzrai Minister Prakash B Hukkeri informed the Legislative Assembly on Monday. In a written reply to V Sunil Kumar (BJP), the minister said the Gokarna and Udupi Sri Krishna temple under the Muzrai department were denotified as per the Section 23 of Karnataka Hindu Religious

Bantwal, Jul 30: In a tragic road mishap ten person including six children were injured after a KSRTC bus ran over them in a bid to overtake a vehicle on NH 48. The injured are Nishmitha (16), a resident of Peramogaru, Ashika (9) of Gadiyara, Shoib (16), Sanku (48), Vinutha (16) of Biliyur, Hemanth (15), Meenakshi (30) of Kedila, Irshad (14), Mohammed (38) and Mohammed Naufal (15) of Perne

Uppinangady, Jul 30: Akhila Bharatha Vidyarthi Parishat staged a protest against police for filing case against innocent student in connection to the recent student clash at government first grade college, Uppinangady and urged to protect female students from harassment. Classes were voluntarily boycotted by hundreds of students, who participated in the protest. The Protesters marched through