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Mangalore, Jun 19: Depressed over wife's ill-health, a couple resorted to ending its life, in Mangalore. The deceased are Padmanabha, a retired Physical Education Teacher of a reputed institution and his wife Yamuna. The two committed suicide by hanging themselves at their residence near Marigudi. It said that while Padmanabha was worried over his wife's deteriorating health who was suffering from

Kasarogod, Jun 19: Heavy monsoon rains continued to lash across Kasargod district inundating several low-lying areas. Major rivers have swollen and families residing by the beach face evacuation. According to official sources, the district recorded 146.80 mm rain on Tuesday. A house at Kottakkandam in Bedadukka village was destroyed while 15 houses in the district were damaged. Officials estimate

Udupi, Jun 19: Home Minister K J George said that a Cabinet debate is need over Justice Somashekhar Commission's final report on Church attack.Speaking to media persons after chairing the review meet of development works in the seven naxal affected districts, in Udupi the home minister said that the interim report of the Justice Somashekhar Commission had offended certain issues and also

Bangalore, Jun 19: A seven-member gang on Monday decamped with a State Bank of India (SBI) automated teller machine (ATM) at Bagalur in Bangalore North taluk. The ATM was loaded with around Rs 24 lakh, said the police. Lack of security measures and delay in appointing guards led to the incident, police said. Unlike other counters, the ATM was not fixed to the floor. The police suspected an insider

Mangalore, Jun 18: In yet another case of rape on minor girl, a pre university course student was sexually assaulted by an unidentified miscreant in Belthangady taluk of Dakshina Kannada district. Superintendent of Police Abhishek Goyal said that the 16-year-old girl was raped in a village near Beltangady on Monday evening. Mr Goyal said the perpetrator followed the girl when she was walking

Mangalore, Jun 18: In order to ensure that there is equality in education, all private schools in the country must be nationalized, said Umashankar, RTE Activist, Mysore. Speaking at a seminar on RTE organized by Students Islamic Organisation (SIO) in Mangalore on Tuesday, Mr. Umashankar said that although on the face of it, the RTE appears to be a platform for students from backward communities

Mangalore, Jun 18: A car driver was critically injured in a road accident involving the convoy of Karnataka Home Minister K J George on the outskirts of the city. The accident occurred Tuesday morning on NH 66 near Panambur when a car belonging to Mangalore City Police was heading towards Mangalore airport to be a part of the minister's convoy. The police vehicle had been plying from Mulky amidst

Mangalore, Jun 18: Senior Kannada journalist, writer and thinker B M Basheer has been chosen for P Lankesh Award -2012. Mr Basheer is currently working as the news editor of Vartha Bharati Kannada daily. The award was constituted by Shimoga based Karnataka Sangha. Story teller Basavannappa Kambara has been chosen for the award in short story category, while Girija Shastri has bagged poetry award

Mangalore, Jun 18: The Mangalore City Corporation unit of Jamiyyatul Falah conducted its annual general body meeting recently at JF Community center, here. General Secretary Azeem Muhammad M and Treasurer Nazeer Ahmed presented the annual and financial reports respectively to the members and obtained their approval. The 2012-13 executive committee was formally dissolved and new office-bearers for

Mangalore, Jun 18: Mysore Division DIG (Prison) Vishwanathaiah raided Mangalore jail on Monday and seized 12 mobile phones, 7chargers, 2 batteries, two sets of cards and two packets of Ganja of one gm each. The raid started at 7.30 pm and went on till about 9.30 pm. The raid was conducted as per the instruction of ADGP Gagandeep. With violation of prison rules, there are all possibilities of