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Mangalore, December 18: The number of devotees performing 'Made-Snana' at t the Kukke Subrahmanya temple near here, increased on the second day, with more than 650 people for lower caste performing the controversial ritual on Monday. Ais the practice, food was served to members of the Brahmin community after the pooja at the temple. After the meal, devotees rolled over the plantain leaves with

Mangalore, December 18: In yet another case of moral policing, a 16-year-old youth was assaulted by a group of four miscreants for befriending Hindu girls and allegedly teasing them. The victim Mohideen Shahad, a resident of Yedapadavu on the outskirts of the city, filed a complaint with Bajpe police on Monday in this regard. He identified the accused as Harsih, Shamith, Sheshappa and Sapalya. In

Mangalore, December 18: A non-resident Indian from Manjeshwar taluk has demanded a fair probe into the unnatural death of his wife. Speaking to media persons at a press meet organised by the People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) here on Monday, Abdul Razzak, a resident of Pathoor village in Manjeshwar, who works abroad, said he suspected foul play in the death of his wife. He said that the

Mangalore, December 18: Well-known industrialist and philanthropist Vijaynath Vittal Shetty formally joined the Congress party along with several others at a Congress convention at Gurupur Kaikamba, near here recently. With the motto, 'Join Congress, Bring Change” (Congressge Banni, Badalaavane Thanni), the convention was organised under the joint aegis of the District Congress Committee and the

Kasargod, December 18: In yet another incident of sexual abuse of minors by their kin, a 14-year-old girl was raped by her brother and his friend over the last two years. The accused have been identified as Abdul Azeez (22) and Hasainar alias Ashraf (31), hailing from Pavoor in Kasargod district of Kerala, have been taken into custody, police said. They said the girl had also been taken to

Shirva, Dec ember 17: A midst emotional scenes and a pall of gloom, about 5,000 people, including family members, relatives and friends, Monday bid a tearful adieu to Indian-origin nurse Jacintha Saldhana, as her mortal remains were laid to rest in a cemetery in this coastal Karnataka town. An hour before the solemn funeral, the cortege carrying Saldanha's coffin entered the town after a 30-minute

Mangalore, December 17: The Mangalore branch of Ramakrishna Mission will be organising all Karnataka youth convention, at Sanghanikethana in the city on December 22 and 23. The event is being held as part of 150th birth anniversary of Swamy Vivekananda said Dr Jeevraj Sorake, honorary secretary of convention committee at a press meet here on Monday. Chief pontiff of Pejawar Mutt Vishwshwatheertha

Mangalore, December 17: Tribal communities under the banner of Karnataka Aranya Moola Budakattugala Okkoota, DK, held a protest in front of the Deputy Commissioner's office in Mangalore seeking fulfilment of their various demands. The protestors demanded that applications submitted by tribals under the Forest Act 2006 be considered and lands be sanctioned accordingly to them. Authorities must

Mangalore, December 17: The district Congress Minority Cell has condemned the attack on Masjids in Kulai, Mukka and Karnad that took place this morning. Addressing media persons at a press meet at the district Congress office in Mangalore on Monday, Moideen Bawa, President, District Congress Minorities' Cell, said that the attacks have come at a time when Assembly elections are round the corner in

Mangalore, December 17: A group of students backed by members of Sri Rama Sena sat in protest on Monday at the gate of Canara PU College, Mangalore, against the action of the Principal of the college who did not allow a student into the college with his 'Aiyyappa' shawl. The I PUC student by name Rakshit Kumar Rao who had come to the college wearing the 'Aiyyappa' shawl, was not entertained by the