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Mangaluru, Dec 25: The violent incidents during the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests in Mangaluru on December 19 was part of a pre-planned conspiracy by the Opposition parties, Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP and former state minister Shobha Karandlaje alleged Wednesday. Addressing reporters here, she congratulated the city police for quelling the disturbances in an effective manner. Hundreds of

Mangaluru, Dec 25: Several police officers who allegedly thrashed people and opened fire on December 19, have claimed that they have been receiving threatening calls from several places, including from abroad. Calls from abroad were made through the Internet, a senior police officer said on Wednesday. One of the officers who was at the Centre of action reportedly received several threat calls

Bengaluru, Dec 25: Some miscreants have attacked the state headquarters of the Communist Party of India (CPI) and set on fire several vehicles and other properties inside the premises of the party office in the wee hours on Wednesday. According to CPI sources, the miscreants armed with petrol bombs attacked the office and set on fire several vehicles parked at the party office. Nobody was hurt in

Mangaluru, Dec 25: Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) on Wednesday demanded strict action against P S Harsha Mangaluru Police Commissioner, and other officers who were found guilty of letting the situation go out of hands on December 19, leading to violence and clashes between police and protesters in the city. Syed Ilyas Thumbay, State President of the party while addressing a press

Mangaluru, Dec 25: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Wednesday asserted that there were forces who conspired the violence and clashes between police and the protesters that broke out in the city on December 19. Speaking to the media here he said that the event were planned and executed systematically to trigger unrest in the region. Mr Yediyurappa added that those who tried to attack

Moodbidri, Dec 25: Karnataka Minister for Tourism C T Ravi on Wednesday, defending the Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa's decision to withdraw the compensation announced to two dead in police firing, said that they were named in the FIR filed and if compensation was given it would result in pulling down the morale of police force. He was responding to a question by reporters in the wake of

Mangaluru, Dec 25: Enthusiasm is soaring high among everyone to witness the upcoming annular solar eclipse on 26 December. Expert Pre University College, Valachil is gearing up to set a new record as all 2300 students with their teachers will be viewing this rare and spectacular celestial phenomenon from the college’s hilltop campus. An annular solar eclipse happens when the Moon covers the Sun's

Bengaluru, Dec 25: Deputy Chief Minister G Karjol on Tuesday said that the Foreigners' Detention Centre set up by the State government is meant for illegal immigrants and that it was the responsibility of the Home Department to identify and send them there. "In Karnataka, there were 30 illegal immigrants, Social Welfare Department have made arrangements for their food and shelter. Our government

Mangaluru, Dec 25: Taking a reverse turn over his order to pay a cash compensation of Rs 10 lakh each for the two victims of the police firing incident in Mangaluru, Chief minister B S Yediyurappa had said that there was no convention to pay ex-gratia to those who were facing criminal charges. Addressing the media here on Wednesday, Chief minister informed that it was decided not to pay cash

Bengaluru, Dec 24: Rejecting the State government's decision to order an CID and Magistrate inquiry into the Mangaluru firing incident in which two persons were killed, Congress in Karnataka reiterated its demand for a judicial inquiry by a sitting High court judge, here on Tuesday. Addressing a press confrence here on Tuesday, senior Congress leader and the former minister U T Khader termed the