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Abu Dhabi, Jun 16: Persons swearing online at others could be fined Dh250,000 and jailed, while expatriates could also be deported from the UAE under a new federal law governing internet users. The new law was underscored by the Federal Supreme Court, which overturned two lower court sentences fining a man Dh3,000 after he was convicted of swearing at another on WhatsApp. The court supported an

Mangaluru, Jun 16: Mangalore University will confer Honoris Causa (honorary doctorate) to three eminent personalities during the 33rd Annual Convocation of the university to be held on Wednesday at Mangala Auditorium, Mangalore University campus in Mangalagangothri, said Vice Chancellor of Mangalore University Prof K Byrappa. Announcing this at a press conference at Mangalagangothri on Tuesday, he

New Delhi, Jun 16: Ram temple in Ayodhya and abrogation of Article 370, which grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir, continue to be on BJP's agenda but any decision on them can be taken only after wide consultations, Law Minister D V Sadananda Gowda has said. He also said the present focus of the Narendra Modi government is on good governance and development, which were ignored in the past 10

Srinagar, Jun 16: An FIR has been registered against a Hindu Mahasabha leader for her controversial remarks that Muslims and Christians must undergo sterilisation to restrict their growing population. The FIR was lodged against vice president of All India Hindu Mahasabha Sadhvi Deva Thakur at Sadder police station yesterday on the directions of Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Srinagar V S Bhau

Dhaka, Jun 16: Bangladesh's Supreme Court today upheld the death sentence against the second highest ranking leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami for war crimes, including massacre of intelligentsia whom he termed "agents of India", during the 1971 liberation war against Pakistan. Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha's four-member bench confirmed the death penalty for 67-year-old Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mujahid

Udupi, Jun 16: The Communist Party of Indian has slammed Siidaramaiah led Congress government for hastening to inaugurate the first phase of the Varahi Irrigation Project even though the works have not been completed. In a press release, Balakrishna Shetty, Udupi district secretary, CPI(M), said that the Congress government inaugurated the project in hurry just to claim the credit for getting the

Mangaluru, Jun 16: Local residents in Sullia town in Dakshina Kannada district thwarted a cattle theft bid by chasing down the thieves and catching one among them. According to sources a group of four men were trying to steal three cows lying unattended on the side of the road at Kana near Sullia town in night and handed the accused over to the police. The thieves were loading all the three cows

Bengaluru, Jun 16: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s marathon meeting with Governor Vajubhai Vala on Monday yielded results, with the latter appointing vice chancellors to six universities as recommended by the State government. An official communique from Raj Bhavan late on Monday confirmed the following appointments. Karnatak University, Dharwad: Pramod B Gai; Rani Channamma University, Belagavi: S

Mudigere, Jun 16: Traffic was blocked on the Charmadi Ghat stretch for more than 10 hours, when a KSRTC bus tyre got stuck in a drain, late on Sunday night. The bus was heading towards Bengaluru from Mangaluru and remained stuck in the fourth curve of the ghat section from 11 pm till 9 am on Monday. The road was blocked until the police facilitated the movement of light vehicles on one side around

Kasaragod, Jun 16: With monsoon projected to remain erratic this season, the Central Plantation Crops Research Institute (CPCRI) has called upon farmers to check rain-related diseases of coconut, areca nut and cocoa, caused by invasive pests. The Centre has asked agricultural research institutes to alert farmers to possible crop loss, CPCRI director P. Chowdappa told a press conference here on