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Kuala Lumpur, Oct 14: A Malaysian appeals court ruled on Monday that only Muslims can use the word “Allah” to refer to god, upholding a government ban on the word being used in a Catholic publication. The ruling reverses an earlier lower court decision. “Our common finding that the use of Allah is not an integral part of the Christian faith, so we find no justification for why they insist on using

Mangalore, Oct 14: As part of National Postal Week celebrations, Philately Day was observed with a philatelic exhibition and a painting competition organised by Dakshina Kannada Philatelic and Numismatic Association, Mangalore at the Head Post Office, Pandeshwar here on Sunday. With the Indian Postal Department having released a new stamp with a picture of Gandhi outlined on it on the occasion of

Mina, Oct 14: About 1.38 million pilgrims from 118 countries arrived in the Kingdom to perform Hajj this year, Minister of Interior and Chairman of the Supreme Hajj Committee Prince Muhammad Bin Naif announced here Sunday. In a cable sent to Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah, the minister said the arrival of the pilgrims has been smooth and trouble-free. “This is due to success

Mangalore, Oct 14: Merely punishing offenders in crimes against women is not enough. They should be denied of all governmental benefits, loans and subsidies and their occupational license should be cancelled. This will create awareness against such crimes and bring change in the society, said advocate Shyamala Bhandary from Kundapur. Delivering the keynote address at a conference on'Safety of

Mysore, Oct 13: Srikantadatta Narasimharaja, scion of the Wodeyar dynasty, worshipped the royal armoury of his dynasty Sunday on the auspicious ninth day (Mahanavami) of the Dasara festival at Ambi Vilas Palace in the city centre. Dressed in royal robes and sporting the king's headgear, the 60-year-old prince performed the ritual 'Ayudha pooja' in the durbar of the century-old palace amid chanting

Mangalore, Oct 13: Mangalore which is gearing up for a grand Dasara procession celebrated Ayudha Pooja with traditional piety on Sunday, the ninth day of Navaratri. All types of vehicles including bicycles were out on the streets after grand water wash and decorated with flowers and frills. Members of Hindu community worshipped the tools, vehicles, electrical appliances or instruments that are

Mangalore, Oct 13: Within few days of District in-charge Minister B Ramanath Rai stating that several transfer are in the pipeline, to'cleanse' the police department in the district, Dr Venkatesh Prasanna who was for long associated with the City Crime Bureau and Kavitha, the City Central Assistant Commissioner of Police have been transferred along with couple of other officials. While Kavitha has

Mangalore, Oct 13: Police have successfully nabbed two inter-state cattle-lifters at Surathkal, thereby making headway in pulling out more information on the systematic cattle theft racket that has been functioning in the region. Amjad alias Chotu (30) from Theerthahalli and Muhammad Haneef (30) from Koteshwara are the arrested. While Chotu was arrested from Theerthalli on Friday, Haneef was

Jeddah, Oct 13: Tens of thousands of white-clad pilgrims, including Indians, today began converging at Mina near the Muslim holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia in the first leg of the annual Hajj pilgrimage. Pilgrims began leaving for tent city of Mina last night after circumambulating the Holy Kaaba in Mecca, where the grand mosque was packed with believers from across the world. In the first

Bangalore, Oct 13: H Mahima of Viveka Girls High School at Kota in Udupi district has been conferred with'Kannada Madhyama award' by Chief Minister Siddaramaih for scoring highest marks in SSLC examinations in Kannada medium. Daughter of a hotelier, Mahima had scored 99 per cent in the exam for the year 2012-13. She wants to take up medicine. After presenting the award, Siddaramaiah said that a