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A few days after Bollywood actor Taapsee Pannu and director Anurag Kashyap were raided by the Income Tax Department, the actor broke her silence in a series of tweets on her official account on Saturday. The I-T Department on March 3 began raids on the homes and offices of Pannu and Kashyap as well as his partners, who launched the now-shuttered production house Phantom Films. Addressing one of

Bengaluru, Mar 6: Veteran Kannada poet, eminent academic, and critic Prof NS Lakshminarayana Bhatta (85) passed away on Saturday morning in Bengaluru. Known as 'NSL' in the literary circles and Kannada music world, Lakshminarayana Bhatta was born in Shivamogga in 1936. A former dean and Kannada professor at Bangalore University, NSL's poems gave new direction to the Kannada Light Music (Sugama

New Delhi, Mar 5: International oil prices rose after Opec and its allies ignored India's plea to ease production control, with Saudi Arabia asking New Delhi to instead use oil it bought at rock bottom rates last year. Brent crude, the most widely used benchmark, on Friday rose nearly 1 per cent to $67.44 a barrel after the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) and its allies, a

Mangaluru, Mar 5: Every incident of joblessness can in some way be attributed to the lack of career guidance or misalignment of education and career goals, said KPSC Member Dr. Ronald Anil Fernandes. Addressing the gatherings after inaugurating the 'MERAKI', the career day organised by the University Employment Information and Guidance Bureau (UEIGB) at Mangala auditorium of Mangalore University

Mangaluru, Mar 5: The river cleaning drive near Nethravathi Bridge initiated by Hasiru Dala and Anti-Pollution Drive Foundation (APDF) on Sunday, February 28, 2021 met with massive participation by over 150 volunteers. Nearly 14 tons of waste carelessly dumped by the public in the vicinity was cleared. This represents only about 10% of the waste presently found at the site. Hence Hasiru Dala –

Mumbai, Mar 5: In a shocking incident, the Thane-based businessman whose Scorpio was found parked near the Mumbai house of Reliance Industries Ltd Chairman Mukesh Ambani was found dead on Friday. The body of Mansukh Hiren was found near Mumbra in Thane district, reports said. The SUV was lying abandoned near a tree located near Antilia, Ambani's house, and is suspected to have been parked at

Mangaluru, Mar 5: The Customs officials on Friday intercepted two passengers at the Mangalore International Airport and seized 238 grams of gold that was being smuggled. A team, led by Deputy Commissioner Dr Kapil Gade, found gold concealed as gold foils pasted to the bottom of makeup foundation boxes. The passengers, Kasim Ibrahim Kolad from Gujarat and Mohammed Bashar Ruknuddi from Bhatkal, who

An estimated 931 million tonnes of food was wasted globally in 2019, enough to circle the Earth seven times, according to a UN report which said that household food waste in India is about 68.7 million tonnes a year. The Food Waste Index Report 2021, from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and partner organisation WRAP, said that around 931 million tonnes of food waste was generated

Mangaluru, Mar 5: Police have arrested seven students of two educational institutions in connection with two separate cases of ragging under the limits of Mangaluru City Police Commissionerate. In the first case four students third year engineering from Srinivas College, Mukka, were arrested on charge of subjecting their juniors to ragging and assaulting their teacher. The arrested are K U Shameel

Nearly nine months after Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead in his flat, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Friday filed its charge sheet in the case that involves the drug angle behind the mysterious death. The accused in the case include his live-in partner and actor Rhea Chakraborty, her brother Showik and his friend and assistant director Rishikesh Pawar, house manager