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Bengaluru, July 7: Tipplers in Karnataka will now have to shell out more to buy alcohol as additional excise duty on Indian Made Liquor (IML) has been hiked by 20 per cent. The additional excise duty on beer has also been increased to 185 per cent from 175 per cent. Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah presented a Budget of Rs 3.27 lakh crore on Friday where the above-mentioned changes came up. More details

New Delhi, July 7: Top Saudi Arabia leader and Secretary General of the Muslim World League, Mohammad bin Abdulkarim al-Issa and National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval would address a gathering in Delhi that would likely focus on civilizational dialogue, peace and tolerance. Top officials said that al-Issa would arrive in New Delhi on July 10 and meet the NSA Doval for a one-on-one meeting in

Mangaluru, July 7: A 49-year-old mother died and her daughter suffered injuries after a part of hillock caved in on their house at Nandavara, near Sajipa Munnuru in Bantwal taluk today morning. Zarina (49) and her daughter Shafa (20) were trapped under mounds of soil after a part of hillock caved in on the house, owned by one Mohammed. Fire personnel along with local residents succeeded in

Mangaluru, July 6: An employee of a city based Call Centre allegedly ended her life by hanging herself from a fan at her residence at Pajeer village on the outskirts of the city on Thursday, July 6. The deceased, identified as Preetika Poojary (21) was residing with her mother and elder brother at Adappa Residency in Pajeer. She had reportedly returned from work in the afternoon and ended her life

Mangaluru, Jul 6: A 19-year-old girl lost his life while her mother escaped with minor injuries when a car in which they were travelling in crashed into a roadside hillock near Thumbey in Bantwal taluk on Thursday morning. The deceased has been identified as Khateejat Hanna (20), daughter of Abdul Majeed, a resident of Puttur Koornadka. She was a student of BBM at St Aloysius College in Mangaluru

Bengaluru, July 6: The Congress on Thursday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Centre's discontinuing the sale of foodgrains from its pool to state governments, calling it a revenge on Karnataka. The party said that the discontinuation was a "political decision" taken by Modi as a revenge on the people of Karnataka for rejecting the BJP in the assembly polls. On

Melbourne, July 6: In a horrific act of vengeance, a 21-year-old Indian nursing student in Australia was abducted by her jilted ex-boyfriend from India, driven nearly 650 km and buried alive in South Australia state's remote Flinders Ranges, a court has heard. Jasmeen Kaur from Adelaide City was killed by Tarikjot Singh in March 2021, a month after reporting him to the police for stalking. Kaur

Mangaluru, July 6: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted heavy rain to lash Karnataka till July 10, while it also issued a red alert for the coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada, Uttara Kannada and Udupi. The much awaited monsoon rain have arrived in the state, bringing cheers to the farming community. State capital Bengaluru woke up to drizzles on Thursday morning, but

Mangaluru, July 6: A 25-year-old non-resident Indian from Dakshina Kannada district died under mysterious circumstances in United Arab Emirates. The deceased has been identified as Muhammad Raaziq, son of Dawood, resident of Kuppetti in Belthangady taluk of coastal district. According to sources, he had slept in a hotel room and did not wake up in the morning. When others tried to wake him up, he

Bengaluru, July 6: Dr Asima Banu, who has served at the Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute (BMCRI) for 23 years, took charge as the institute’s principal on Wednesday, July 5. Asima was widely appreciated for her work as the nodal officer of the Covid ward at the Trauma Care Centre, Victoria Hospital, in 2020. Having finished her undergraduate and postgraduate degrees at BMCRI in the