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Kochi, Sept 2: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday commissioned the first indigenously designed and built aircraft carrier INS Vikrant at Cochin Shipyard Limited in Kochi. PM Modi Modi received the Guard of Honour as he arrived for the Commissioning ceremony of INS Vikrant in Kerala. He then unveiled the new Naval Ensign (Nishaan), doing away with the colonial past on the occasion. Naval

Chitradurga, Sept 2: Chief pontiff of Murugha Mutt Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, who has been arrested for alleged sexual abuse of high school girls and sent to judicial custody, was taken to the district hospital here on Friday after developing some health complications in jail, police sources said. Police sources said the seer was questioned for several hours after his arrest late on Thursday

Mangaluru, Sept 2: A UAE-bound passenger was detained by the sleuths of Customs at Mangaluru International Airport for trying to carry foreign currency out of the country illegally. The accused, a native of Kasargod, was about to board a Dubai-bound flight. During checking, the custom officials found AED 27,500 (Rs 5,77,500) in his possession. An offence case is registered against the passenger.

Bengaluru, Sept 1: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday inaugurated a wellness centre 'Kshemavana' of the Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Institute of Naturopathy and Yogic Sciences (SDMINYS) at Nelamangala on the outskirts of the city on Thursday. Adityanath also interacted with the head of the institution 'Dharmadhikari' Veerendra Heggade, who is also a Rajya Sabha member

A former functionary of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Singh has revealed that Sangh Parivar has involved in a series of bomb blasts across the country with the aim to help the BJP win elections. A video of Yashwant Shinde has gone viral in which he says that he is a witness to the bomb blast training. Yashwant Shinde, the ex-RSS functionary from Mumbai, also filed an affidavit in a Nanded court on August

Hyderabad, Sept 1: AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi slammed Uttar Pradesh's BJP government for its decision to conduct a survey of unrecognised madarsas in the state and termed the move as harassment of Muslims. The Hyderabad MP said the state government has no right to interfere in the functioning of these madarsas as they don't receive any funds either from the state government or from the

Mysuru, Sept 1: Acclaimed historian and former vice-chancellor of Goa and Mumbai Universities, Prof B Sheikh Ali, passed away in Mysuru on Thursday. He was 98. He is survived by a son and daughters. The mortal remains will be kept for public viewing at Muslim Hostel in Saraswatipuram. The burial will take place at main Khabrasthan behind Mysore Jail at Tipu Circle. He was a student of University

Bengaluru, Sept 1: The inaction against Lingayat seer Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru of the Murugha Mutt in Karnataka's Chitradurga, even as cases have been registered under the POCSO and Prevention of Atrocities Acts by the police, has surprised many. Sources confirmed that big political calculations are behind the development. The seer is being investigated by the police following allegations of

Bengaluru, Sept 1: The Congress has accused the BJP of deflecting attention from multiple corruption scandals in Karnataka ahead of the next year's elections, with focus on communal issues like the row over hijab, halal meat and the lately, the Ganesh Chaturthi celebration on Eidgah land. In an interview, the party's state unit chief DK Shivakumar said, "Karnataka has become the corruption capital

Mangaluru, Sept 1: The police have arrested nine persons in connection with the case of assault of a First Grade College student in Sullia taluk of Dakshina Kannada. The student, a Muslim, was reportedly beaten up by students belonging to ABVP, for talking closely to a Hindu girl—another student at the same college. According to Dakshina Kannada Superintendent of Police Rishikesh Sonawane, the