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Vatican City, Aug 28: Pope Francis on Saturday created 20 new cardinals picked from the four corners of the world, most of whom could one day end up choosing his successor. Francis has raised the possibility of retiring due to his declining health, a path taken by his predecessor Benedict XVI. If he were to do so, a conclave involving all cardinals aged under 80 would be called to pick a successor

Mangaluru, Aug 27: The state government has released funds to take up emergency works of damaged roads in the state to make them motorable. According to PWD Minister C C Patil, Rs 12 crore has been released to Dakshina Kannada and Rs 7.5 crore to Udupi to take up emergency works pertaining to the repair of roads and filling of potholes. The permanent restoration will be done after the monsoon

New Delhi, Aug 27: Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Saturday defended Rahul Gandhi saying it was 'wrong to hold one individual responsible for the party's electoral loss in 2014.' Pilot was referring to former party leader Ghulam Nabi Azad's resignation letter in which he pinned the blame for the party's loss in the 2014 General Elections majorly on Rahul Gandhi. Pilot termed Azad's statement as

Mangaluru, Aug 27: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be dedicating to nation MRPL’s two landmark projects. The inauguration will be done during PM’s visit to the city on September 2. These projects are BS VI upgradation project which is executed at a cost of Rs 1,829 crore inside the MRPL premises and a 30 million liters per day desalination plant executed at a cost of Rs 677 crore located at 14.5

Bengaluru, Aug 27: In a setback to the ruling BJP, the Lokayukta has initiated an investigation against Karnataka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra in connection with the allotment of a site to him by the Bengaluru Development Authority (BDA) in violation of rules, Lokayukta sources said on Saturday. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has recently announced that his government would give full powers to

Panaji, Aug 27: The Goa Police on Saturday detained a North Goa restaurant owner and a suspected peddler, who had allegedly supplied drugs to the two accused arrested in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sonali Phogat murder case, a senior officer said. The suspected drug peddler, Dattaprasad Gaonkar, was detained from Anjuna after the accused duo "confessed" in their statement that they had

Mysuru, Aug 27: City police has filed an FIR against a swamiji of a Chitradurga-based prominent mutt under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act 2012 for allegedly sexually abusing high school girls. The police have booked the pontiff under sections based on the complaint by Child Development and Protection Officer Chandrakumar. In all, FIR has been registered against four persons

New Delhi, Aug 27: A day after Ghulam Nabi Azad’s exit from the Congress, party MP Manish Tewari said that a crack seems to have appeared in coordination between India and the Congress that existed since 1885 and that the former Union leader’s resignation could have been avoided if the party top leadership had heeded calls for introspection after multiple assembly poll losses. Tewari said that

Mysuru, Aug 27: In a shocking development, two girl students have accused a prominent swamiji of a prestigious mutt of repeated sexual harassment. The victims are said to be the inmates of the girls hostel run by the mutt from central Karnataka. They have approached Odanadi Seva Samsthe, the city-based NGO engaged in rescue, reintegration and empowerment of trafficked and sexually exploited women

New Delhi, Aug 26: Ghulam Nabi Azad's resignation from the Congress on Friday marked the most high-profile exit of one of the "Group of 23" (G-23) leaders, who had written to party chief Sonia Gandhi two years ago for a "collective and inclusive leadership" in the organisation, exposing the faultlines in the grand old party. The G-23, the members of which were lampooned by the party loyalists