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Bengaluru, Mar 7: Shri Ram Sene chief Pramod Muthalik on Sunday claimed he has sought a BJP ticket to contest the Belagavi Lok Sabha seat and said this would be his final attempt to enter active politics.

Bengaluru, Mar 7: The Karnataka High Court has quashed a private complaint and cognisance of offences taken by a trial court in 2013 against the Airports Authority of India (AAI), the Air India Ltd. (AI) and its executives on the Air India Express 812 plane crash incident outside Mangaluru airport on May 22, 2010, in which 158 persons on board were killed.

Kalaburagi, Mar 7: In a relief to students and the district administration, the 15 students of a school in Karnataka’s Kalaburagi who had tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday, tested negative for the virus on Saturday.

Bengaluru, Mar 6: A day after six ministers approached a Bengaluru city court seeking ex-parte restraining order against media houses from publishing or airing ‘defamatory’ content in the sleaze CD case, Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday expressed strong suspicion that ‘some forces’ could well be trying to create political instability in the state by resorting to blackmail with this episode.

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.

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.

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 – APDF have decided to continue the river cleaning drive on every Sunday from 6am to 11am until all the litter is cleared.

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.

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.

Mangaluru, Mar 4: With a score of 53.95, Karnataka’s coastal city of Mangaluru was placed in 20th position in ‘Less Than Million category’ of Ease of Living Index (EoLI) 2020.