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Mangaluru, Aug 27: A special court in Mangaluru today sentenced Beltangady police circle inspector Y Gangi Reddy to four years in prison after finding him guilty in a disproportionate assets case. Pronouncing the verdict, Lokayukta special court judge B B Jakati also ordered the convict to pay a penalty of Rs 5 lakh fine, failing which he will have to undergo one more year of imprisonment. As many

Mangaluru Aug 27: Air India will be shifting its reservations, tickets and sales office from Hathill Lalbagh to Mangaluru International Airport with on August 31. Business hours will be from 9:45 am to 5:20 pm from Monday to Saturday with lunch break from 1 pm to 1:45 pm. People can contact at Air India, airport office to 0824-2220450 / 2220451. For further information, contact Air India call

New Delhi, Aug 27: The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to grant a stay on proceedings in the income tax evasion case against Congress' Karnataka unit president D K Shivakumar. A bench comprising Chief Justice S A Bobde, Justice A S Bopanna and Justice V Ramasubramanian allowed the Income Tax department to file its reply in the matter and scheduled the matter for further hearing after four weeks

Bengaluru, Aug 27: Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to direct Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa to revoke the Land Reforms (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020. Taking to Twitter, Siddaramaiah posted the letters stating, "My letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him, in the interest of farmers, to direct Karnataka CM B.S

Mexico City, Aug 27: The number of people, who have died of COVID-19 in Mexico, has risen by 626 to 62,076 within the past 24 hours, Jose Luis Alomia, the director of epidemiology at the Health Ministry, said. He also said on late Wednesday that the number of confirmed coronavirus cases had increased by 5,267 to 573,888 within the same period of time. A day earlier, the Latin American nation

Washington, Aug 27: Seeking re-election, US Vice President Mike Pence has launched a frontal attack against Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, saying he has been a "cheerleader" for communist China and would be nothing more than a "Trojan horse" for a radical left. Pence, 61, formally accepted the Republican Party's vice-presidential nomination on the third night of the National

Christchurch, Aug 27: The white supremacist who slaughtered 51 worshippers at two New Zealand mosques was sentenced on Thursday to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The judge imposed the maximum available sentence on 29-year-old Australian gunman Brenton Harrison Tarrant, the first time the sentence has been imposed in New Zealand. Judge Cameron Mander said Tarrant's crimes were so

Bengaluru, Aug 27: A fully equipped COVID-19 hospital has been developed as a result of four months of hard work and without any financial burden on the government, according to Karnataka Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar. He was speaking at the inauguration of the Broadway Road Charaka Hospital by Karnataka Chief Minister B.S.Yediyurappa at Shivajinagar on Wednesday. The Minister said that

Bengaluru, Aug 27: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Wednesday said India and Japan are natural partners and urged Japan to strengthen their partnership in the state. "Addressed the Indo-Japan Business Forum virtual event today. Urged Japan, which has a significant presence in Karnataka to strengthen their partnership in the state. Our government has taken strong measures to build a

Pune, Aug 26: The second phase trial of COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University, which would be manufactured by Serum Institute of India, began here with the vaccine candidate administered to two volunteers at Bharati Vidyapeeth Medical College. Dr Sanjay Lalwani, Medical Director of Bharati Vidyapeeth Medical Hospital and Research Centre, said that five volunteers were tested for RT-PCR