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Bangalore, Feb 22: A family of six from Tumkur district threatened to immolate themselves in their van just outside the Vikasa Soudha on Friday morning, demanding that the chief minister ensure them justice in a property dispute. The family — Mahesh K, 38, his wife Dakshayini, 32, children Vidya, 17, Chandan, 11, and parents Kidiyappa, 72, and Giriyamma, 65 — locked themselves up in the Maruti

New Delhi, Feb 21: Putting behind the acrimony witnessed during the session, Leader of the Opposition Sushma Swaraj today praised Sonia Gandhi and other Congress leaders, returning the accolades received in the Lok Sabha. Swaraj, who had once said that she will tonsure her head if Sonia Gandhi becomes Prime Minister, today said she was a graceful leader. As she spoke for the last time in the 15th

Mangalore, Feb 21: Unknown miscreants allegedly kidnapped a youth and assaulted him till he fell unconscious on a beach at Suratkal, on the outskirts of the city on Friday. Nishar Ahmed (20), a resident of Kulai, was found in an unconscious state on a beach near National Institute of Technology – Karnataka (NITK) on Friday. Speaking to Coastaldigest.com, Jamal Kulai, a relative of Nishar, said

Hoshiarpur, Feb 21: Amidst the ongoing debate over the 'reports' about his 'conversion' into Islam during a Pakistan trip, renowned Indian Sufi singer Hans Raj Hans has expressed shock over the 'false reports' that created huge uproar among a particular group. The singer who returned India via Wahga border today, after his 3 day stay in neighboring country accused the journalists of failing to

Kochi, Feb 21: A 28-member Kerala Strikers team, en route to Hyderabad to participate in the ongoing Celebrity Cricket League, were today deplaned from an Indigo Airlines Kochi-Hyderabad flight here for alleged misbehaviour with the crew. Following a complaint of misbehaviour by the flight crew, the pilot ordered that the team be deplaned, only after which the flight would take off, airport

Mangalore, Feb 21: “What we need is often within ourselves, but we need to make the journey to discover that what you are seeking is within you,” said Manosh R Sengupta, the man behind the success of few iconic brands in India. Addressing the gathering at the inaugural ceremony of Media Manthan 2014 – the three-day media fete organised by Department of Mass Communication at St Aloysius College

New Delhi, Feb 21: Kannada actress Ramya Divya Spandana, who was elected from Karnataka in a bye-election in 2013, today made it sure that the Lok Sabha session does not end before she speaks in the House. Delivering her maiden speech on the last day of the 15th Lok Sabha, the Mandya MP highlighted the usefulness of the green fuel like ethanol which is produced from the byproduct of sugarcane. The

Hyderabad, Feb 21: A man, who brutally murdered three nieces, committed suicide by jumping into a river in Andhra Pradesh, police said. The body of 38-year-old Narender Reddy was found in Godavari river at Basar in Adilabad district Friday. The car used by the accused to kidnap three children was found abandoned at Basar Thursday. The accused kidnapped the girls aged between four and nine years

Ahmedabad, Feb 21: Maya Kodnani, a former minister in the Narendra Modi cabinet who was convicted for her involvement in one of the worst cases related to the 2002 Gujarat riots, was given electric shocks, considered the last line of treatment in major depressive disorder, on Thursday. Kodnani has been showing severe suicidal tendencies and failed to respond to aggressive medicine treatment

Jubail, Feb 21: The Coast Guard and Saudi Aramco saved 11 Indian seamen Tuesday from a cargo tugboat that caught fire off Jubail in the Eastern Province. The boat had departed from the Kasphap port in Oman on Monday with some 800 goats and was headed to Kuwait via Saudi waters. Col. Khaled Al-Arqubi, a Coast Guard spokesman in the Eastern Province, said on Thursday: “The Coast Guard received