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Bangalore, Feb 21: The state core-committee of Bharathiya Janata Party has finalised candidatures for of Udupi-Chickmagalur, Bangalore North and Bangalore South constituencies in upcoming Lok Sabha election. Former minister Shobha Karandlaje will be contesting from Udupi-Chickmagalur whereas former Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda will get ticket to contest at Mysore. The committee in a meeting

Bangalore, Feb 21: JD(S) Floor Leader H D Kumaraswamy today alleged in the legislative Assembly that industrialist and MP Rajeev Chandrashekhar had sold government land purchased for setting up a plant at Dabaspet in Bangalore Rural district. "One Rajeev Chandrashekhar, the then BPL company owner, had acquired land through Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board to set up a plant at Dabaspet

Kollur, Feb 21: Jaimyse Haft and Cameroon, a couple of American origin entered wedlock at Sri Gopalakrishna temple on Thursday. What made their marriage special was the union was according to Hindu tradition-the groom tied mangalasutra, the couple performed sapthapadi in front of the agni kunda in front of Sri Mookambika deity of Kollur.The groom is a Yoga teacher cum television actor whereas

Amsterdam, Feb 21: An easyJet flight was grounded for two hours after a security alert was sparked when schoolchildren reported seeing a man writing Arabic in a notebook. The students, who were aged 15 and 16, alerted cabin crew after spotting the man writing in what appeared to be Arabic script, while waiting for take off. The flight from Amsterdam to Newcastle was delayed to allow for 16 of the

Bangalore, Feb 20: UIDAI chairman Nandan Nilekani has created a new history in Congress by bagging the party ticket for Lok Sabha polls without even joining the party formally. Yes, Mr Nilekani has not yet obtained the primary membership of the party. But, he has secured the Congress high command nod to contest from Bangalore South. The high command's move has naturally caused heartburn among many

Karkala, Feb 20: In a tragic denouement to a love story, a 25-year-old woman was found dead at her in-laws' house at Hadiyangady near Shirlalu in Karkala on Thursday within five months of her marriage. The deceased has been identified as Malini, wife of Ashok Jain, a bus contractor at Shirlalu. She was the second wife of Mr Jain. Sources said that his first wife was also dead under mysterious

Mangalore, Feb 20: President of Dakshina Kannada Co-operative Milk Producers' Union Ltd (DKMUL) Raviraj Hegde said that the procurement price for a litre of cow's milk in the district would be raised from Rs 25.50 to Rs 27 with effect from tomorrow. Addressing reporters at a press conference at DKMUL office here on Thursday, he said that the current production of milk in Dakshina Kannada was 2.5

Kermit, Feb 20: A Pizza Hut outlet in United States was forced to shut down after one of its employees was caught on CCTV urinating into a sink apparently in the restaurant. The shameful incident took place at the Kermit branch of Pizza Hut in the state of West Virginia Mingo County health officials intervened and shut down the outlet after watching the video clippings of a man peeing into the

Nizamabad, Feb 20: In a shocking incident, three young girl children were brutally murdered by one of their close relatives near Nizamabad in Andhra Pradesh. The victims have been Siri (9), Akshaya (6) and Kushi (4), grandchildren of a Congress leader Shanigaram Raghupathi Reddy. They are children of Ganga Reddy, Sai Reddy and Raji Reddy respectively. The suspected assailant, Narendar Reddy, is

Udupi, Feb 20: An argument between a father and his son, who was in an inebriated state, turned violent with the son allegedly killing his father at Bidkal Katte in Kundapur. A 26-year-old Narasimha Naik, slashed the neck of Narayana Naik, 60, with a sharp-edged weapon around 12.30 a.m. Thursday after a heated argument over some issue and ran away. Later he surrendered at Kota police station