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New Delhi, Feb 20: Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the government today cleared a proposal for setting up the much- awaited Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC), a statutory body to check discrimination of minority communities in jobs and education. The Justice Sachar Committee, which went into the socio-economic backwardness of Muslims, had recommended setting up of such a panel. The proposal got

Bangalore, Feb 20: Indian National Congress is projected to win 14 seats in the Lok Sabha elections in Karnataka, Bharathiya Janata Party 12 seats and JDS to win two seats according to two surveys conducted by Centre for Forecasting and Research (Cfore). Interestingly, the Cfore survey conducted with Suvarna News channel and Kannada Prabha daily showed the same result. The survey was conducted

Mangalore, Feb 20: In a strange case, a youth was caught by the local youth while attempting to hijack a car with a large amount of cash in it, near Dharmasthala in Uppinangadi limits on Wednesday. While attempting to hijack a Toyota Innova belonging to Manohar from Tumkur, which had Rs 4 lakh in cash, one of the culprits was caught by the local youth and handed over to the police. The incident

Gulbarga, Feb 20: Eminent cricketer and former India captain Rahul Dravid, Union Minster of State K?H Muniyappa and Minister for Minority Welfare Qamarul Islam are among the 12 selected by Gulbarga University for honorary doctorate. Vice Chancellor E?T?Puttaiah said here on Wednesday that the doctorates will be conferred at the 32nd convocation of the varsity to be held on February 20. Principal

New York, Feb 20: Facebook has bought messaging app WhatsApp in a deal worth a total of $19bn (£11.4bn) in cash and shares. It is the social networking giant's biggest acquisition to date. WhatsApp has over 450 million monthly users and is popular with people looking to avoid text messaging charges. In a statement announcing the deal, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg described WhatsApp's services

Mangalore, Feb 19: The 387th birth anniversary of Chhatrapati Shivaji was observed in a programme jointly organised by Kannada and Culture Department and Karnataka Kshatriya Maratha Parishad, Dakshina Kannada at Town Hall here on Wednesday. Speaking after inaugurating the programme, Mangalore MP Nalin Kumar Kateel said that Shivaji was the first king who formed a kingdom representing the true

Mangalore, Feb 19: The officers of Customs at Mangalore International Airport seized one kilo gram gold bar and one silver paint coated circular gold piece totally weighing 1116.400 gms valued at Rs.34, 58,512. Muhammed Musthafa Eriyapadi Pallindakukkal a resident of Kasargod who arrived at Mangalore International Airport on February 19 at about 7.30 a.m.by Air India Express flight IX 814 from

Dubai, Feb 19: Ali bin Sumaikh Al Marri, chairman of Qatar's National Human Rights Committee, has said that given the large number of Indians who live in Qatar, one cannot say the mortality rate among Indian expatriates in the country during the past two years is alarming. Al Marri said a "vested interest lobby" was behind a sustained media campaign against Qatar in the run-up to the 2022 FIFA

Udupi, Feb 19: A 30-year-old married woman committed suicide on intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday over alleged harassment by her husband. Thahira, wife of Muhammed Haneef, a resident of Janata Colony at Karamballi in Shivalli in Udupi district allegedly hung herself at her husband's house. According to a complaint filed by Thahira's mother and brother at Manipal police station, she was

Bantwal, Feb 19: A college student was kidnapped, assaulted and left in an unconscious state by a group of unidentified persons at the railway station in B C Road on Tuesday night. The victim has been identified as Mohammed Basha alias Basith (19), resident of Mularapatna village in Bantwal taluk. The incident is said to have occurred at around 8.45 p.m. and came to light on Wednesday morning. He