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Mangalore, Feb 13: The Postgraduate Department of English of St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Mangalore will be organizing a one day national level seminar on 'Translation: A Transcreation' on February 17, 2014. Dr A Lourdusamy, Chairman of the department in a press release said that the second annual endowment lecture will be delivered during the seminar by Dr K S Antonysamy, Associate Professor

Dambal (Gadag), Feb 13: Ten people were killed and 36 injured when a speeding truck rammed the tractor they were travelling in to attend a wedding, on Gadag-Mundargi State Highway near Dambal in the district on Wednesday. The deceased have been identified as: Hanumantappa Kenchappa Poojara (35) of Dambal, Prashant Tayappa Kengara (6) and Prajwal Tayappa Kengara (2) from Abbigeri in Ron taluk

Mysore, Feb 13: Former Karnataka minister S A Ramdas was on Wednesday booked for trying to commit suicide. Ramdas, a minister in the B S Yeddyurappa government, tried to kill himself within hours of a woman accusing him of sexually harassing her since 2009. Premakumari, who identified herself as a government clerk, also claimed he married her at his Mysore home two months ago. Before trying to

Mangalore, Feb 13: Members of BJP Yuva Morcha Mangalore City South constituency took out a Bharatha Gellisi ratha yatra (make India win) here on Wednesday as a precursor to visit by party's prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi on February 18. Nalin Kumar Kateel, Member of Parliament, launched the tour of a vehicle mounted 'rath' as part of the campaign. Earlier in the day, Dakshina Kannada

Mangalore, Feb 13: Officers of Customs at Mangalore International Airport (MIA) at Kenjar near here seized three 10 tola gold bars and three gold strips, totally weighing 466.600 grams, valued at Rs 14.20 lakhs. This was concealed in one coffee mug, one LED emergency light, one LED lamp and one LED switch light, altogether stashed inside a carton box from a passenger. The accused is Aboobacker

Jubail: Even as the coastal city of Mangalore is in the news for wrong reasons thanks to recent communal unrest in Ullal region, a few Mangaloreans in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have once again exhibited the real spirit of humanity and communal harmony. In a humanitarian gesture, a group of NRI philanthropists have donated over Rs 22 lakh to the family members of a Mangalore based expatriate worker

Mangalore, Feb 12: Asking for people's cooperation with the police department in maintaining peace and harmony in the district in the backdrop of a tense situation in Ullal, Home Minister K J George requested the citizens not to indulge in making provocative remarks or instigating the people, in order to create unrest in the area. Briefing mediapersons following a meeting with senior police

Libreville, Feb 12: "Ethnic cleansing" is being carried out against Muslim civilians in the Central African Republic, with international peacekeepers unable to prevent it, Amnesty International said on Wednesday. France's defence minister earlier called on international forces deployed in the Christian-majority country to put an end to attacks by the militias "by force if needed". Amnesty said it

Mangalore, Feb 12: Home Minister of Karnataka K J George today inaugurated the office of Assistant Commissioner of Police (Mangalore South Sub-division) and Mangalore Traffic Sub-division of Mangalore City Commissionerate at Pandeshwar. The Home Minister received the guard of honour and inaugurated the building in a short ceremony in the presence of ADGP (Law and Order) M N Reddi, IGP (Western

Mumbai, Feb 12: People without a bank account in India would soon be able to withdraw cash from an automated teller machine (ATM) with the use of mobile technology, Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan announced here Wednesday. At present, only bank account holders can withdraw cash from an ATM. "We have recently approved the in-principle setting up of a payment system which will