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Dharwad, Feb 11: It was a proud moment for the Mangalore-based film producer Altaf Hussain, who received the best social film award for his debut production 'Byari' at Karnataka State Film Awards Ceremony in Dharwad. The young producer, who has also doubled up as the lead male character of the movie, received the honours from Chief Minister Siddaramaiah at the awards, at a colourful function held

Bangalore, Feb 11: The rift between former Union minister C K Jaffer Sharief and Minister of Minority Affairs K Rahman Khan has left the Muslim leaders in the State Congress divided. The two senior leaders refused to come face to face, rendering futile the efforts by a section of leaders to organise a meeting of the leaders and mount pressure on the party high command to seek, among others, an

Mangalore, Feb 11: A super-speciality government hospital, buildings for jail ward, medical ward, burns ward, government nursing college, regional trauma care unit, blood bank and quarters for the staff were some of the proposals kept forward in front of the government at the Arogya Rakshana Samiti meeting chaired by Dakshina Kannada district-in-charge minister B Ramanath Rai, held at Regional

New Delhi, Feb 11: Bharatiya Janata Party leaders L.K. Advani and Narendra Modi on Monday declared that the party would come to power after the Lok Sabha election even as the BJP said the turnout at Mr. Modi's rallies in States that are not traditional strongholds indicate that the mood of the nation was for the party. Speaking at the inauguration of the Gujarat BJP's new swanky headquarters at

Bangalore, Feb 10: The country's technology hub, Bangalore, is today one of the largest bioscience clusters on the planet with about 10,000 bioscience researchers and professionals located here, a top Karnataka government official today said. "The highest number of biotech startups anywhere in the country happen out of Bangalore and these are growing at the rate of 30 per cent year on year

Mangalore, Feb 10: A doctor was manhandled by a group of miscreants at a private hospital on the outskirts of the city on Monday. Dr Niyaz, a resident of Kannur, who is currently pursuing second year MD at Yenepoya Hospital suffered injuries when he was attacked during examining a girl, who had come along with a group of women. The attack on doctor was carried out after accusing him of sexually

Mangalore, Feb 10: District-in-charge minister B Ramanath Rai said that a few anti-social elements are trying to pollute the innocent minds of children through historical facts. Speaking at 'Makkala Habba' programme organised at Town Hall in the city on Monday, he said that children's mind was pure and filled with innocence. “We should teach the children truth and not twisted facts,” he said. He

Mangalore, Feb 10: A man from Kasargod was held at Mangalore International Airport on Monday for trying to smuggle foreign currency without declaring it. Abdul Basheer, a resident of Kudlu in Kasargod district is the arrested. The sleuths of directorate of revenue intelligence (DRI) became suspicious about the passenger, who was about to board a Dubai bound flight at the airport. When officials

Lucknow, Feb 10: A 58-year-old woman was hacked to death in Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur town when she protested the felling of trees in the area, police said Monday. The incident took place Sunday in Nauli village, 335 km from here, when Bela Devi, a social worker, confronted some local contractors while they were illegally chopping off the trees in the area. When the contractors, supported by some

Chikmagalur, Feb 10: Refusing to make it clear about his interest to contest from a particular constituency in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, opposition leader in the Legislative Council D V Sadananda Gowda has said that he will not declare himself as a candidate of any constituency before the BJP central committee releases the list of its candidates. He was speaking to mediapersons at guest