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Mangalore, Feb 8: It was more than light, music and action. There were over 200 folk artists f, classical elements and one concept - 'casteism'. These were all part of the sound and light show with the theme 'Manushyajaati thaanonde vallam' pictured the fight against casteism was a successful crowd- pulliing event. The show took the audience through a journey of human evolution with a depiction of

Gulbarga, Feb 8: Eight people, including four members of a family, were killed on the spot in a head-on collision between an NEKRTC?bus and an autorickshaw they were travelling by near Mandewal-Nedalgi Cross on the Humnabad-Bijapur National Highway 218 'E' under the Nelogi police station limits of Jewargi taluk, about 70 km from here on Friday. The deceased have been identified as Venkatesh (40)

Hyderabad, Feb 8: Bringing curtains down on the glorious saga of the Maruti 800 model, Maruti Suzuki India has stopped production of the iconic car brand that had been carrier for millions of Indian middle class families, since last month, said senior official of the auto maker on Friday. CV Raman, executive director MSIL, said though the car production has stopped, spare parts will be available

Udupi, Feb 8: Despite BJP top brass' decision to field former chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda from Udupi-Chikmagalur constituency, the later has reportedly shown hesitation to face incumbent MP K Jayaprakash Hegde. Even though Mr Gowda has won Udupi-Chikmagalur constituency twice, BJP had failed to retain the seat in recently held bypoll despite massive campaign. At the same time Mr Hegde has

Mangalore, Feb 7: Police managed to prevent Pajawar mutt pontiff Visweswara Theertha Swamiji from entering turbulent Ullal on Friday amidst the continued prohibitory orders in the town following two days of untoward incidents and nightmarish rumours. Despite the appeal from police department to political and religious leaders not to mislead the people of the region Swamiji tried to enter the

Bangalore, Feb 7: Trashing the interview of Aseemanand, an accused in Samjhauta Express and other blast cases, that RSS had sanctioned the terror acts, BJP on Friday dismissed it as an attempt by the government to divert public attention from important issues before Lok Sabha polls. "The timing is very apparent in a case which is so old. 2014 elections... Every time before elections such subjects

Mangalore, Feb 7: The valedictory of the 19th Dr M V Shetty Memorial inter-physiotherapy colleges' cricket tournament for boys and girls held at NMPT ground, Panambur, on Thursday. Dr Divyanjali Shetty, Trustee Dr M V Shetty memorial Trust Mangalore was the chief guest for the valedictory function. Students and staff of Dr M V Shetty College of physiotherapy and various physiotherapy colleges were

Mangalore, Feb 7: A book on the various facades of prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi 'Manku Boodi (Modi) – Hitlera Hejje Jaadugalu' written by Suresh Bhat Bakrabail was released in a programme here on Friday. In a programme organised by Karnataka Komu Souharda Vedike, Dakshina Kannada at Women's Resource Centre, Balmatta here, former district president of the organisation C N Shetty

Hyderabad, Feb 7: The new generation electronic passport, which aims to secure the data and curb the menace of fake passports, is likely to be introduced by next year, a senior government official said here today. "A Task Force has been set up to look into the e-passport project, which has held deliberations with different stakeholders (departments). We are planning to start issuing e-passports to

Bantwal, Feb 7: A 29-year-old pregnant woman died at private hospital at B C Road on Thursday night allegedly due to medical negligence. Chanchalakshi, wife of Naveen Kumar of was nine months pregnant with her second child and was admitted at Somayaji hospital for the delivery. However, she developed complications after nurse administered her wrong injection, alleged Mr Naveen Kumar. In his