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Mangalore, Feb 2: 812 Foundation that has taken up various issues of aviation safety in India post crash of IX812 flight here in May 2010 is contemplating to file a curative petition before the Supreme Court against disposal of a writ petition filed by it. The Foundation had filed the writ petition before the Supreme Court on issues of aviation safety in the country and to seek the reinvestigation

Aden, Feb 2: A cargo ship sank off the coast of Yemen killing 12 Indian sailors onboard, Yemen interior ministry said on Saturday. The ship, which was carrying car tyres and car parts, ran aground on Thursday night but the incident did not come to the attention of Yemeni security until 10 hours later, its statement said. Heavy winds and high waves prevented the rescue of the Indian sailors. The

Mangalore, Feb 1: Newly-launched IT company Kiran Technologies will conduct free internet entrepreneurship workshops for women on weekends to train women in the use of internet social media to start and promote their own businesses online, chief executive officer of the company Shanavas. Speaking at a press conference here on Saturday, he said that the internet entrepreneurship training programme

Ullal, Feb 1: Well-known Sunni religious leader of coastal Karnataka and Khazi of Ullal Assayyid Abdurrahman Al-Bukhari birthed his last after a prolonged illness in Kerala. He was 97. Affectionately called as 'Tajul Ulema' and 'Ullal Thangal' he had been in the forefront of religious activities of a section of Muslim community in Kerala and coastal districts of Karnataka. Tajul Ulema also served

Gulbarga, Feb 1: Congress president Sonia Gandhi Saturday assured people in North Karnataka of a special financial package from the central government for the integrated development of the region. "I will follow up with the central government the demand of the people in the region to grant a special financial package for their socio-economic development," Gandhi said at a massive public meeting

Gulbarga, Feb 1: Attacking BJP and its PM candidate Narendra Modi, Congress President Sonia Gandhi today accused them of indulging in divisive politics by "sowing seeds of poison" (zeher ki kheti) and instigating violence. "This is an area which was the 'karmabhoomi' of Sufi saints and a symbol of composite culture of the country. I firmly believe that you will not allow those who sow the seeds of

Chennai, Feb 1: Hitting out at Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramiah who had held a business conclave in Coimbatore in the state recently, the Tamil Nadu government today said it was a 'drama' enacted by him to retain his post ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. "That meeting was a drama by that Chief Minister to retain his post ahead of elections," Industries Minister P Thangamani said today

Mangalore, Feb 1: Customs officials at Mangalore International Airport (MIA) at Kenjar near here on Friday seized 1-kg gold bar and eight silver coated metallic gold wires, totally weighing 1.350-kgs valued at Rs 40.48-lakh. This latest seizure is sixth case of smuggling detected at MIA in January involving seizure of 3.476-kgs of gold valued at Rs 1.06-crore. Interestingly, the modus operandi is

Puttur, Feb 1: Two persons were killed and seven others were injured after the mini-truck in which they were travelling overturned near Injara village on Mangalore-Bangalore Highway-75 on Saturday morning. The deceased are Naeem and Kaleem, both hailing from Bihar. The injured have been identified as Mujahid, Vinod, Raja, P Aruna, M Sharavana, R Sharavana and Aruna. They have been admitted to a

Mangalore, Feb 1: Applied for a passport recently? Expect a considerable delay before you get it. The Nashik-based Indian Security Press (ISP), the only place where passports are printed in the country, was shut for a couple of weeks due to the shortage of a special raw material. Though the printing of passports resumed last week, the shutdown and the resultant backlog means lakhs of applicants