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Bangalore, Jan 31: A total of 9,510 people lost their lives across Karnataka in road accidents in the year 2013. This is according to the statistics provided by Home Minister KJ George in a written reply to a query by M Srinivas of JDS about the number of road accidents in the last five years in the State. As many as 8,145 men and 1,365 women were killed. In all there have been 42,107 road

Riyadh, Jan 31: An Indian worker convicted of murdering a Saudi was beheaded by the sword in the Riyadh region today, the interior ministry said. Mohammed Latif was found guilty of having beaten to death his "sponsor," Dhafer bin Mohammed al-Dussari, with a sharp object and then dumping his body in a well, it was quoted by state news agency SPA as saying. A system called "kafala" in Arabic gives

Bangalore, Jan 31: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday said communal forces in the State were trying to incite trouble for political gains ahead of the Lok?Sabha elections, but the government would deal with such elements with an iron hand. Replying to a discussion on the motion of thanks to the governor's address in the Legislative Assembly, Siddaramaiah said the government would not tolerate

Dubai, Jan 31: A Kuwaiti Member of Parliament has called for a five-year limit on expatriates' stay in the Gulf nation that is home to over 700,000 Indians. The draft bill was proposed by the independent MP Abdullah Al Tameemi to reduce the country's dependence on foreign workers and cut the number of foreigners to a maximum of 124,000 from any country, Kuwaiti media reported on Thursday. The MP's

Mangalore, Jan 30: Customs officials at the Mangalore International Airport seized 11 gold ingots weighing 195.620 grams and valued at Rs 5,86,860, on Thursday from a passenger. During a routine check, customs department officials grew suspicious about the movement of a passenger, Mohammed Haneefa Bedira Sulaiman, a resident of Vidyanagar in Kasaragod district and on searching him, they found six

Salem, Jan 30: A 24-year-old woman skydiver from Bangalore died when her parachute failed to open properly after she dived from an airplane during a skydiving sessions at an unused airport at nearby Kamalapuram today, a senior official said here. The incident happened when Ramya, along with two others, jumped off an aircraft during a skydiving practise but her chute did not open when she pulled

Mangalore, Jan 30: Homage was paid to the father of the nation Mahatma Gandhi on his death anniversary, observed as Martyr's Day, by members of Dakshina Kannada Congress committee on Thursday. Party leaders and workers gathered in the park in front of Town Hall in the city and observed a few minutes of silence as a mark of tribute to the leader and freedom fighter. The statue of Gandhiji was

Mangalore, Jan 30: Disgruntled with the response of the HPCL officials, affected land owners of the proposed 397-km long LPG pipeline of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) on Thursday, voiced their strong ojection to the project and staged yet another walk-out of the review meeting called by the deputy commissioner to discuss compensation for the land acquired for the project. Before

Mangalore, Jan 30: A mass marriage for five couples was organised by the K C Road unit of Sunni Yuvajana Sangha (SYS) at Noor Mahal in Kotekar near here on Thursday. Udupi district Khazi Ibrahim Musliyar Bekal solemnised the Nikah ceremony. SYS Karnataka state president K P Husain Sa'adi presided over the programme. He called upon the Muslim youth to strive for the eradication of dowry system

Mangalore, Jan 30: The National level Aloysian Fest- 2014 was inaugurated in the college premises on Thursday. The programme was presided over by the Rector of St Aloysius Institutions Rev Fr Denzil Lobo SJ in the presence of Principal Rev Fr Swebert D'Silva SJ. N K Balakrishnan, FGM ,Central Bank of India, Hyderabad was the chief guest of the function. Addressing the college students on the