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Kasargod, Jan 26: Unidentified assailants hacked a 39-year-old man to death on Paivalike - Chevar road on Saturday night. The deceased is Balige Azeez, a resident of Paivalike in Kasargod. He was one of the accused in sensational murder case of Youth congress leader Abdul Jabbar in 2009. He was driving home from Kasargod when an Ambassador car hit his four-wheeler from behind. Sensing the danger

Mangalore, Jan 26: A 26-year-old NRI youth died on the spot in a ghastly road mishap that took place at Kaikamba junction near Gurpur on Sunday morning. The deceased has been identified as Muhammad Haris, son of Abdul Rahman, a resident of Angadi House in Addoor. Haris had left his home in the morning to hand over a parcel given by one of his friends in Saudi to his family members. However, he was

Mangalore, Jan 26: The district-level 65th Republic Day celebrations were marked with a march-past by various contingents followed by a colourful dance-and-song presentation by students from Delhi Public School at Nehru Maidan in the city on Sunday, showcasing India's rich cultural diversity. Dakshina Kannada district-in-charge minister B Ramanath Rai unfurled the tricolour flag and inspected the

Kasargod, Jan 26: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence seized one kg of gold from a passenger who arrived at the Nedumbassery international airport from Dubai at 2.25 a.m. on Saturday. DRI officials seized the gold from P. Mohammad Salim, a native of Kasaragod. Officials said Salim cut a gold bar into pieces and concealed it in the batteries of an LED light he was carrying in his baggage. DRI

Mangalore, Jan 26: Minister for Health and Family Welfare U T Khader has said that the State government has decided to promote peritoneal dialysis as an alternative to haemodialysis for the benefit of the large number of kidney patients on a pilot basis at Wenlock Hospital in Mangalore and at K C General Hospital in Bangalore. Addressing a press meet here on Saturday, he said that this is first of

Mangalore, Jan 26: Custom officials at Mangalore International Airport seized nearly 700 grams of gold, worth more than Rs. 21 lakh, from a passenger who landed here on Saturday morning. According to Commissioner of Customs, D Purushotham, the gold was in form of six gold bars, each weighing 10 tolas (each tola is 11.66 grams) that was concealed in a carton box by Mohammed Noufal Naimarmoola

Bangalore, Jan 26: Three police officers have been awarded the President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service and 19 others the President's Police Medal for Meritorious Service on the occasion of Republic Day. The officials who have been awarded the President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service are Dr P Ravindranath, IPS, ADGP, KSRP, Bangalore; P K Shivashankara, Superintendent of Police

Mangalore, Jan 25: For the first time, the Western Range division of Karnataka State Police will invoke provisions of the Karnataka Control of Organised Crime Act (KCOCA) against all the accused in connection with the murder case of businessman R N Naik in Ankola, Uttar Kannada district that occurred on December 21. Speaking to reporters at a press conference here on Saturday, Inspector-General of

Mangalore, Jan 25: Health and Family Welfare Minister U T Khader has said that former union minister B Janardhan Poojary has all rights to demand Congress' ticket to contest from Mangalore Lok Sabha constituency in impending polls. Responding to the queries of media persons in the city on Saturday, Mr Khader said no one would object Mr Poojary's candidature. “Poojary is a veteran leader of the

Mangalore, Jan 25: After a boycott, calls of protest and a thinned turnout, talks with villagers who will lose their land to the proposed HPCL Mangalore-Bangalore LPG pipeline project bore little progress in Mangalore on Saturday. However, after hearing complaints, the district administration said they would, if land was consented for the project, change the tag in the land records that would