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Mangalore, Jan 24: Protesting against the laying of HPCL gas pipeline through the district from Mangalore to Hassan, the Dakshina Kannada district unit of Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha and Hasiru Sene said that they would boycott the meeting called by Deputy Commissioner at his office on Saturday to discuss the compensation amount to farmers whose land would be acquired for laying the pipeline

Mangalore, Jan 24: ARMC IVF, a unit of Repro Health Care Mangalore Pvt Ltd cpmpleted a year of functioning with the birth of first Intracytoplasmic Morphologically selected Sperm Injection (IMSI) baby in Dakshina Kannada on October 27 . Addressing the media persons on Friday, Dr. Raghavendra Prasad, executive director of the centre said that the IMSI treatment by the organisation used for

New Delhi, Jan 24: In first of its kind international operation, CBI today cracked down on hacking hubs at multiple locations in Mumbai, Pune and Ghaziabad on inputs received from the US probe agency FBI, arresting one person under the violation of Information Technology Act. Agency sources said it is a major operation in which agencies of China, Romania and the US are jointly acting along with

Bangalore, Jan 24: The ruling party legislators are learnt to have again complained to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah against some of his ministerial colleagues for their “lax attitude” in responding to people's problems. At the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting on Thursday, several MLAs took serious exception to the way ministers have been functioning. The legislators are said to be unhappy

Bangalore, Jan 24: The Lokayukta police, in their report submitted to the special court, have stated that they have not found any evidence against Information Minister R Roshan Baig, accused of land grabbing and possession of illegal wealth. Lokayukta Deputy Superintendent of Police Palakshiah, who probed into the private complaint by Abdul Haq Surathi, a resident of Shivajinagar, stated in his

Mangalore, Jan 24: The Surthkal police have arrested four teenagers in connection with assault of 28-year-old Kalandar Shakeel in Sannanagar in Kulai on January 20. All the accused aged around 17 years assaulted Mr Shakeel, who works in Tavakkal Enterprises, a superstore in Kulai, with iron rod near his house. The Surathkal police said images of the four boys were captured in CCTV cameras

Dubai, Jan 24: Some hope to win their dream car once in their lifetime, but for Shabrina Rashid and her family, luck stroke twice in last three years. The Indian housewife, 29, won yesterday two infinity cars and Dh100,000 at Dubai Shopping Festival's (DSF) Infiniti Mega Raffle draw. Her daughter also won a BMW two years ago bringing the total number of cars won by the family to three in the last

Mangalore, Jan 24: A person has been arrested by Mangalore police arrested in connection with the murder of a 70-year-old woman in a lodge off the city's busy K.S. Rao Road on January 17. The arrested has been identified as 61-year-old Ravindran alias Ravi from Taliparamba in Kannur district in Kerala. He was arrested in Kannur district. The police said Ravindran was with Ale Kutty, a resident of

Bangalore, Jan 24: An unscientific road hump coupled with reckless driving of an autorickshaw driver resulted in the death of his six-year-old son at Kaverinagar at K R?Puram here on Wednesday. Shiva, a labourer who also drives an autorickshaw, lost his only son Nanda when the vehicle overturned after hitting the road hump. His mother-in-law Gauramma, 48, and his sister-in-law Revathi, 28, who

Bangalore, Jan 24: Members of District Congress Committee of Dakshina Kannada who are lobbying for a Lok Sabha ticket for senior congress leader B Janardhan Poojary from Mangalore constituency submitted a memorandum to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president G Parameswhara supporting the candidature of Mr Poojary. Supporters of Mr Poojary, including the