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Mangalore, Jan 15: Eminent writer Vaidehi and other eight personalities along with White Doves Trust, Mangalore were honoured with the Sandesha Awards at the 23rd annual Sandesha Award presentation ceremony by Sandesha Foundation at Town Hall, Mangalore on Wednesday. Cyril G Sequeira, known as C G S, Taccode was honoured with the Sandesha Konkani literature award for his contribution to Konkani

Mangalore, Jan 15: “The only way societies can solve the problem of poverty is through creation of jobs, which will lead to reduction of poverty,” said executive chairman of Infosys N R Narayana Murthy. He was speaking after inaugurating the rebuilt candle-making facility of Primacy Industries Ltd in Baikampady on the outskirts of the city on Wednesday. The facility of the Mangalore-based candle

Mangalore, Jan 15: Former Karnataka chief minister H D Kumaraswamy might be a busy politician like his father. But, he has enough time to spend with his special family members. People of Karnataka realized this fact once again when actress turned producer Radhika, the second wife of Kumaraswamy formally posted the pictures of her daughter's fourth birth day celebration. Hundreds of people liked

Mangalore, Jan 14: Newly appointed chairman of Dakshina Kannada Waqf Advisory Committee S M Rashid Haji was given a warm felicitation during the 'Crystal Jubilee Week' celebration of Al-Badriya composite pre University College. Union minister for highways and road transport Oscar Fernandes formally felicitated the new chief of district committee. Mangalore North MLA B A Mohideen Bava, Chancellor

Chennai, Jan 15: A youth from north Indian state of Bihar has reportedly been arrested in Chennai in connection with the sexual assault on an 18-year-old German tourist onboard Mangalore-Chennai express. The incident which took last week, has come to light on Monday when the victim, who is currently in Tamil Nadu, filed a police complaint. Medical tests have been conducted on her and reports are

Suratkal, Jan 15: Disagreement over betting between two friends in the local cricket team took a vicious turn, which led to assault over both by the opposing groups in Kulai on Monday. Late on Monday night, when Ijaz Ahmed (21), a resident of Kulai, was on his way towards the local mosque to help in preparation for Eid Meelad the next day, he was waylaid by Anil, Devaraj, Sujith, Nikhil and others

Gulbarga, Jan 15: The police sub-inspector Mallikarjun Bande who was shot at and injured in the head in a shootout with a wanted person Munna Darbadar on January 8 died at the Yashoda Super Speciality Hospital in Hyderabad in the early hours of Wednesday. According to reports doctors at the hospital declared him dead at 12.45 a.m. after his vital organs started failing. Bande was put on the

Hyderabad, Jan 15: The Chittoor Police in Andhra Pradesh have busted a gang allegedly involved in 200 crimes, including murder and rape for almost three years. The police were investigating the murders of a constable and a home guard by the same gang in the Palamner forest area about six weeks ago. The gang operated across AP, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu in a manner similar to the notorious

Hubli, Jan 15: A major fire broke out in a cold storage building on the Bellary-Bangalore Road in the Bellary industrial area at around 2am on Tuesday and destroyed property and agricultural produce worth around Rs 25 crore. Fire fighters are still battling to completely put out the fire. When the fire fighters reached the five-storeyed building, the fire was fast spreading to other floors. Eight

Mangalore, Jan 15: Team Mangalore, the city-based intrepid group of hobby kite flyers has been officially invited for the Dubai International Kite Festival to be held at Dubai Outlet Mall, on January 17. This unique Kite Festival is being organised for the third time in the UAE. It will showcase some of the best kites flown by flyers of international fame and also include other activities such as