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Mangalore, Jan 14: In an effort to bring together like-minded people to create awareness and shed light on the condition of elderly persons suffering from Alzheimer's disease, Spandana Charitable Trust, Mangalore held a meeting at YMCA, Balmatta here on Tuesday. Delivering the keynote address, Richard Shreder, an Alzheimer's specialist from Seattle, USA, said that the care-takers of those

Mangalore, Jan 15: Twelve students undergoing training for JEE-advanced and JEE-main at Centre for Advanced Learning (CFAL), Kuntikan Junction, Mangalore, have made it to second stage physics, chemistry, mathematics, astronomy and biology Olympiads. While nine of the 12 students have been selected for chemistry Olympiad, two each have been selected for astronomy, mathematics and biology Olympiads

Mangalore, Jan 14: Well-known scholar and linguist Dr Susheela P. Upadhyaya breathed her last on Tuesday. 78-year-old Upadhyaya, who has made comprehensive study in finding the roots of Beary literature, was the first person to obtain PhD on Beary language. Dr Upadhyaya started her career as a Hindi Tutor and Girls' Hostel Warden at MGM College, Udupi. Later, she worked as a teacher in Good

Mangalore, Jan 14: A German woman, who came for touring India, was allegedly molested by an Indian in a Chennai-Mangalore express train on Monday. It is learnt that, recently German lady who came to tour in India was allegedly molested in a moving train by an unknown Indian, while travelling to Chennai in an express train. Incident came into light while the victim filed a case with railway police

Bangalore, Jan 14: American evangelist Benny Hinn has cancelled his Bangalore visit days after there were widespread protests against a convention he was slated to hold. Additional Commissioner of Police (Law & Order), Kamal Pant has confirmed it to the media. Benny Hinn will not be a part of the prayer meet in Bangalore that is scheduled to start on Wednesday. The Bharatiya Janata Party and

Muzaffarnagar, Jan 14: The special investigation team probing Muzaffarnagar riots has identified 22 out of 27 accused in six gang-rape cases in Phugana village here and asked the local police to arrest them. Cases were registered against 27 people separately, out of which 22 have been identified by SIT and remaining five are under investigation, police said. Six women had lodged complaints that

Bantwal, Jan 14: According to a complaint registered in Bantwal Rural police station on Monday, suspected members of a saffron group barged into the house of a pick-up truck driver, allegedly assaulted his family members and threatened them. When Damodar, a resident of Kenjilapadavu in Ira village, was washing his pick-up truck on Sunday evening, six suspected Bajrang Dal members arrived at his

Mangalore, Jan 14: A large number of Muslims across coastal Karnataka celebrated the Eid Milad, the birth anniversary of Prophet Mohammed on Tuesday. Mosques, dargahs and madrassas have been decked with flags, buntings and banners to mark the day, considered by a section of Muslims to be the most blessed in Islamic calendar. Madrasa children took out Milad rallies in various parts of the city

Udupi, Jan 14: A police constable from the Anti-Naxal Force (ANF) shot himself and committed suicide in Jaddinagadde near Amasebail in Kundapur taluk in Udupi district on Monday night. The deceased constable is Albert D'Souza (35) resident of Belthangady in Dakshina Kannada. It is said that he shot himself with a gun in the middle of the forest on Monday night. The definite cause for his suicide

Udupi, Jan 14: The girl whose pictures in semi-nude posture, along with her boyfriend, was posted on Facebook has been kept under suspension by her college. The photographs were allegedly posted by her boyfriend on Facebook. Poornaprajna College principal K Sadashiv Rao said that the girl was suspended by the college on January 9, when it realised that the incident had taken place with her