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Bangalore, Jan 9: The Primary and Secondary Education department had begun the process of deleting the 'communal content' and offensive words from textbooks of Classes I?to X, said Minister Kimmane Ratnakar. Speaking to reporters at the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee office, Ratnakar said all the complaints, which had come to him over the past few months, were dispatched to the subject

Mangalore, Jan 9: A 10-year-old girl from Belthangady taluk died due to malaria in the Regional Advanced Paediatric Care Centre (RAPCC) on Tuesday The victim is ideitified as Harinakshi, daughter of Taniya Mugera and Baby from Shishila village. District surveillance officer Dr Rajesh BV confirmed the death. He said her eight-year-old brother, Ajith, who also has malaria, is on a ventilator and his

Mangalore, Jan 9: Members of Dakshina Kannada District Congress Committee submitted a memorandum to the Mangalore Police Commissioner on Wednesday urging to arrest Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat for his provocative statements aimed at creating a rift between communities. A delegation of local Congress leaders presented a memorandum to Mangalore City Police

Mangalore, Jan 8: Around 1000 people gathered in front of Deputy Commissioner's office in Mangalore on Wednesday evening demanding stringent action against those who try to spread communal hatred in the society. The event was organized by Popular Front of India to create public awareness against the Sangh Parivar's alleged attempt to trigger communal violence across the state. The speakers who

Mangalore, Jan 8: Alleging the Congress-led Karnataka government of being anti-Hindu, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) international working president Dr Pravin Togadia warned the government of a backlash by the Hindu community, if it tried to harass Hindus in the name of attacking the opposition BJP in the state. Speaking at a press conference here on Wednesday, the Hindutva leader said that the

Mangalore, Jan 8: Former mayor of Mangalore City Corporation K Ashraf has created a new record in Dakshina Kananda district Congress by quitting the party for maximum number of times. Mr Ashraf, who had played the resignation cards at least four times in last couple of years for different reasons, now once again decided to bid adieu to the party, following the appointment of S M Rashid Haji as the

Bangalore, Jan 8: Energy-deficit Karnataka, which has initiated projects to produce 18,000 MW, has targetted to be a power surplus state by 2017, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said today. The projects, both in conventional and non-conventional sectors, were in different stages of implementation, he said. "Karnataka will, in all probability, be a power surplus state by 2017," he said inaugurating

Udupi, Jan 8: Vishwa Hindu Parishat (VHP) International Working President Dr. Pravin Togadia has said that Muslims were responsible for most of the riots and communal violence across India. Speaking to media persons after meeting Pejavar Mutt chief pontiff Vishwesha Tirtha Swamiji in the Mutt here on Monday, the hardcore Hindutva leader said that reports of inquiry commissions set up by state

Mangalore, Jan 8: The Government of India has appointed T S N Murthy, IRS, as the Chairman-in-charge of the New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT). Prior to the present appointment, Mr. Murthy was the deputy chairman of the NMPT. He had also worked as the Additional Commissioner of Income Tax in Mysore. Murthy, an IRS officer of 1990 batch has joined NMPT on May 3, 2010 as Deputy Chairman. He was

Mangalore, Jan 8: City-based builder S M Rashid Haji took charge as the new chairman of Dakshina Kannada district Wakf Advisory Committee in a simple ceremony at Wakf District Office here on Wednesday. Taking charge from outgoing chairman of the advisory committee Usman Haji, Mr Rashid Haji said that his goal as the Wakf advisory chairman was to hinder factionism and unite everyone, which he would