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Mangalore, Dec 27: Condemning the alleged kidnap and blackmail of two medical students by a gang last week, the district unit of Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) came down heavily against the failure of the district administration and elected representatives in preventing instances of moral policing and crimes against youth in Dakshina Kannada. Addressing demonstrators in the protest

Udupi, Dec 27: As many as 23 girls of Rukmini Shetty Memorial College, Barkur, who were participating in an NSS camp fell sick and became unconscious under mysterious circumstances on Wednesday night at Vaddarse in Udupi district. Dr Ganesh Kamath of N R Acharya hospital at Koteshwar, who treated the students, said that all the students had suffered “acute panic attack”. “They did not have any

Bangalore, Dec 27: In a bizzare turn of events, the family of an elderly man who died at a City hospital took home the body of another man, a retired lieutenant colonel, and cremated it on Wednesday. On Friday morning, the ex-service man's son came to the Bangalore Baptist Hospital in Hebbal to collect his father's body and was shocked to find that some one else had alrea¬dy taken the body and

Mangalore, Dec 27: Few like-minded organizations came together to discuss and outline a plan of action in a meeting against the backdrop of the alleged kidnap and blackmail of two medical students last week on the outskirts of the city, to prevent further such incidents in the future. In a gathering of few activists from NGOs, organisations and concerned citizens, questions were raised on how to

Mangalore, Dec 26: Minister for Health and Family Welfare U T Khader has urged the police to take stringent action against those involved in the case of kidnapping Medical students from Deralakatte and forcing them to involve in sex before camera. Addressing media persons in the city on Thursday Mr Khader rubbished the allegations made against him by BJP leaders of shielding the accused in the

Bangalore, Dec 26: Unfazed by criticism over its foreign jaunt at a time when the state is hit by drought, a Karnataka Legislature committee today insisted it would go ahead with the visit to Brazil, Argentina and Peru with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah also defending their tour. As the jaunt by a contingent of about 18 MLAs planned for January stirred up a controversy, Siddaramaiah told reporters

Tumkur, Dec 26: In a gruesome accident, a woman and her three children were killed on the spot near Kora in Tumkur on Wednesday. A family of six, including four children, from Tipunagar in Tumkur was going on a motorcycle from the city to Sira town when a canter rammed the two-wheeler on national highway 4 around 3 p.m. The police identified the dead as Razia Banu, her daughters Mehak Banu (9) and

New Delhi, Dec 26: Worried over instances of gold smuggling by some Air India staffers, the Directorate General of Revenue Intelligence has asked the national carrier to take necessary measures to check it. In a letter written by Director General of DRI Najeeb Shah, Air India has been asked to sanitise its staff, especially those involved in ground-handling duties, official sources said. The DRI

Mangalore, Dec 26: “Maintaining peace in the nation is of utmost importance for its development. Aman ke bina koi tarakki nahi hogi (There can be no development without peace). The need of the hour is to ensure that both Muslim and Hindu communities are united in the country,” said chairman of Gujarat Hajj Committee Sufi M K Chishty. Speaking on 'Modi and Muslims' at an event organised by NaMo

Mangalore, Dec 26: A B Ibrahim, former managing director of Chamundeshwari Electric Supply Corporation Ltd, Mysore, officially took charge as the new Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada district here on Thursday. Returning to serve in the coastal district after a period of 14 years, he said that he would foremost turn his attention to Mangalore City Corporation, as the civic body was