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Mangalore, Dec 23: Statutory approval required for laying additional pipeline for transportation of LPG for Mangalore-Bangalore via Hasan LPG pipeline project of HPCL has been received. With the clearances, Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas M Veerappa Moily said that the work in this regard will begin in two months. Speaking to reporters on his visit to the first transport hub of South India

Mangalore, Dec 23: Educated Muslim women with religious knowledge should strive to establish a God-fearing society, said Shameera Jahan, deputy-coordinator, Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, Karnataka state unit. Delivering the valedictory address at elite Muslim women's meet organized by the women's wing of JIH as part of its state level campaign 'women, the epitome of humility', at Talent Conference Hall in

Bangalore, Dec 23: Renowned poet, writer and researcher G S Shivarudrappa, who left his own indelible imprint in the Kannada literary world, died at his residence here today. Shivarudrappa (87) had been ailing for some time and the end came this afternoon, his family said. He is survived by wife, two sons and a daughter. He was a recipient of the Central Sahitya Akademi award, Karnataka Sahitya

Davanagere, Dec 23: Walking home after her dance rehearsal at 9.30pm on Saturday, 19-year-old Kavitha (name changed) heard a bike behind her. It was a friend, Prithvi. He offered her a ride home, and Kavitha hopped on. It's a ride she wants to forget, but can't. Instead of going straight home, Prithvi (22) took Kavitha to a desolate place behind Bapuji Auditorium and attempted to rape her. Kavitha

Bangalore, Dec 23: JD(S) chief H D Deve Gowda on Sunday said his party will not have pre-poll tie-up with the Congress and the BJP for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls and that it will fight the elections on its own. Speaking at a meeting with Muslim intellectuals, he said the JD(S) is not against Muslims. It is the Congress which is anti-Muslim. The JD(S) is committed to implement schemes and programmes

Bangalore, Dec 23: A lab technician with a private hospital in Rajajinagar was killed on the spot in a head-on collision between a bus and a two-wheeler, near Binny Mills on Mysore Road on Sunday morning. The accident occurred at 7 am when Yashaswini, 27, was on her way to meet a friend. A Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation bus, coming from the opposite direction, collided with Yashaswini's

London, Dec 22: For the first time, an artificial heart that may give patients up to five years of extra life has been successfully implanted in a 75-year-old French man. The artificial heart, designed by French biomedical firm Carmat, is powered by Lithium-ion batteries that can be worn externally. The heart that was put into the patient at Georges Pompidou Hospital in Paris uses a range of "bio

Bellary, Dec 22: BJP central top brass has given the green signal for admitting former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa back into the organisation, senior state party leader K S Eshwarappa said today. "The central leadership has given the green signal...He (Yeddyurappa) will be back in (BJP) soon," Eshwarappa told reporters here, as the party's state unit has in recent days been making no

New Delhi, Dec 22: Passengers flying into India will have to fill in a new customs form on their arrival from the New Year while the need to fill immigration form for returning Indians is being done away with. All passengers coming to India will be filling up an 'Indian Customs Declaration Form' seek details that will be different from the detachable perforated strip which is part of the

Mangalore, Dec 22: A private hospital providing quality healthcare in collaboration with government hospitals for the poor is indeed a noble service” said minister for health and family welfare, UT Khadar. He was speaking after launching the 'Grameena Arogya Card' scheme of Indiana Hospital in the city on Sunday in collaboration with Tiny Heart Foundation. Mr Khadar further said through delivering