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Malakpur, Dec 22: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Sunday asked the victims of Muzaffarnagar riots living in relief camps here to go back to their homes, saying those engineering communal riots want them to remain in the camps as such a situation "benefits" them. Gandhi's closely guarded visit to relief camps of Muzaffarnagar riot victims began early morning from Muslim-dominated Malakpur

Chennai, Dec 22: Editor of a private TV channel was arrested in the early hours on Sunday from his residence here following a complaint by a former woman employee, who alleged him of sexual harassment, police said. He was arrested from his residence around one am, they said. Meanwhile, a statement from the news channel said their editor was arrested on a "false" complaint filed by a former

Mangalore, Dec 22: In a gruesome crime, a jobless youth allegedly murdered his own grandfather by assaulting him with a wooden plank. The victim has been identified as Nemiraj Poovani (80), a resident of Dasabettu Renjala in Karkala taluk of Udupi district. It is learnt that he was attacked for just expressing his unhappiness about the irresponsibility of his grandson Ravi Jain, who has been

Bangalore, Dec 22: “I will never ever again enter an ATM kiosk which doesn't have security measures like a guard," said Jyothi Uday, the woman who was attacked at an ATM kiosk at Corporation Circle a month ago, soon after being discharged from BGS Global Hospital on Saturday. Ms. Jyothi walked slowly, holding on to the doctors for support, and managed a smile as she sat down to address the

Bhatkal, Dec 22: The officials of Excise department and he Railway Protection Force (RPF) on Saturday seized about 1,000 litres of Goa liquor from Matsyagandha Express in Honnavar near Bhatkal. The police seized 1, 296 bottles of liquor valued at Rs. 51, 840. The liquor was loaded at Margoa railway station in Goa, where it was manufactured. It is said that the railway police noticed the bags

Mumbai, Dec 22: Describing Rahul Gandhi as "the most competent and ultimate leader" in the country, Union Oil Minister Veerappa Moily today said the Congress vice-president is "fit to be the Prime Minister". "He is the most competent, ultimate leader, who is fit to be the Prime Minister of the country. He is the real leader of the Congress party," he told reporters at a business event in Mumbai

Mangalore, Dec 22: A B Ibrahim, managing director of the Chamundeshwari Electric Supply Corporation (CESC) Ltd., Mysore will take charge as Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada district. Mr Ibrahim has also served as Commissioner of Mangalore City Corporation from 1997 to 1999. He had also served as administrator officer in KEONICS.

Bangalore, Dec 22: Social welfare department will pay Rs 131 crore towards tuition fees of SC/ST students since 2004, who had paid the entire amount during their study days in professional courses. Briefing reporters, Social Welfare Minister H?Anjaneya said successive governments had failed to pay tuition fees to engineering and medical colleges. “As a result, several SC/ST students had paid the

Bangalore, Dec 22: The Janata Dal?(Secular) seems to be struggling to find the right candidates for at least 18 parliamentary seats in Karnataka, while the two prime parties, the Congress and the BJP,?are facing a fierce scramble for party tickets for the 2014 Lok Sabha election. The JD(S) began its exercise of scouting around for winnable candidates in Bangalore on Saturday. Party supremo H?D

Ankola, Dec 21: In a shocking incident, unknown miscreants gunned down a co-operative sector leader at Ankola in Uttara Kannada district on Saturday afternoon. R?N?Nayak, 57, was getting into his car near the head office of his Dwaraka Credit Co-operative Society Limited on K?C?Road when he was shot. The bullet fired by one of the attackers broke through the glass pane of the right side rear