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Bangalore, Dec 20: Marking a milestone in India's military aviation, the indigenously-built Light Combat Aircraft Tejas on Friday received initial clearance for induction into the Air Force, 30 years after the sanction of the programme estimated to cost around Rs 25,000 crore. The single-engine light weight state-of-the-art fighter aircraft will replace the ageing fleet of MiG 21s from the IAF and

Mangalore, Dec 20: 'Direction 2 Diamond', two week long paramount diamond show at Sulthan Gold, Kankanady, Mangalore is a platform to showcase the International Gemological Certified (IGI) diamond jewellery. IGI general manager, Ramit Kapur formally inaugurated the 'Direction 2 Diamond', two weeks long event at Sulthan Gold, Kankanady, Mangalore and said that diamonds certified in 10 laboratories

Riyadh, Dec 20: GCC countries are planning to launch a European-style Schengen visa by mid-2014 to allow Gulf-based expats and foreign businessmen to move easily across the borders of the six-member bloc. The GCC interior ministers are working on the details of the project, which many believe will boost tourism and trade in the region, and cut out lengthy bureaucratic delays, said Abdul Rahim

Mangalore, Dec 20: A woman who was tortured by her husband over the last 20 years and was kept in captivity over the last four years was finally rescued from the gruesome clutches of her husband on Thursday, from the couple's residence at Ajar near Kateel. The victim is Sulochana (48) and with reliable information from certain sources that Sulochana is being tortured by her husband, officials of

Bangalore, Dec 20: In a bizarre incident, unidentified thieves stole a sandalwood tree from the Lalbagh Botanical Garden in Bangalore. The incident came to light on Thursday morning. The 15-year-old tree was right in front of the Horticulture Director's office near the main gate of Lalbagh. Personnel from the nearby police outpost and the security guards at the main gate that is close to the spot

Riyadh, Dec 20: Three expatriate workers including one from NR Pura of Chikmagalur district died after breathing toxic gases from a coal-burning heater in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia recently. Mohammad Basheer (31), son of Fareed and Nafeesa couple, residents of Guddehalla in NR Pura in Chickmagalur district of Karnataka is one among the three deceased. Basheer had come to Saudi with dreams of

Mangalore, Dec 20: Valedictory function of healthcare equipment expo-'AROGYA-2013', hosted by Medikit and SRS Global Industry Solutions was held at Dr. TMA Pai International Convention Centre , Mangalore on December 18. Delivering the Valedictory address J. R Lobo, MLA ,Mangalore said that Education Hub and Karnataka's Healthcare Gate way – Mangalore is in very urgent need of an international

Kundapur, Dec 20: An ailing man who underwent a surgery and his mentally unstable son committed suicide on the same day at a place called Kathbelthoor of Hemmadi village in Kundapur taluk. Krishna Mogaveera (70) from Kadrigudde in Hemmadi and his son Sukesh (27) ended their lives within interval of few hours. While the father ended his life consuming poison and was recovered dead on Thursday at

Belgaum, Dec 19: Karnataka Janatha Paksha leader and former Chief Minister B S Yedyurappa will be admitted to BJP in a few days, state party chief Prahlad Joshi said today. Joshi said he had raised the issue of Yeddyurappa's homecoming with party's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, who was here today, for a function. The matter was before central leaders, he said. Yeddyurappa had also

Mangalore, Dec 19: State and Central government have neglected the matter of conferring of classical language status to Kannada and the classical status conferred on the language was just eyewash. This is what Prof B A Vivek Rai has to say, presiding over the 'Alva's Vishwa Nudisiri Virasat' programme on Thursday evening, at Vidyagiri in Moodabidri. Speaking about the development that took place