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Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 13: A middle aged home-maker, who forced Left protestors to make way, Friday became the rallying point of her neighbours who are fed up of a blockade outside the official residence of Chief Minister Oommen Chandy. Sandhya took on the Left protestors Thursday after she found herself surrounded and unable to go home. Friday morning, following her protest a day before, she got

Uppinangady, Dec 13: In a tragic incident, a 14-year-old boy drowned in a river while he was wading in it after taking part in a sports event at his school in Uppinangady on Thursday. The deceased is Mohammed Mubarish, the only son of Abu Saalih residing near Adekal in Hirebandadi village close to Uppinangady. He was a Class 9 student in Uppinangady PU College. After participating in sports

Moodbidri, Dec 13: The organizers of 'Alva's Vishwa Nudisiri Virasat' have decided to honour 10 nonagenarian litterateurs and other achievers of the state as a mark of respect for the valuable contributions made by them. Nadoja Venkatasubbaiah, Mysore University former vice chancellor Javaregowda, Kaiyyara Kinhanna Rai, Chennaveera Kanavi, Patil Puttappa, Yenagi Balappa, H S Doreswamy, Sudhakar

Mangalore, Dec 13: Condemning the state government's proposal to impose a ban on arecanut, former union minister B Janardhan Poojary urged Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to form an all-party delegation and meet the Prime Minister pressing for the withdrawal of the same. Addressing a press conference here on Friday, he said that all political leaders including leaders of the opposition party should

Mangalore, Dec 13: Many consider number 13 to be unlucky but for the twin districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi, 13 may turn out to be lucky because it was on December 13th that districts made a united effort to enter the Guinness Book of World Records for the biggest yoga class held ever. On Friday, approximately 75,000 students in 49 centres in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts participated

Mangalore, Dec 13: An awareness programme on 'Nuclear Energy for a Better Society' organized by St. Aloysius College, Mangalore in association with Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai was inaugurated by Dr. Sharad Kale, Head, TT & CD, BARC, Mumbai on Thursday at Eric Mathias hall, St. Aloysius College, Mangalore. The programme sought to elaborate on the various applications of nuclear

Bangalore, Dec 13: Home Minister K J George has rewarded two traffic cops for a strange reason. The two men stopped the minister's private car and made him pay fine for an old traffic violation involving his Audi. Around 7.30 pm on December 7, George's Audi stopped at the traffic signal at D'Souza junction in Ashoknagar traffic police limits. Assistant Sub-Inspector H?R?Srinivas and constable P

Mumbai, Dec 13: Alleged Indian Mujahideen member Afzal Usmani, who gave police the slip from court premises in September and was recaptured subsequently, has claimed in a letter to the court that he had not fled, but had been taken away by Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad officials. Usmani submitted this letter to the special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act court here on December 10

Bangalore, Dec 13: A close aide of former MLA Vatal Nagaraj hanged himself after his wife and two teenage children ate food laced with poison and died in a suspected suicide pact at their home at Nagavarapalya in Baiyappanahalli here on Thursday. Police are investigating what drove N Gopi and his family to suicide. His wife Jayashree, son Dilip Kumar and daughter Sangeetha first ate the food laced

Muzaffarnagar, Dec 12: Expressing concern over reports that 50 children had died due to cold and poor facilities at relief camps in riot-hit Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh, the Supreme Court today directed Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's government to take immediate steps and provide all help to those at the camps by tomorrow. "We are very much concerned with media reports of children deaths. We