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Mangalore, Dec 12: Aam Aadmi Party workers in Mangalore celebrated their stunning performance in the Delhi assembly poll by organizing a torchlight parade. The party activists wearing white caps and broomsticks raised slogans across the street from Jyothi circle to Town Hall celebrating the success. Addressing the jubilant workers, Srinivasan Nandagopal, joint secretary of the party said that AAP

Mangalore, Dec 12: In a sudden development, Karnataka Government transferred the Mangalore City Police Commissioner Manish Kharbikar and posted as Karnataka State Reserve Police (KSRP) DIG. R Hitendra, from 1996 batch of Karnataka police, has been appointed as the new Mangalore City Police Commissioner. Hailing from Kolar, Hitendra has served as DIG of anti-corruption cell of CBI from 2006 to 2013

Mangalore, Dec 12: As part of the 20th annual general conference of Al-Madeena educational institution, a mass-wedding ceremony of eleven couples will be held on Saturday at Al-Madeena Islamic Complex in Manjanady on the outskirts of the city, said convenor of the conference M S M Abdur-rasheed Zaini. Speaking at a press conference here on Thursday, he said that the three-day conference would be

Mangalore, Dec 12: In a bizarre incident, a huge swarm of honey bees laid siege on a Jet Airways flight which arrived at Mangalore International Airport (MIA) from Bangalore at noon on Thursday. Sources say that the honeybees must have had built a hive in one of the wings. They colony of bees began swarming around the aeroplane just as it landed at the airport located in Bajpe. The passengers on

Mangalore, Dec 12: Final countdown has begun for the prestigious title of Mr Dubai. The final results will be announced on December 13 and for the first time in the history of the pageant two Mangalorean youth are vying for the coveted title. Manoj Shetty, son of Ramesh and Sharada Shetty couple of Naguri and Shakeer, son of Nayaz Ahmed and Kausar couple of Pandeshwar are the finalists from

Mangalore, Dec 12: As many as eight fishermen who were stranded deep sea in the boat due to technical glitch were successfully rescued along with the boat. These fishermen had ventured into the sea on December 6 from Kochi in a fishing boat named 'Arogyamatha'. After sailing 52 nautical miles, on December 8 the boat faced problem in the gear box. When all their efforts to send distress signals

Mangalore, Dec 12: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has clarified that there is no link between the Patna blast and the ones arrested on the charges of illegal money transfer from Bihar and Mangalore. With this, the NIA is about to close the cases on the grounds of lack of evidence, thereby expressing contempt over the inefficiency of Bihar police. The central Home Ministry as well as the

Delhi/Mumbai, Dec 12: Symbols of India's emergence as an economic powerhouse line the four-lane highway to Jaipur out of New Delhi: a factory owned by the world's biggest motorbike maker, glass towers housing global call centres, shopping malls for India's burgeoning middle class. One night in August here, an angry mob ran amok, burning trucks and government property and forcing traffic to halt

Mangalore, Dec 12: Serial killer Mohan Kumar who had made several young women to death by administering them cyanide, promising them marriage, is all set to face his fate on December 17 as the Fourth Additional District and Sessions Court will give its verdict on this day. The Court has completed hearing in the murder cases of Anita from Bantwal, Leela from Vamanapadau and Sunanda from Sullia on

Riyadh, Dec 12: An expatriate driver hailing from Karnataka lost his life in road mishap occurred in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The deceased has been identified as 28-year-old Latheef Moideen, a resident of Mudigere in Chikmagalur district. He was working for a transportation company named Al-Baig Transportation since two years. The mishap took place on December 9 at around 3:00 p.m. near Salwa area