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Sullia, Jun 18: A master of business administration student of a private college in Mangaluru died of illness at his home at Bellare in Sullia taluk of Dakshina Kannada on Friday night. The deceased has been identified as Sharath Joshi (21), was the son of Subramanya Joshi, an entrepreneur. He is survived by his parents and a sister. Sharath Joshi had appeared for examination in Mangaluru on

Udupi, Jun 17: A student of a private engineering college in Karnataka taluk of Udupi district reportedly died by suicide by hanging himself in his bedroom on Friday, June 16. The deceased has been identified as Amrith Shetty, a resident of Durganidhi near Hirgana church in Kukkundoor village. It is learnt that Shetty did not go to college non Friday and stayed home for unknown reasons. Around

President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that his deployment of tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus, something he confirmed for the first time had already happened, was a reminder to the West that it could not inflict a strategic defeat on Russia. Speaking at Russia's flagship economic forum in St Petersburg, Putin said Russian tactical nuclear warheads had already been delivered to close ally

Mangaluru: The state government has released a compensation of Rs 25 lakh each to the kin of four victims of “politically motivated communal killings” that took place in Dakshina Kannada district. The government, in its order dated June 16, stated that the kin of Masood, Deepak Rao, Mohammad Fazil and Abdul Jaleel can collect the compensation amount at the Chief Minister’s Office ‘Krishna’ at 8 am

Bengaluru, June 17: Minister for Housing and Minority Welfare B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan has announced that he will bear the expenses of the Umrah pilgrimage of 100 volunteers, who had taken care of the pilgrims travelling to Hajj. Speaking after a prayer at the Haj Bhavan, Khan said that 170 such volunteers were sent on the Umrah pilgrimage last year. "Taking care of the Haj pilgrims and their

Newsroom, June 16: BJP National General Secretary C T Ravi has called upon the heads of the mutts to convene a 'maha panchayat' to save Hinduism. The call comes after Congress government of Karnataka repealed controversial anti-conversion bill introduced by previous BJP government and made it mandatory to read preamble of Indian constitution in schools and colleges across the state besides

Mangaluru, Jun 16: The government of Karnataka has posted senior IAS officer Mullai Muhilan MP as the new deputy commissioner of Dakshina Kannada replacing Ravi Kumar M R. Mullai Muhilan M P was earlier serving as the executive director of Centre for Smart Governance, Bengaluru. He is a 2013 batch IAS officer. Ravikumar M R had taken charge as the DC of Dakshina Kannada on October 31, 2022. In

Madikeri, June 16: A college student died in a scooter-motorbike collision in Kushalnagar town of Kodagu district on Friday. The deceased was identified as 21-year-old Bhavana, a resident of Indira Locality in Kushalnagar. According to police, Bhavana, a student of Field Marshal K. M. Cariappa college, was travelling on a scooter with her friend near Coorg Cineplex when they were hit by an

Tumakuru, 16: A teenage girl was strangled to death by her father, brother and uncle in Karnataka’s Tumakuru district in a case of honour killing. Tumakuru SP Rahul Kumar Shahapurwad said on Friday that the three accused — Parashurama, Shivaraju, Tukaram — have been arrested. The barbaric incident occurred after the victim Netravati’s family became enraged that she was in love with a boy belonging

Mangaluru, Jun 16: A 35-year-old man was attacked with knife by a miscreant following a brawl outside the mosque near Janata Colony of Kana at Suratkal on the outskirts of the city last night. Mohammed Shafi (35), an office bearer of the administrative committee of mosque, has suffered injuries on this back and hand in the attack. He is undergoing treatment at a private hospital in the city. The