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Udupi, Mar 8: The Udupi district administration has banned the sale of alcoholic beverages from 6 a.m. on March 9 to 6 a.m. on March 10 in the Udupi district in light of the Virat Hindu Samajotsav being organised by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad in Udupi on March 9. An official press release issued here on Friday said that since a large number of people were expected to participate in the samajotsava

Sirsi, Dec 5: A boy and a girl from Sirsi committed suicide by hanging themselves from a tree on the outskirts of Hubballi on Thursday. The police gave the names of the deceased as Raghu Hanumanthappa Bhovi of Ramanabailu and Mamata Shankar Kalabhag of Nilekani village near Sirsi. Preliminary investigation has revealed that while Raghu was working as a construction worker, Mamata was studying in

Hassan, Nov 21: A man and his son were arrested by the police for killing an injured deer for its meat and hide at Baachenahalli in Arasikere taluk on Thursday. Police gave the names of the two men as Shankaregowda and his son Lokesh, residents of Baachenahalli. On Thursday morning, a milk van hit a deer which was crossing the road near the village. According to the police, the driver, before

Coimbatore, Nov 15: As part of an awareness campaign of the ‘Awakening Conference’ being organized by National Women’s Front on Sunday, an exhibition was inaugurated on Saturday at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. The theme of the exhibition is “Women’s rights and issues”. It was formally inaugurated by Popular Front of India Tamil Nadu state president A.S. Ismail at 11:30 am. NWF national president

Bangalore, Oct 30: The Karnataka state government on Wednesday transferred four IAS?officers. According to an official press release, the following are their new postings: K?V?Thrilok Chandra as?Deputy Commissioner, Kolar district, Kolar; D?K?Ravi as?Additional?Commissioner of Commercial Taxes, Bangalore; R?Vinoth Priya as Additional Mission?Director, Sakaala, Bang-alore and K?S?Manjunath as Chief

Udupi, Oct 1: A person was killed in a collision between a truck and a motorcycle at Padubidri in Udupi taluk on Tuesday. The Padubidri police said Jayarama Acharya (36), a resident of Laila village near Belthangady, suffered severe injuries in the collision near S.K. Auto Works shop, and died on the spot. The truck driver fled from the accident scene. Rash negligent driving by the truck driver is

Mangalore, Sep 16: Online applications have been invited from students belonging to SC, ST and Minorities for financial assistance under Vidyasiri programme and scholarship for post-matric students. Apply on or before September 25. Log on towww.backwardclasses.kar.nic.in

Kochi, Sep 11: A woman who was an accused in a murder case was detained at the Cochin International Airport here on Wednesday morning. Immigration officials detained Periyamma, 30, of Tamil Nadu, as a lookout notice had been issued against her. She arrived here from Kuwait on Wednesday. The police said the woman was accused in the case of her brother-in-law’s murder in 2011 in Ramanathapuram

Honnavar, Sep 10: A 21-year-old boy and a 28-year-old girl whose Facebook friendship led to deep love affair finally entered marital life in a traditional manner. Aditya Pramod Bevur (21), a youth of Kelaginur village in Honnavar taluk, married Poland’s Mikhalina (28) at Ishwar temple in Ramatirth near Honnavar. “We became acquainted through Facebook. We will be together till our last breath,”

Mangalore, Sep 6: The students of D.K.Z.P. School Urumane selected Veera D’mello as their ‘Best Teacher’ in the opinion poll conducted by the Rotary Club of Mangalore Central as a part of Teachers Day Celebrations held at the school premises. Mrs. Veera D’mello was conferred with the Rotary Best Teacher Award at a function held on 05.09.14 at Hotel Moti Mahal, Mangalore. Rtn. Santhosh Shet in his