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Kasaragod, Aug 9: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was on Wednesday unseated in the Enmakaje grama panchayat with the Left Democratic Front (LDF) supporting a no-confidence motion moved by the United Democratic Front (UDF). The UDF had 7, LDF 3, and the BJP 7 members in the council. The BJP was governing the panchayat after the party won a draw of lots after the 2015 local body polls. The motion

Kasaragod, Aug 3: The police arrested a youth while smuggling 7 kg ganja in a car at Chevar, near Kumbla, here on Thursday. On a tip-off provided by Superintendent of Police A. Srinivass, a team led by Kumbla Circle Inspector K. Premsadan arrested Hussain, 23, a resident of Paivalige panchayat. The narcotic was found concealed in the rear seat of the car, which was impounded by the police. The

Bengaluru, Aug 2: BBMP officials were in a frenzy on Wednesday after High Court Chief Justice Dinesh Maheshwari gave them four hours to rid the city of illegal flex and banners. This galvanised the BBMP with Commissioner N. Manjunath Prasad sending a message instructing the civic workforce to drop whatever they were doing and focus on removal of illegal banners. Later in the day, Mr. Prasad

Mangaluru, Jul 28: The Sullia police arrested Jagadish, 23, of Sullia for his alleged involvement in the theft of Rs. 26,500 and 48 grams of gold ornaments from the house of Satyanarayana in Kodiyala village near Bellare on July 25. The Bantwal Town Police on Thursday arrested Umanath Prabhu, 51, of Kateel for his alleged involvement in theft of ornaments and cash from a house in Shirali village

Kasaragod, Jul 19: A one-year-old girl was found dead in an overflowing well at Eriyal here on Wednesday. The police said Ayishath Shamna, daughter of Naseema, could have fallen into the well in the paddy field. The well wall had collapsed a while ago. The police and Fire and Rescue Services personnel retrieved the body and shifted it to the General Hospital around 3 p.m.

Kasaragod, Jul 19: Students’ unrest and subsequent clashes between rival groups resulted in indefinite suspension of classes at C.H. Muhammed Koya Memorial Vocational Higher Secondary School at Kottapuram in Neeleswaram. The unrest followed after a Plus One girl student was forced to sing a song by her classmates inside the classroom on Monday. Infuriated over forcing his sister sing the song, the

Mangaluru, Jul 7: Businessman and philanthropist Haji K Abdulla passed away at his residence at Kotekar on the outskirts of the city today. He was 87. He had served as the president of Abdul Khader Haji Memorial Trust and Honorary President of Noorani Yatheem Khana. The final rites will be held on the premises of Siddiq Juma Masjid at Kotekar tonight, family sources said.

Bengaluru, Jul 1: Amid coalition worries, the first full-fledged assembly session in Karnataka after the H D Kumaraswamy led Congress-JD(S) government came to power will begin on Monday with Governor Vajubhai Vala addressing the joint session. This will be for the third time the fifteenth assembly will be meeting after the assembly polls in May, which yielded a fractured verdict with BJP emerging

Kasaragod, Jun 28: The State Cabinet has given green signal to set up a yoga and naturopathy post-graduate institute in 15 acres at Karindalam, near Neeleshwaram. The institute, proposed to be set up on leased land, is planned as a 100-bed hospital complex, an official release said here on Wednesday. The institute is being set up by the Central Council for Research in Yoga and Naturopathy, it said

Bengaluru, Jun 23: The Karnataka State Electronics Development Corporation Ltd (Keonics) caused losses to the state exchequer by misusing the exemption it enjoys under the Karnataka Transparency in Public Procurements (KTPP) Act. The office of the Accountant General’s recent inspection report exposes discrepancies and additional expenditure caused in the procurement of various materials by Keonics