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Kasaragod, Nov 1: Assistance of Rs. 1 crore to be given to aided schools The government will strive to turn all State-run schools into centres of excellence on a par with global standards, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said. The State will improve the overall standards of schools so as to help them compete with their counterparts with global standards, Mr. Vijayan said while addressing a...

Nov 1: A JD(S) leader was found dead at Mukikere in Channarayapatna taluk on Tuesday. The deceased has been identified as Ravi alias Kannambadi Ravi, 46, of Lakshmipura. His body was found hanging from a tree, while his two-wheeler was lying on the ground nearby. He had been to a festival in Kabballi on Monday. It is suspected that he was murdered on the way back to his village.

Singapore, Oct 31: AirAsia Bhd on Tuesday said it plans to sell more stakes in non-flying businesses to fund special dividends to shareholders, after announcing a new ground handling joint venture (JV) with Singapore's SATS Ltd. The low-cost carrier, which expects S$119.3 million ($87.7 million) in proceeds from the SATS deal, is close to selling some or all of its aircraft leasing arm and its...

New Delhi, Oct 26: India has 108 publicly-listed family-owned businesses, third highest in the world, says a Credit Suisse report. China tops the tally with 167 such companies followed by the US which has 121. As per the Credit Suisse Research Institute's (CSRI) latest "CS Family 1000" report, with an average market capitalisation of $ 6.5 billion, India ranks 5th in Asia Pacific, excluding Japan...

Singapore, Oct 25: Singapore has the world's "most powerful" passport, according to a global ranking topped for the first time by an Asian country with India figuring at 75th position, three notches better than its previous ranking. According to the 'Global Passport Power Rank 2017' by global financial advisory firm Arton Capital, Germany is ranked second, followed by Sweden and South Korea in...

Hubballi, Oct 25: Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly, Jagadish Shettar said on Tuesday that they had no problem if Tipu Jayanti celebrations were organised by private people. “We have never opposed if the event is by private parties. But it is not right to organise the celebration on behalf of the government,” he said. He was speaking to reporters in the city. “I was gifted a headgear and a...

Udupi, Oct 24: The District and Sessions Court postponed the hearing of hotelier Bhaskar Shetty murder case to November 28 for fixing the date for trial (FDT). The accused number one Rajeshwari, accused number two and three son Navneeth and astrologer Niranjan Bhat, were produced before the court in connection with framing the charges for Shetty’s murder. The accused number four and five who are...

Mangaluru, Oct 22: An Indian Coast Guard officer saved the lives of two people, who were lying unconscious on the roadside due to electric shock, on Airport Road in Mangaluru. A release from the Coast Guard, Karnataka, said Assistant Commandant Abhishek Wadhwa, belonging to 75 ACV Squadron, was heading towards Kunjathbail on Wednesday when he found the victims. He performed CPR and revived one of...

Mangaluru, Oct 21: The Mangaluru CCB police arrested seven persons who were making an attempt to rob near people Big Bazaar at Bejai in Mangaluru city. Acting on a tip-off that a group of six to seven youths on three bikes were making an attempt to rob a few persons, the CCB sleuths arrested seven persons. The arrested include Pritham Poojary (23), a resident of Kappigudde near Kavoor; Vishal...

Mumbai, Oct 18: Campaigners are using social media and lobbying for special laws to annul child marriages in India, which has one of the world's highest rates of women married as children. Kriti Bharti, founder of Saarthi Trust, has helped nullify more than 30 child marriages in the western state of Rajasthan, and recently used Facebook posts as evidence in court in a state where these marriages...