The stand taken by lone surviving Pakistani gunman Ajmal Kasab that he is not a terrorist and was being framed by police in the 26/11 terror attack case would pose a big challenge to the prosecution in final arguments slated to begin on March 9 in a special court here.
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. launched its third generation (3G) GSM voice and data service here on Friday.
Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts have got the lion’s share of the additional funds of Rs. 15 crore allocated for clearing pending bills and taking up continuing works.
The Mangalore East Police, who are investigating the alleged underworld links of Sri Rama Sene State co-convener Prasad Attavara, have discovered a laptop belonging to him with key clues that might strengthen the case against him.
In one of the worst stampedes in Uttar Pradesh, 63 people -- 26 children and 37 women -- were killed and more than 300 injured when volunteers at godman Kripaluji Maharaj’s ashram in Kunda used lathis to beat back the unmanageable crowds on Thursday afternoon.
The video flicks showing a saffron-clad man with flowing, dark manes spread-eagled on a bed canoodling with women is bad karma for the swamiji alleged to be the 33-year-old Paramahansa Nityananda.
Two police constables were injured when two unidentified persons threw a kerosene bomb at the complex which houses the office of Kannada daily Kannada Prabha in the early hours of Wednesday.
The police arrested an alleged naxalite sympathiser near Hebri in Udupi district on Wednesday.
Officials of the Regional Transport Office here seized spare tyres from inside some private buses on Tuesday. They also seized some bundles of bus tickets, which were not printed in proper format.
Over 3,000 people from Belman, Nandalike and Sooda villages staged a dharna in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s office here on Tuesday in protest against the acquisition of their agricultural land for the Suvarna Corridor industrial project.
Questions of script apart, it is the Konkani language that can save Goan culture and identity, says Tomazinho Cardozo. The second Konkani Literary and Cultural Conference organized by the Dalgado Konkani Academy which began on Saturday will end
NRI Commissioner Eduardo Faleiro said that all incentives given to writers in Devanagiri script, including Sahitya Academy awards, representations on literary bodies and financial assistance should also be given to writers in the Roman script.
An eyewitness said that the incident occured at around 12.30pm, at the H&M side of the mall. She told Arabian Business: "water started coming out in great volumes from the tank and people started running".
Rev. Fr Lawrence Fernandes (73 years), a priest of the Diocese of Mangalore for 47 years went to the heavenly abode at 2.45 a.m. on 24th of February, 2010. He died of a massive heart attack at a private hospital in Mangalore.
Eleven people are feared to be dead and at least 59 others were injured after a major fire broke out on Tuesday evening at Carlton Towers, a business centre housing several offices and commercial establishments.
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