Archive for February, 2009

Mangalore: BJP to Field Nalin Kumar Kateel from Mangalore?… and other news

February 15, 2009

Mangalore: BJP to Field Nalin Kumar Kateel from Mangalore?
Mangalore, Feb 14: It is gathered, that the district unit of the BJP has finalized the name of its district general secretary Nalin Kumar Kateel as the
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Mangalore: MLA's Daughter Takes Part in Identity Parade, Police …
Mangalore, Feb 14: In tune with the permission granted by the court, the policemen arranged for the identity parade of the arrested accused in the case
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Mangalore: Miscreants' Threat Forces Students to Cancel College Tour

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Mangalore, Feb 13: Despite the assurance of full security by the top police officials, Mangalore is still showing room for threat and violence.
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Muthalik held, Sri Ram Rene withdraws anti-V-day protests
In a state-wide drive, the police took Muthalik into custody on the outskirts of Gulbarga, its co-convenor Prasad Attavar in Mangalore and more than 150
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'Pink chaddi' campaign a hit, draws over 34000 members
It adds, "If organised in multiple cities such as Mangalore and Bangalore, this event will surely make international headlines and make the victims feel
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Young Indians square up to nationalists over Valentine's Day
Pramod Mutalik, the SRS leader, said his group was "protecting Indian culture" after it attacked several young Indian women in a pub in Mangalore last month
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Arundhati decries Mangalore pub attack as “class war on women’s …

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NEW DELHI: A month after the much talked about Mangalore pub incident where Sri Ram Sene activists humiliated women, Delhi University students and teachers
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Mangalore: Security Arrangements in Place Ahead of V-Day : DGP …

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Mangalore, Feb 13: “All necessary security and preventive measures have been taken to prevent any untoward incidents on V-day”, said Ajay Kumar Singh,
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Indian Women Use Facebook for Valentine’s Counterprotest

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Last month in the Indian city of Mangalore, young male activists from Sri Ram Sena attacked young women for visiting a pub. The women were driven out into
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Mangalore: Blood Donation Camp of Dr MV Shetty Memorial Trust
Mangalore, Feb 13: A blood donation camp is being organized at Dr MV Shetty Trust Colleges in Kavoor, in the city, on Saturday February 14.
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Mangalore top cop shunted out… and other news

February 14, 2009

Mangalore top cop shunted out
BANGALORE: Just two days before the dawn of the much-talked-about Valentine’s Day, Thursday saw some action both by the government and Rashtriya Hindu Sena
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Mangalore suicide: affiliation being probed
MANGALORE: The police are looking into all aspects of the suicide of a 16-year-old girl on Wednesday in Mulky in Dakshina Kannada, after her public
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Mangalore pub attack
Reacting to the attack on a pub in Mangalore by volunteers of Shri Ram Sene, Urdu papers have expressed their views on the broader context of India’s
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Moral policing victim commits suicide in Mangalore
Abdul Salim, 27, owner of the bus in which the girl commuted to school for over five years, was arrested by the Mangalore police on charges of rape and
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Movements that protest attacks by Sri Ram Sene, but with love
Mumbai: Sri Ram Sene, whose moral policemen attacked young women at a Mangalore pub on 24 January and triggered nationwide outrage, and its chief Pramod
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Mangalore: Trio Explore Golden Quadrilateral (GQ) on 4 Wheels

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by Florine Roche – Mangalore The enterprising and adventurous streak of Mangaloreans (in all fields) is well-known the world over.
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Contradictory versions shroud school girl’s suicide near Mangalore
Bangalore, Feb 12 (IANS) Controversy surrounds the alleged suicide of a 16-year-old school girl in Mangalore Wednesday. Did she kill herself after being
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Contradictions over Mangalore girl's suicide
BANGALORE: Controversy surrounds the alleged suicide of a 16-year-old school girl in Mangalore Wednesday. Did she kill herself after being allegedly raped
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Mangalore Mayor serves legal notice to Renuka Chowdhury
12 Feb 2009, 1649 hrs IST, PTI MANGALORE: Mangalore City Corporation Mayor and five others have served a legal notice on union minister for women and child
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Mangalore: Traffic Police Book 105 Conductors, Drivers for Violations
Mangalore, Feb 12: The traffic police department has registered cases against 105 workers of city and service buses on Wednesday February 11.
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Mangalore: Interceptor Vehicles to Help Traffic Police to … and other news

February 13, 2009

Mangalore: Interceptor Vehicles to Help Traffic Police to …
Mangalore, Feb 12: Director general and inspector general of Karnataka Ajai Kumar Singh on Tuesday February 10, flagged off four traffic interceptor
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Mangalore: 'Manikanta Mahime' to be staged on Feb 12
Mangalore, Feb 12: Mythological play, ' Manikanta Mahime' will be staged in the Town Hall here on Thursday February 12 at 6 pm. The play, directed by Vijay
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Mangalore: Hindu Jana Jagruti Opposes Valentine Day
Mangalore, Feb 12: The youngsters following the western culture and celebrating valentine's day must be reined in, demanded Mohan Gowda, representative of
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Mangalore Mayor sends notice to Renuka

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Mangalore, Feb 11: The City of Mangalore today sent a maliciously worded legal notice to Union Minister for Women and Child Welfare Renuka Choudhury for
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Bangalore unites at 1.30pm today
Advocate Padma Prasad Hegde, under instructions from Mangalore mayor Ganesh Hosabettu and other organisations, on Wednesday issued a notice to Union
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Mangalore 'moral police' drive schoolgirl to suicide
A 15-year-old girl committed suicide at Aikala near Kinnigoli here on Wednesday, allegedly after being harassed by suspected Bajrang Dal men for talking to
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Mangalore: Mayor and Other Five Issue Legual Notice to Renuka …
Mangalore, Feb:11: The mayor Ganesh hosabettu with other five members issued leagul notice seeking answer from Unioun minister Renuka Chowdhary on her
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Govt fined over Mangalore editor’s case
Seetaram was arrested by the Udupi police two months ago following a defamation case which was filed against him two years ago in Mangalore.
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Renuka served notice for statement on Mangaloreans
MANGALORE: Union minister for women and child development Renuka Chowdhury has been served with a notice for her reported statement portraying Mangaloreans
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Mangalore: Philatelic, Numismatic Exhibition at St Aloysius Auditorium
Mangalore, Feb 11: A two-day stamps and coins exhibition is being organized at St Aloysius High School Auditorium, Kodialbail in the city on Saturday
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Bangalore: AICUF Condemns Attack on Girl Student in Mangalore… and other news

February 12, 2009

Bangalore: AICUF Condemns Attack on Girl Student in Mangalore
condemned the recent heinous attack on a girl student in a bus at Mangalore, alleging that such attacks create an atmosphere of fear and tension among
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'Pink Panty' Women Target Extremist Right Wing Indian Leader
India's Minister for Women, Renuka Chowdhury, has called the Mangalore attack and other actions by the Sri Ram Sena a symptom of the "Talibanization" of
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Art of Living Basic Course
VVKI Centre, Mangalore and Mangaladevi sub centre will conducting Sri Sri Ravishankar's Art of Living Basic Course (Part I)/Sudarshan Kriya at Devi Kripa
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Pink knicker protest against radical Hindu group Sri Ram Sena
The group was founded on Facebook on Thursday in protest at the Sri Ram Sena (SRS), or Lord Ram's Army, which assaulted young women in a bar in Mangalore,
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Mangalore: Assaulters of MLA's Daughter Remanded to Judicial Custody
Mangalore, Feb 10: The five arrested for assaulting Kerala MLA Kunhambu's daughter, have been remanded to judicial custody of 14 days beginning Tuesday
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Mangalore: Renuka's 'Talibanization' Comment Provokes Protests

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Nagarika Hitharakashana Vedike leader Hanumanth Kamath, addressing the protest said, “Renuka Choudhury should apologize for her comment about 'Mangalore
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Mangalore: BSNL introduces 2 rural broadband plans in DK
Mangalore: BSNL Dakshina Kannada telecom district as per the directives of headquarters New Delhi has introduced two new rural broad band plans namely rural
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Mangalore: From Ireland to India, on Bicycles

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Mangalore, Feb 10: “We are from Ireland,” said Bryce Odgers, who was riding a fully loaded bicycle on a busy road in the city, being closely followed by his
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New Delhi: Community radio station for St. Aloysius College, Mangalore
New Delhi: A community radio station will come up within another three months at the St. Aloysius College, Mangalore, the Information & Broadcasting
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CPM, BJP lock horns on abduction issue
The CPI(M)-Sangh Parivar tussle over the political affiliations of the five men arrested for abducting and assaulting Shruthi, a student in Mangalore and
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Mangalore: 'Media ombudsman is a dangerous proposal'… and other news

February 11, 2009

Mangalore: 'Media ombudsman is a dangerous proposal'
Mangalore, Feb 10: The proposal of setting up an ombudsman to gag the media is a wrong and dangerous proposal. It is indeed a blatant infringement of
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Mangalore: Special EPIC drive in City from tomorrow
Mangaloe, Feb 10: The Election Commission will hold a special drive from February 11 in Mangalore city North and South constituencies for the convenience of
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Mangalore: Centres to Issue Voter ID Cards From Feb 10
Mangalore, Feb 10: The district administration is setting up two Voters’ Facilitation Centres here to smoothen the process of issuing Election Photo
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Joseph Noronha, Mangalore, Kuwait
Bangalore, Feb 10: Siddharamaiah has been Karnataka’s chief minister-in-waiting for more than a decade now. He first lost out when JH Patel pipped him to
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Mangalore: 'Soorya Namaskara' at Kadri Temple on Feb 15
Mangalore, Feb 10: The Kalkura Prathistana in association with Pathanjali Yoga Shiksana Samithi and Sri Kshethra Kadri will organize a public 'Soorya
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RSS disowns Sene, PC says waiting for state to take action
NEW DELHI: The RSS on Monday sought stringent action against Ram Sene, whose acts of moral policing in Mangalore evoked nationwide indignation.
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Mangalore incident a blot on democracy: Brinda

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Speaking to reporters in Mumbai on Monday, Ms. Karat described the Mangalore incident as a blot on the democratic system. The Karnataka government refused
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Court remands accused till today
MANGALORE: The second additional chief judicial magistrate court here has remanded five persons accused of assaulting and kidnapping Manjeshwaram MLA CH
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Abduction of Manjeshwara MLA's daughter; Protest in Mangalore

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Mangalore: The members of Students Federation of India (SFI) and Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) staged separate protests in front of Deputy
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Mangalore: Accused in Harassment Case Remanded to Police Custody
Mangalore, Feb 9: The five people arrested for harassing the daughter of Kerala MLA Kunhambu were remanded to a day's police custody on Monday February 9.
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Mangalore: Freedom Fighter B. Yogishwara Holla passed away… and other news

February 10, 2009

Mangalore: Freedom Fighter B. Yogishwara Holla passed away
Udupi, Feb 8: Freedom fighter B. Yogishwara Holla died at his house here after a brief illness on Saturday. He was 85. He is survived by his wife,
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Mangalore: Justice SR Nayak to Visit City on Feb 8
Mangalore, Feb 8: Human Rights Commission president Justice SR Nayak, will arrive at circuit house in the city on Sunday February 8 at 6.30 pm.
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Mangalore: Govt should waive interest on loans: Apex Bank chief
Mangalore, Feb 8: “Government should waive interest on laans and subsidy amount directly to the farmers,” said Apex Bank President MN Rajendra Kumar.
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Mangalore likely to be second Bhopal: NGO
Mangalore, Feb 8: A convention of farmers here on Saturday urged political parties to ensure that Mangalore was not declared Petroleum, Chemical and
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Karna CM blames Congress, JDS for Mangalore incident
Bangalore, Feb 7 (PTI) Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa today termed the kidnap of the daughter of a CPI(M) MLA from Kerala yesterday at Mangalore as
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Yediyurappa promises end to Mangalore-type incidents
He also announced that the government had called an all-party meeting in Mangalore on Sunday to discuss the issue. Asked what he was doing to curb the
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Mangalore: Attack on MLA's Daughter – Five Arrested, Students Protest

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Mangalore, Feb 7: The police have arrested five people in connection with the harassment of the daughter of Kerala MLA Kunhambu. The arrested are Raju alias
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Ram Sene backs NCW member
Admitting that violence in any form was not justified, including what happened at Amnesia pub in Mangalore on January 24, Mr. Singh said it was “people’s
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Karnataka govt. faces more heat over kidnapping, 5 arrested
Mangalore/New Delhi (PTI): Reeling under the pub assault controversy, Karnataka government on Saturday faced more heat over the kidnapping of a CPI(M) MLA's
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Abduction of MLA’s daughter: five arrested
MANGALORE: The city police on Saturday arrested five persons in connection with the alleged abduction of a Hindu girl and a Muslim boy on Friday.
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Mangalore: 'End inequality in teachers' pay'… and other news

February 8, 2009

Mangalore: 'End inequality in teachers' pay'
Mangalore, Feb 7: Karnataka State High School Association Masters’ Association has demanded the Government to put an end to the inequality in pay of high
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Mangalore: Mayor, Deputy Mayor posts likely to be reserved for …
Mangalore, Feb 7: The State Government has reserved the posts of Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Mangalore City Corporation council for the second term to general
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A right-wing Hindu political party in India will force marraige on …
The right-wing "saffron hooligans", who prompted outrage among India's young middle class last month by attacking women drinkers in a pub in Mangalore,
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Mangalore: National-level Intercollegiate Fest on at St Agnes College

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Mangalore, Feb 6: A national-level intercollegiate festival was inaugurated at the St Agnes College grounds on Friday February 6.
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Bajrang Dal men beat up MLA's daughter, male friend
MANGALORE: Close on the heels of the pub attack when Sri Rama Sene men went berserk, attacking girls while taking up the role of moral police,
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NCW rejects member's report on Mangalore pub attack
New Delhi (PTI): The differences within the National Commission of Women (NCW), over the Mangalore pub attack probe deepened on Friday with the Commission
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Renuka's ministry blames Mangalore pub attack on administration
A two-member team of the women and child development ministry probing the attack on women in a Mangalore pub has said in its report that they were “indeed
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Vijayan condemns Mangalore pub attack
Kozhikode (PTI): CPI(M) Kerala unit secretary Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday condemned the recent attack on a pub in Mangalore by Sree Ram Sena workers,
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NCW rejects member's report on Mangalore pub attack
New Delhi (PTI): The differences within the NCW over Mangalore pub attack probe deepened on Friday with the Commission rejecting a report by one its members
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Vijayan condemns Mangalore pub attack
CPI(M) Kerala unit secretary Pinarayi Vijayan today condemned the recent attack on a pub in Mangalore by Sree Ram Sena workers, terming it"as a sign of
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Mangalore: Race and Class in America; Writer, activist Michael … and other news

February 7, 2009

Mangalore: Race and Class in America; Writer, activist Michael …
MANGALORE, Feb 6: The façade of the ‘grass being greener on the other side’ began to give way as writer and activist Michael Patrick McDonald launched into
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Pub attack a violation of gender rights: Activist
NEW DELHI: Condemning the Mangalore pub attack, All India Democratic Women’s association (AIDWA) general secretary Sudha Sundararaman said attacks on women
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Valentine’s Day : Hindu radicals threaten to marry off dating couples
“Those found dating, expressing their love, cosying up to each other would be married off,” Muthalik, who has been released on bail in the Mangalore pub
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We’ll not spare dating couples on Valentine’s Day: Muthalik
BANGALORE: After their recent attack on young women at a Mangalore pub, the Sri Ram Sene has now announced an action plan to target couples found dating on
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`Pub bharo' to beat moral police: Renuka Choudhary
Choudhary has been at loggerheads with the Karnataka government for failing to protect women in the aftermath of the Mangalore pub attack.
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We’ll not spare dating couples on Valentine’s Day: Muthalik
BANGALORE: After their attack on young women at a pub in Mangalore recently, the Sri Rama Sena has now announced an action plan to target couples found
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Mangalore: Bank robbers flea with cash and Jewels

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Mangalore, Feb 15: A group of robbers have lifted cash and jewels worth Rs. 56,38000 from Lakshmi Souharda Co-operative society here on Thursday.
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Beach Utsav gets under way today
MANGALORE: The sandy shore of Panambur beach will come alive to the excitement of a host of events being organized as part of Beach Utsav that gets under
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Pub attack probe: NCW member gets notice
Nirmala Venkatesh, who led an NCW team to probe the January 24 attack on women in a Mangalore pub, instead of denouncing the outrage, said that the pub did
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Mangalore: Varsity College Principal Serves Notice to Lecturer
Mangalore, Feb 5: It is learnt that the principal of the University College here has served a notice to English lecturer Pattabhiram Somayaji,
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Mangalore: DYFI Wants Bus Fares Lowered… and other news

February 6, 2009

Mangalore: DYFI Wants Bus Fares Lowered
Mangalore, Feb 5: The district committee of the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) urged the Regional Transport Authority (RTA) to lower the bus
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Notice issued to Mangalore lecturer
Mangalore, Feb 5: University college lecturer Pattabhiram Somayaji, who is facing the wrath of a section of students for criticising the Sri Rama Sene,
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V-Day celebration is Christian culture, says Mutalik
Mutalik, who is out on a conditional bail after Sene members attacked women in a Mangalore pub on Jan. 24, told reporters his organization would approach
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Congress workers attend convention in Mangalore
Mangalore, Feb 5: President of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee RV Deshpande on Wednesday inaugurated the Vijay Deeksha Abhiyan of the Congress here
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Joyce Cutinha (56) Castelino Colony, Kulshekar, Mangalore

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Joyce Cutinha nee Lasrado (56) ( Teacher St. Joseph Hr Pry School Kulshekar, Mangalore Wife of Mark Cutinha mother of Jolly/ Roshan D'mello daughter of the
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Ball is in Yeddyurappa’s court: Renuka
“I do not want the Mangalore incident sidelined by commenting further on the NCW member’s remarks. The focus should be on safety of women across the country
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Mangalore incident equal to terrorism: Jakhar
Indore , Feb 4 Equating attack on women at a pub in Mangalore with terrorism, Madhya Pradesh Governor Balram Jakhar said in a democracy nobody has any right
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Mangalore: MSEZL Contributes Rs 1 Lac for Karavali Beach Fest
Mangalore, Feb 4: AG Pai of Mangalore Special Economic Zone Limited (MSEZL) handed over a cheque of Rs 1 lac to the Mangalore City Corporation (MCC)
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Mangalore: Anganawadi Workers to Agitate on Feb 5
Mangalore, Feb 4: Around 200 Anganawadi workers from Dakshina Kannada district will participate in the ‘Bangalore Chalo’ rally to be held on Thursday
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Mangalore: Gas Cylinder Blast – Woman Injured
Mangalore, Feb 4: Pramila Monteiro (34), a resident of Korekambala near Bajpe was admitted into a private hospital here with severe burn injuries to her
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Centre trashes NCW's Mangalore pub attack report… and other news

February 5, 2009

Centre trashes NCW's Mangalore pub attack report
WAR PATH: NCW and Ministry for Women Welfare now spar over who is to really blame for Mangalore pub attacks. ibnlive.com is on mobile now.
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Mangalore: Kannik Founder-Editor Raymond Miranda Passes Away

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Mangalore, Feb 3: Well-known writer in Mangalore and Mumbai, Raymond Miranda who was also the founder-editor of Kannik monthly passed away in Chicago,
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Mangalore: Man attacked, jeep damaged
MANGALORE, Feb 4: Albert D’Souza (48) was attacked with lethal weapons by a group of alleged Bajrang Dal activists in front of a bar in the Deralakatte area
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Hindu Extremists Threaten to Attack Couples Celebrating …
The threat came days after the group stormed a bar in Mangalore and beat women they accused of acting obscenely and "going astray," the Telegraph reported.
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Mangalore goons target noodle straps
NEW DELHI: Hooliganism in the name of ‘‘Indian culture’’ is still thriving in Mangalore. Local goons there have now issued threats to young women to desist
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Govt, NCW differ over Mangalore pub probe
New Delhi/Bangalore, Feb 3 (PTI) Separate probes by the Union government and the National Commission for Women(NCW) into the Mangalore pub assault in which
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Activists in capital protest Mangalore pub incident
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Demanding immediate re-arrest of the 28 accused in the Mangalore pub incident, who are out on bail, and a stop to all moral policing
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Mangalore: KMC Hospital Ambedkar Circle to Observe World Cancer Day
Mangalore, Feb 3: On the occasion of World Cancer Awareness Day that falls on Wednesday February 4, KMC Hospital Ambedkar (Jyoti) Circle here will offer 50
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Mangalore: Young and Old Sway in Merriment at Colourful Okuli Habba

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Mangalore, Feb 3: The famous Car festival, popularly known as 'Kodial Theru' of Shri Venkatramana Temple here drew to a grand end with the colourful Okuli
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Mangalore: Congress Delegation to Visit District from Feb 4
Mangalore, Feb 3: A state delegation of the Congress party headed by Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president RV Deshpande will visit Mangalore
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