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Udupi, Aug 17: Satyatma Tirtha Swami of Uttaradi Math has offered a chain made of precious gems costing about Rs. 19 lakh to Lord Krishna at the Sri Krishna Mutt/Temple here on Saturday. He handed over the chain to Vidyavallabha Tirtha Swami of Paryaya Kaniyur Math. The Uttaradi seer is here on his ‘chaturmasya’, stated a press release here.

Washington, Aug 15: All of two feet, Jyoti Amge, the world's smallest woman, has joined the cast of US TV show "American Horror Story". She will star alongside actress Jessica Lange in the fourth series of the show, Sky News reported. The news emerged out of an announcement by the show's creator Ryan Murphy on Twitter. Murphy tweeted a photo showing Lange posing with the 20-year-old Amge. "Jessica...

Kasargod, Aug 11: A 40-year-old man was killed and his six-year-old daughter sustained injuries as their motorbike collided head-on with a truck at Uppala on Sunday, police said. The mishap occurred when the motorbike driven by the man identified as Zulfikar, who was returning along with his daughter from a relative’s house at nearby Bappayitod, collided with the truck in front of Uppala Town Juma...

New York, Aug 11: Struggling with photo editing software? Switch to a new technology that changes weather, time of day, season or other features in photos with simple text commands. With a new computer algorithm developed by researchers at Brown University in the US, a picture taken in July can be made to look a bit more like in January simply by typing "more winter". The algorithm can edit photos...

Mangalore, Aug 11: Dr Edmond Fernandes, CEO, Center for Health and Development and a Post Graduate of Community Medicine at Yenepoya Medical College, Yenepoya University has been appointed as Member, Advisory Committee of the International Aviation Conclave ( IAC ) 2014. IAC is supported by Ministry of Civil Aviation Government of India, Directorate General of Civil Aviation, SAARC Nations, US...

New Delhi, Aug 10: World's most popular free email providers Gmail and Yahoo have made telephone number mandatory for creation of new email addresses in a bid to check spam. Any person wishing to create a new email id needs to provide a telephone number which Gmail and Yahoo use for verification. Google India spokesperson claimed giving phone number was optional but repeated attempts to create a...

Udupi, Aug 6: Two houses, three agricultural fields and a banana plantation were damaged in rain in Udupi district on Tuesday. According to the Kundapur taluk office, a wall of Chandu Janna’s house collapsed due to rain in Hombady-Mandady village and the loss was estimated at Rs. 15,000. Three agricultural fields were flooded and the crops destroyed in Kavarady village. The fields belonged to...

Washington, Aug 4: One of the world's largest Hindu temples, built completely of Italian marble at an estimated cost of USD 18 million will be inaugurated next week in New Jersey, which has one of the biggest population of Indian Americans in the US. The temple constructed by Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS), is 134 feet long and 87 feet wide, comprises of 108 pillars...

New Delhi, Jul 20: Left with little hope of leading a normal life after having acid flung at her, Rupa, a girl in her 20s, is now gearing up set up her own boutique thanks to an initiative by Chaanv- a rehabilitation centre that began operations here last year. Located in Laxmi Nagar, the centre is a first of its kind in the country that offers shelter to acid attack survivors undergoing treatment...

Jul 18: A mysterious crater has appeared at the "end of the world" in Siberia, leaving a pit 80m wide and so deep it has not yet been measured. Researchers are being dispatched to investigate the hole, which has confounded scientists with its dramatic appearance. Some have speculated it could have been made by a meteorite striking earth, an underground explosion, or is a sinkhole caused by...