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Mandya,Mar 18: Thousands of devotees witnessed the Vairamudi festival at the temple town Melkote, about 50 km from here, amid chanting of Vedic hymns, lord Cheluvanarayanaswamy, decked with the Vairamudi (price less diamond crown), was taken in a procession at the auspicious hour around the temple town. Fondly called Chellapillai (beloved son), lord Cheluvanarayanaswamy, the presiding deity of...

Kannur, Mar 17: Two persons were killed while five others sustained injuries when two cars in which they were travelling collided at Mundayad near Varam, here on Sunday morning. Police said the deceased were identified as Libesh (25) of Machery and Shibin (24) of Edayanoor. Libesh died on the spot and Shibin succumbed to his injuries at Pariyaram Medical College Hospital (PMCH).

Shivamogga, Mar 17: At least five thatched huts were gutted in a fire late Saturday evening at Mattodi village in Karnataka's Shivamogga. Soon after receiving the report of the incident, police and fire tenders rushed to the spot to douse the blaze. The locals were also present at the site of the incident. So far no injuries have been reported. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained...

Mysuru Mar 16: A six year-old Tiger was found dead at Nagarahole National Park on Saturday. Forest officials said the carcas of the big cat was found by the officials this evening and suspected to have died three days back while fighting with another tiger. There was scratches on the body of the tiger. The reason for the death will be known only after the postmortem which will be conducted...

Mosco, Mar 16: Russian luxury brand Caviar has announced 99 pieces of iPhone XS and XS Max models at the starting price of $8,370 (nearly Rs 5.8 lakh), that come with a mechanical watch and the dial protected by a sapphire crystal. "We continue the history of the greatest mechanisms integrated into the smartphone design and a smartphone body which is complemented with a watch mechanism and a...

Kasaragod, Mar 15: The parents of endosulfan victims in this district and evmnvironmental activists will take out a march to the collectorate on March 19, to mark their protest against the lethargic attitude of the State Government in implementing the promises. The Endosulfan Peeditha Janakeeya Munnani Secrtary Ambalathara Kunjikrishanan in a press conference here on Friday said the Government had...

Washington, Mar 15: Astronomers have discovered 83 quasars powered by supermassive black holes 13 billion light-years away from the Earth, from a time when the universe was less than 10 per cent of its present age. “It is remarkable that such massive dense objects were able to form so soon after the Big Bang,” said Michael Strauss, a professor at Princeton University in the US. “Understanding how...

Chamarajanagara, Mar 14: After forests fires destroyed thousands of acres in Bandipur National Park which was successfully controlled, the reserve which has one of the highest tigers in the wild in the country is now witnessing road accidents that killed three wild animals during the last one week. In a fresh incident yesterday, a spotted deer calf was mowed down by a speeding vehicle. Bandipur...

Admitting that the web has created opportunity for cheats, promoted hatred and made all kinds of crime easier to commit, web inventor Tim Berners-Lee has said it is possible to change the web for the better in the next 30 years. "But given how much the web has changed in the past 30 years, it would be defeatist and unimaginative to assume that the web as we know it can't be changed for the better...

Nairobi, Mar 12: Extracting and processing materials, fuel and food contributes as much as half of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, the UN said Tuesday, as experts gathered in Kenya to find ways to rein in exploding global consumption. Using dozens of data sources, the authors of a major new report presented lawmakers and businesses with a stark choice: drastically reform the global economy...