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Mangaluru, Jul 7: Businessman and philanthropist Haji K Abdulla passed away at his residence at Kotekar on the outskirts of the city today. He was 87. He had served as the president of Abdul Khader Haji Memorial Trust and Honorary President of Noorani Yatheem Khana. The final rites will be held on the premises of Siddiq Juma Masjid at Kotekar tonight, family sources said.

Mumbai, Jul 5: After shaking the mobile telephony market with free voice calls and dirt cheap data, richest Indian Mukesh Ambani today announced plans to launch ultra high speed fixed line broadband services for homes and enterprises. Speaking at the company's 41st annual general meeting, Ambani said the service will provide ultra high definition entertainment on TV, voice-activated assistance...

Bengaluru, Jul 5: Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy will present the Congress-JD(S) coalition government's maiden budget on Thursday, amid high expectations of farm loan waiver. In the run-up to the recent assembly polls, the Kumaraswamy-led JD(S) had promised to waive farm loans borrowed both from cooperative and nationalised banks within 24 hours of coming to power. Kumaraswamy, who also...

Seoul, Jul 3: For those using a Samsung smartphone, this may be unnerving. It has been discovered that some devices are sending the owner's photos from the camera roll without consent. The issue appears to be affecting the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ devices. However, it is not limited to these two models, The Verge reported. The photos are being sent via Samsung's default texting app. What makes the...

Berlin, Jul 2: Scientists have invented a smartphone case that acts like an airbag, deploying small spider-like legs that can absorb the impact when the device is dropped. The protective shell appears no different from the normal phone cases. However, when the phone is in free fall shock-absorbers shoot out from the four corners to protect it from damage. The case, built by Philip Frenzel from...

Bengaluru, Jul 1: Amid coalition worries, the first full-fledged assembly session in Karnataka after the H D Kumaraswamy led Congress-JD(S) government came to power will begin on Monday with Governor Vajubhai Vala addressing the joint session. This will be for the third time the fifteenth assembly will be meeting after the assembly polls in May, which yielded a fractured verdict with BJP emerging...

Jammu, Jul 1: In a bid to curb the spread of rumours via social media platforms, the Kishtwar district administration near here has asked the netizens having WhatsApp groups and Facebook pages to get their antecedents verified by police and seek their permission within ten days to continue running them. In a stern measure, the netizens have also been asked to give an undertaking to the authorities...

Kasaragod, Jun 28: The State Cabinet has given green signal to set up a yoga and naturopathy post-graduate institute in 15 acres at Karindalam, near Neeleshwaram. The institute, proposed to be set up on leased land, is planned as a 100-bed hospital complex, an official release said here on Wednesday. The institute is being set up by the Central Council for Research in Yoga and Naturopathy, it said...

Oslo, Jun 27: Facebook and Google are pushing users to share private information by offering "invasive" and limited default options despite new EU data protection laws aimed at giving users more control and choice, a government study said today. The Norwegian Consumer Council found that the US tech giants' privacy updates clash with the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which forces...

Bengaluru, Jun 23: The Karnataka State Electronics Development Corporation Ltd (Keonics) caused losses to the state exchequer by misusing the exemption it enjoys under the Karnataka Transparency in Public Procurements (KTPP) Act. The office of the Accountant General’s recent inspection report exposes discrepancies and additional expenditure caused in the procurement of various materials by Keonics...