Assorted

Beijing, May 2: A 25-year-old Chinese man, who felt "stuffy" and opened the emergency exit of a plane to get some fresh air has been detained and fined, a media report said on Tuesday. The man, identified only by his surname Chen, was waiting to disembark the plane at Mianyang airport in the southwestern province of Sichuan when he decided he could do with some fresh air. Unfortunately for him...

Puttur, Apr 30: Aysha Girls Pre University College at Athoor, Uppinangady has achieved 100 percent result in both Arts and Commerce streams in the second PUC examination results that were declared today. Commerce toppers in the college: Sahada (567); Fahima (565); Mainaz (524); Rameeza (516) 30 students had appeared for the exams. Among 18 Commerce students, 4 secured distinction and 14 secured...

Puttur: A man, arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor girl, reportedly injured himself while in police custody in Puttur Town on Wednesday. Shamsher Khan, 50, had been accused of sexually assaulting the girl for over a year. In her complaint to the Puttur Town police, the girl accused Khan of giving her sedatives before sexually assaulting her. She accused him of showing her...

Washington, Apr 26: Facebook today reported a sharp jump in profits in the past quarter, with gains in its user base and strong ad growth as the social network appeared to see no impact from a controversy on privacy. Profit in the first quarter of 2018 jumped 63 percent from a year ago to USD 5 billion, and total revenues increased 49 percent to USD 11.97 billion, Facebook said in an earnings...

The state government transferred nine IAS officers on Monday. The new postings are as follows: Rajkumar Khatri, principal secretary (higher education); M V Savithri, commissioner for health and family welfare services; M Manjunath Naik, animal husbandry and fisheries secretary; K P Mohan Raj, director of municipal administration; K B Sivakumar, DPAR (services) deputy secretary; B Ramu, tourism...

New Delhi, Apr 20: In a bid to bridge gender inequality, one of Indias largest healthcare network, Oxxy has announced to give a fixed deposit worth Rs 11,000 to every registered newborn girl to help fund her education or professional goals. Under the Oxxy Girl Child Development Programme, every girl born in the country, whose parents register for the same, will be given Rs 11,000 fixed deposit at...

Bengaluru, Apr 19: Many students who appeared for the Common Entrance Test (CET) on Wednesday said that there were typographical errors in the biology paper and that all choices for one question in the mathematics paper were incorrect. Lecturers and faculty members in coaching classes acknowledged that there were errors and demanded that students be given grace marks. Officials of the Karnataka...

Kasaragod, Apr 19: A 12-year-old boy drowned in a river near Kumbla on Tuesday evening. Aveesh, son of Vikraman, a resident of Adukathbayal here, ventured into the Shiriya river for collecting shells along with friends after taking part in a birthday party at his mother’s ancestral residence at Shiriya. Fire and Rescue Services personnel and the police rescued the boy and rushed him to a hospital...

Udupi, Apr 16: An accused in a rape case threw shoes at the special public prosecutor at the District and Sessions Court here recently. According to the police, the incident took place when the Principal District and Sessions Judge, T. Venkatesh Naik, was pronouncing the judgment in a case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act on April 12. The accused in the case...

Bengaluru, Apr 14: Congress leader from C.V. Raman Nagar P. Ramesh, who had lost to S. Raghu of BJP in the 2013 Assembly elections , by a margin of 8,419 votes, joined the Janata Dal (Secular) on Friday. At one time, Mr. Ramesh was a close aide of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. The Income Tax Department had searched his residence and office in December 2015. The party’s State unit president H.D...