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British telecom major Vodafone today said it plans to create the first 4G network on the moon to support a mission by PTScientists in 2019. "The moon will get 4G coverage next year, 50 years after the first NASA astronauts walked on its surface. Vodafone plans to create the first 4G network on the moon to support a mission by PTScientists. We have target to land in 2019 on Moon," a Vodafone...

Kasaragod, Feb 27: Three youths were sentenced to imprisonment for varying terms in connection with the killing of K.A. Basheer, 22, at Thalangara here in 2012. Delivering the verdict on Monday, Additional district sessions court (II) Judge Sanu S. Panicker sentenced the first and third accused, P.A. Riaz, 28; and Yasir, 23; both residents of Thalangara, to 11 years and a month’s imprisonment. The...

Beijing, Feb 26: China - the world's largest market for beef, pork and poultry - is steadily growing wary of meat as health-conscious Chinese are taking to a vegetarian diet that has sparked mushrooming of vegan restaurants in the world's most populous country. China's restaurant industry over the past few years is reporting growing number of entrepreneurs looking to capitalise on the popularity...

Kasaragod, Feb 26: A 48-year-old man was killed after he was hit by an ambulance at Mogral-Puthur here in the early hours of Sunday. The accident occurred around 1.20 a.m. as Aithappa Poojari, a casual labourer, was hit by the ambulance that was returning from a Mangaluru hospital after dropping a patient. Mr. Poojari, a resident of Mogral-Puthur village, was going back to his home after attending...

Kolkata, Feb 22: Popular author Chetan Bhagat feels scoring high percentage in board examinations is not enough, students should also know how to market themselves. The author was speaking at a session on the 'Impact of Digital Co-creation in Business Revolution' organised by an engineering college here yesterday. "Can the guy who scores good marks but cannot communicate get a job?" the 'Five...

Islamabad, Feb 21: Imran dated Bushra when I was his wife, said Reham Khan, the second wife of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman and former Pakistan cricketer. Imran Khan, 65, tied the knot with Bushra Maneka in a private ceremony in Lahore on Sunday. In an interview with The Times, Reham alleged that her ex-husband knew Bushra for the last three years and continued to see her even...

Customs officials at Kempegowda International Airport have seized gold worth Rs. 95 lakh this week. According to a press release from the Additional Commissioner of Customs, officials foiled three attempts to smuggle gold. The first incident was on Sunday night, when gold weighing 199 gm and worth Rs. 60 lakh was recovered from a flight that had arrived from Singapore. The gold was wrapped in...

Mangaluru, Feb 20: Sixth Additional District and Sessions Judge D.T. Puttarangaswamy on Monday sentenced Satisha, a resident of Moodbidri, to 55 days of rigorous imprisonment on finding him guilty of cheating a woman. According to the charge-sheet filed by Moodbidri police, Satisha, a married man, had sex with a 25-year-old woman after promising her that he would marry her. When she realised...

Apple has released a new iOS 11.2.6 update that includes a fix for the bug that is causing iPhones and apps like Facebook and WhatsApp to crash when a Telugu single character is received via iMessage. The bug was discovered last week and involves sending the character in Telugu to devices that crashes an iPhone and makes apps like Messages, Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp inaccessible. "Apple...

Belagavi, Feb 19: The sleuths attached to city crime investigation branch have seized three kg of gold biscuits worth around Rs 95 lakh by arresting a man in the city. The arrested has been identified as Mohan Prabhakar Devkar of Mumbai. Cash totalling to Rs 15,000 was also seized from him. The police have taken up further investigation. Malmaruti police have registered a case.