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Mangaluru: S.M. Geleyara Balaga, Bondel, Mangaluru, celebrated the 71st Independence Day in a unique way in the presence of a Border Security Force (BSF) official. M. Sanjeeva Kulal, a resident of Maryhill in the city, who has been serving as an Inspector with the BSF, was the chief guest on the occasion. He unfurled the tricolour. Prajwal, Ashwin, Sanathkumar, Harish and others were among others...

Washington, Aug 16: Scientists have developed a smartphone app to help middle-aged and older adults self- manage their mental illness and other chronic conditions. The app takes patients through 10 sessions over a period of about three months, covering topics such as stress vulnerability and illness, medication adherence and strategies, and substance and medication abuse. Physicians can remotely...

Udupi, Aug 13: A 22-year-old man committed suicide by throwing himself in front of a train at Indrali here. According to the Manipal police, the victim has been identified as Prateek Kumar, who worked in a hotel. Prateek Kumar had left the hotel at 6.30 p.m. on Friday, but had not reached his house. As a result, his family began searching for him. At 2.30 a.m. on Saturday, they managed to locate...

Mangaluru, Aug 11: The Mangaluru North police arrested three persons from Channapatna allegedly involved in theft of mobile phones in the city. The police have recovered 13 mobile phones. The police gave the names of the arrested persons as Mohammed Irfan Pasha (26), Syed Jubair (22) and Zamir (42). The police said that they were caught while they were reportedly selling the stolen mobile phones...

Gonda (Uttar Pradesh), Aug 7: The whole nation is enthralled with rakhi celebrations and unlike all other gifts, a brother from Uttar Pradesh's Gonda district is celebrating 'raksha bandhan' by gifting a toilet to his sister. A young boy from Gonda village has gifted a toilet to his sister to avoid going out in the public. According to reports, a man in Varanasi is building a two-pit toilet in his...

New Delhi, Aug 7: Press does not have any exclusive right or special privilege to comment, criticise or make imputations or allegations which are sufficient to ruin a citizen's reputation, a Delhi court has said. Further, journalists do not have greater freedom than others, it has said while reminding that the responsibility of the scribes was higher as they have power to disseminate information...

Kasaragod, Aug 6: A 65-year-old man died of fever here on Thursday night. Moideenkunhi, a fisherman from Arikkadi near Kumbala, was under treatment for fever at the District Cooperative Hospital at Kumbla, hospital sources said here on Friday. Moideenkunhi was referred to a hospital here late Thursday, but he died on the way.

Mumbai/New Delhi, Aug 5: Air India failed to pay salaries for July to its employees within the usual timeframe due to “cash deficit”, officials and union members said even as the airline maintained there was nothing abnormal and the payments were made on Friday. Usually, the salary is disbursed at Air India on the last day of the month or the first or second day of the next month. Union...

London, Aug 5: Angeline Francis Khoo, the daughter of Malaysian tycoon Tan Sri Khoo Kay Peng, has revealed that she gave up her share of the family fortune to marry the man her father had disapproved of. Kay Peng, the 78-year-old is the chairman of Malayan United Industries, an investment holding firm with substantial stakes in lifestyle brand Laura Ashley UK and the Corus group of luxury hotels...

Chandigarh, Aug 3: A 16-year-old boy, Harshit Sharma, from a government school in Chandigarh was the toast of online media and Twitterati on Tuesday after word spread on the internet that he had landed a designer's job in Google for an annual salary of Rs 1.44 crore. By late evening however there was a big question mark on Sharma's 'achievements'. Many wondered if the entire story was hoax after...