Tumakuru, Jun 3: More skeletons are falling out of the cupboard after a hunger strike by the inmates of Tumakuru Central Prison for Women over alleged harassment by the jailer and videographing of the inmates by an unauthorised person. On Friday, while the inmates continued their hunger strike, it came to light that one of them had suffered a fracture after allegedly being beaten up by three...
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Agra, Jun 2: In what doctors are calling a medical miracle of sorts, a 38-year-old woman has given birth to a child after 18 miscarriages in 20 years. Both mother and child are doing well, said the doctor couple who conducted a laparoscopic surgery on her to hold the fetus in the uterus. They plan to apply and get the case registered in the Guinness Book of World Records. A resident of Hathigarhi...
Kasargod, Jun 2: A man who fell down while plucking mangoes at Manikkal in Kallar grama panchayat met with a tragic end after 20 hours of lying unattended at the accident spot. Pala, 48, a resident of ST colony at Manikkallu under the Rajapuram police station limits, slipped and fell from a mango tree on a private uninhabited plot in the locality on Tuesday afternoon. None of his relatives...
New Delhi, Jun 1: The Income Tax Department on Wednesday urged taxpayers to link their Aadhaar with their PAN, using an SMS-based facility. The department issued advertisements in leading national dailies and described how both the unique identity numbers of an individual can be linked by sending an SMS to either 567678 or 56161. It said people can also visit the official efiling website of the...
Kochi, May 31: The dawn-to-dusk hartal, called by the Muslim Ekopana Samithi was partial in the district on Tuesday as shops and offices remain closed and private buses kept off road in the city limits. While shops remained opened in rural areas, the hartal failed to make an impact on the movement of private vehicles. The hartal was called in protest against the police action against protesters...
Moodbidri, May 29: Rev Fr Basil Vas, parish priest of Holy Rosary Church Alangar was felicitated in a public function at Samaja Mandir Moodbidri on 28th May, 2017. The local leaders of all faiths hosted this event for the service of Fr Basil to the society. The President of the Felicitation was Mr K. Abhay Chandra Jain, MLA Mulki-Mudbidri constituency. Local leaders Mr Jagadish Adhikari, Mr...
New York, May 29: It"s tough to escape social media. There is the urge to check what other people are up to, and check those cute cat photos. However, a new study has revealed that people who check their Facebook profile all the time are likely to be more sad and unhealthy than those who use it sporadically. Researchers from Yale University and the University of California, San Diego (UCSD)...
May 29: A new malware named "Judy" has found in over 41 apps on the Google Play Store, and it has infected between 8.5 million to 36.5 million users. This is according to a report from security research firm Check Point, which discovered the malware and alerted Google. The search giant has started removing these infected apps from the Play Store. However, "Judy Malware" infected apps have managed...
Kasaragod, May 27: A government hospital for women and children is coming up in Kanhangad, with the State according administrative sanction for the Rs. 5.60-crore project. The hospital is coming up on the erstwhile district hospital premises at Puthiyakotta in the town. The two-phased hospital complex works would commence shortly, Health Minister K.K. Shylaja said, replying to the submission by...
Dharwad, May 27: A farmer who was an alleged victim of police excesses that took place post the Mahadayi verdict in July last year at Navalgund, breathed his last at a private hospital in Dharwad on Friday. The deceased farmer has been identified as Racchayya Horaginmath (31), a native of Alagwadi in Navalgund taluk. He was married a year ago and is survived by wife and parents. A large number of...