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Kannur, May 18: Independent candidate from Vadakara Lok Sabha constituency and former CPI(M) local leader COT Nazeer sustained serious stab injuries in an attack by a three-member gang at Thalassery on Saturday night. According to police, Nazeer (37), a former municipal councillor in Thalassery and CPI(M) leader-turned rebel, was on his way to home on a motor bike with another person when the

New Delhi, May 19: Political parties have spent over Rs 53 crore on digital platforms like Google and Facebook between February and May, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) accounting for a lion's share of the spending. According to Facebook's Ad Library Report, there were 1.21 lakh political ads with a total spending of more than Rs 26.5 crore between February and May 15 this year. Similarly

Mysuru, May 19: Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), a premier CSIR lab in proposes to establish a dedicated plant in its premises to prepare foods to be supplied during natural disasters. It has proposed to develop certain foods with a shelf life of at least six months. The Institute was said to have broached the idea with the National Disaster Management Authority, which

Bengaluru, May 19: A middle aged man was killed in a blast outside the residence of Bengaluru’s Rajarajeshwari Nagar Congress MLA Munirathna on Sunday morning. The police are yet to ascertain the nature of the blast. The deceased, Venkatesh, 45, was resident at the Dhobighat and was working as a washerman. His daughter was working at the MLA's house. Venkatesh was talking on the phone in front of

Sharjah: Prestigious ‘Sharjah Award for Educational Excellence 2018-19’, is presented to the country's highest-rated students every year and this year it has been awarded to 9th Grade student Vibhali Shetty of our Our Own High School (girls) Sharjah. Mangalurean Vibhali Shetty is the daughter of businessman father Prasad Shetty who runs Rajab Trading Company and mother Suraksha Prasad Shetty, who

Udupi, May 18: A software engineer who was staying in a resort here, who had ventured into the sea with his friend, drowned at Thekkette village, Kotta on Friday. The deceased is Sujit KumarN,26, from Basavanagudi, Bengaluru. He was working in a private software company in Bengaluru. He had come to Manjeshwara to attend his classmate Ranjan’s brother’s marriage with his friends Nikhil, Kishan

Bengaluru, May 18: Expressing grave concern over possible consequences of global warning effect, the state government have planned to launch a massive water conservative programme named as ‘Jalamrutha’, Rural Development and the Panchayath Raj minister Krishna Byregowda informed here on Saturday. Speaking to newsmen, the minister said that to ward off scarcity conditions in the state it was

Bengaluru, May 18: Amid diversified statements among the coalition partner JD(S) and Congress parties, Karnataka Minister Krishna Byregowda said that his party was not averse to go before the people but said, "Our present focus is to give good governance". Sharply reacting to the suggestion of the JD(S) senior leader Basavaraj Horatti, who had suggested for dissolution of the Karnataka Assembly

Bengaluru, May 18: After some sniping between the coalition partners. Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Saturday asked leaders of his own party Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) and of Congress to abstain from commenting against each other. "We are on the verge of forming a new government at the Centre. At this juncture, where all efforts are being made to form non-BJP government at the centre

Chennai, May 18: Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan who drew flak from all political quarters and Hindu groups for his remarks on Nathuram Godse, on Saturday once again stoked a possible controversy by saying that the word "Hindu" is of foreign origin and not native to India. Taking to Twitter, Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) founder Haasan shared a poem on Friday in Telugu saying "the name Hindu was