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Kasaragod, Feb 25: An outbreak of H1N1 viral infection has been reported at the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya at Periye in Kasaragod district, with five confirmed cases and 67 suspected cases under observation. District Medical Officeer A.P. Dinesh Kumar said that only two of the five confirmed cases were hospitalised. All the 67 students of the residential school who were suspected to have the

Bengaluru, Feb 25: A speeding car knocked down two pedestrians on Hosur Main Road at Bommanahalli in Bengaluru. Rani, 55, and Ramadevi, 28, residents of Hongasandra, were house-keeping employees in a private firm. They sustained severe injuries and died instantly. Police said the incident took place at 7.45am when the two were walking by the roadside. Rohith, 23, a data operator in a private firm

Mandya, Feb 25: A man was thrashed at Kala Muddana Doddi, Maddur taluk of Mandya district yesterday by an unruly mob which accused him of raising ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans. The youth has been identified as Sadiq, 29, from Assam. He has been working in rice mill at Kala Muddana Doddi for several years. The local police took him into custody for questioning after the attack. A group of saffron

Mangaluru, Feb 25: Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner and District Electoral Officer S Sasikanth Senthil has warned the voters that mere possession of electoral photo identity card (EPIC) would not enable the voters to exercise franchise as their names must be there on the electoral rolls. Speaking to reporters on the preparation of electoral rolls in the run-up for the ensuing Lok Sabha

Mangaluru, Feb 24: A posse of city police personnel, led by Police Commissioner Sandeep Patil, on Sunday raided the Mangaluru District Prison in the wake of the recent disturbances in the prison. Mr. Patil told reporters that the raid was conducted to look for weapons inside the prison and reinforce security there. The team seized six mobile phones and four knives during the raid. The police would

Bengaluru, Feb 24: BJP leader and Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today appealed to the masses not punish the BJP government in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls for not keeping its promise to build the Ram Temple in Babri mosque land. Addressing a gathering at an interactive event organised by the Rajajinagar based Thinkers Forum organisation, Sitharaman said, "Your high standards of expectations

Chamarajaanagara, Feb 24: With summer setting in a major forest fire in Bandipur Tiger Reserve in the district has damaged hundreds of acres of forest since last 48 hours. The fire, which had begun on Friday continued to spread on Saturday inspite of the efforts of fire fighting officials of the Forest department who are on the spot. Officials on ground estimate that hundreds of acres of forest

Bengaluru, Feb 24: Opposition leader in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly B S Yeddyurappa, who is also BJP State President, blamed the State government for the fire mishap in which about 300 cars and several two wheelers were gutted during the Aero Show at Yelahanka Air base, on Saturday. Addressing newsmen here on Sunday, the senior BJP leader expressed anguish on the incident and said that the

Bengaluru, Feb 24: Aero India 2019, the biggest exposition of Defence, Aerospace and war armament makers in India and the Globe ended here on Sunday on a high note with thundering war birds making a display exhibiting tricky maneuvers to enthrall huge crowd at Yelahanka Air base on the outskirts of the City. Defence aircraft makers across the globe, aerospace companies, armament makers that

Bengaluru, Feb 24: In connection with the defamation suit lodged by actor-turned-politician Prakash Rai, a city special court for peoples' representatives has issued a warrant against BJP leader and Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha. The court has directed Mysuru city police commissioner to execute the warrant and produce the MP before it on March 19. This order was issued after Simha failed to appear