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Kasaragod, Oct 3: A first year postgraduate student of education at the Central University of Kerala (CUK), died after he slipped inside the hostel bathroom on the university’s Periye campus in Kasaragod on Monday. K. Vishwambharan, 30, a resident of Thayannor near Kanhangad in the district, sustained grievous head injuries in the accident. The student, said to be suffering from migraine, was

Bengaluru, Oct 3: Home Minister Ramalinga Reddy has once again reiterated that the special investigation team (SIT) probing the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh had “definite clues” and “has identified those who carried out the murder.” “The SIT now has definite clues and it knows who are the people behind the murder. However, the process of gathering evidence is ongoing, and this will be

Bengaluru, Oct 2: Karnataka Forest minister B Ramanath Rai on Monday danced to the tunes of pili vesha or tiger dance, a folk dance unique to the Tulu Nadu region of the state. Video clippings of his unexpected and enthusiastic dance performed during the ‘Walk for conservation of wildlife’ organised by the Karnataka Forest Department to mark the 63rd Wildlife week here, went viral on social media

Even as the nation marks the third anniversary of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (Clean India Mission) on Monday, BJP-ruled states across India seem to be struggling to remain clean and green while Left-ruled Kerala has emerged as best performing state. Most of the BJP ruled sates have failed to properly implement the scheme meant to provide a toilet to every Indian household without one. The worst

Ahmedabad, Oct 2: A 21-year-old Dalit man was brutally beaten to death by a group of men belonging to the upper caste Patel community for attending a garba event near a Hindu temple in Gujarat's Anand district. Police have managed to arrest eight accused in the case. According to police, Jayesh Solanki, a resident of Vankarvas area in Bhadraniya village, had gone to see the Navaratri festivities

Bengaluru, Oct 2: Acclaimed Bollywood actor and columnist Prakash Raj, who is known as Prakash Rai in coastal Karnataka, has threatened to return his five National Awards and condemned the silence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on certain sections “celebrating” the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh on social media. “Those who killed Gauri may or may not be traced but that apart, there is a huge

Bengaluru, Oct 2: The department of stamps and registration of government of Karnataka is all set to launch a dedicated portal for marriage registration wherein couples can apply and print their marriage certificate online from wherever they stay. Once the portal is formally launched, couples needn't visit the sub-registrar's office to get their marriage registered. "We are streamlining the

Bengaluru, Oct 2: A young civil contractor was hacked to death by a group of men in the early hours of Sunday, minutes after he scolded them for smoking and creating a ruckus in front of his house in central Bengaluru 32-year-old Harish, a resident of ‘B’ Street, Ashoknagar, woke up around 2 am on hearing a loud noise as a Dasara procession was being taken out. He came out and saw four men smoking

Mangaluru, Oct 2: Upholding the right of students to keep their marks card and other original academic documents with them after getting admission in a new institution, Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner K G Jagadeesha has warned of filing criminal cases against private educational institutions if they fail to return all original documents to students. Speaking at a review meeting chaired by

Manipal, Oct 2: Muhammad Mubeen, a researcher from the Pharmaceutical Chemistry department of Manipal College of Pharmaceutical sciences, has been awarded PhD degree from Manipal University. Mubeen received the doctorate for his thesis titled ‘'design, synthesis and anticancer activity of novel heterocyclic compounds as epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors'’ The PhD was