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Mangaluru, Mar 3: A complex and rare surgery was performed at city based Unity Health Complex by Dr Jalaluddin Akbar to save the arm of a 10 year-old-girl who was suffering from cancer of the right arm bone, presented to Mangalore Institute of Oncology. It was then planned by the Tumor Board of Mio to perform this complex surgery to child’s arm at Unity Health Complex, which has a well equipped

Kasaragod, Mar 3: Having cheated dozens of persons of crores of rupees promising them employment aboard a vessel in Singapore, two youth from Kasargod were arrested by the police after their con finally came to light. The arrested have been identified as Rakesh (28) and Abdul Latheef (35) from Nettanige near Mulleri in Kasaragod. It is alleged that over 10 accused were involved of the scam, who

Mangaluru, Feb 3: Air India has been in the news a lot recently, but not for the right reasons. There have been several complaints against the airline: from the report of an Air India pilot allegedly assaulting a ground engineer in Chennai, and regular complaints of delays. However, in a turnaround of sorts, a well-meaning pilot potentially redeemed their reputation by making an emergency landing

Udupi, Mar 3: A lorry plying from Mangaluru to Harihar transporting boats caught fire after coming in contact with an electric wire resulting in loss of lakhs of rupees when the fire spread to a godown at Merdi in Kundapur taluk of Udpi district. It is learnt that the lorry came into contact with live electric wires on the side of the road, and unknowing to the driver, the wires were dragged along

New Delhi, Mar 3: AAP convenor and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has reacted strongly to the ongoing crisis within the party. "I am deeply hurt and pained by what is going on in the party. This is betrayal of trust that Delhi posed in us," Arvind Kejriwal tweeted on Tuesday morning. Distancing himself from the infighting, Kejriwal has said that he will concentrate only on Delhi's governance

Bengaluru, Mar 3: Anxious class 10 students, who will be appearing for the public exam this year, can beat their stress by calling the SSLC helpline that was inaugurated on Monday. The helpline (080-23310075 or 23310076), which will be run by the Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board (KSEEB) along with counsellors of a non-governmental organisation, will help address exam-related

Mangaluru, Mar 3: A woman, who was said to have tested positive for A (H1N1) virus, popularly known as swine flu, died at a private hospital in the city. Medical sources said that the 33-year-old woman from Shiroor in Kundapura taluk, Udupi district breathed her last during treatment on Monday morning. Dakshina Kannada District Health Surveillance Officer Rajesh said that the woman was admitted to

Bengaluru,Mar 3: The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has allotted 39 guntas of land to Janata Dal (Secular) to construct its head office in Bengaluru. The land is located on Platform Road in Seshadripuram near Krishna Flour Mills. JD(S)?national?president and former prime minister H?D?Deve Gowda performed the groundbreaking ceremony for the new party office on Monday. Addressing the

Bengaluru, Mar 3: A software engineer with a leading IT firm in the City was caught by alert residents minutes after he stabbed his friend’s wife to death at her flat in Domlur on Monday afternoon. Basudev Jena, 37, from Jagatsinghpur village in Odisha, works with IT firm Mindtree here. The police said Jena tried to loot valuables from the house of the victim, 35-year-old Prachi, to clear his

New Delhi, Mar 2: In a shocking comment, one of the convicts of the December 16, 2012 gang rape on a moving bus in Delhi, has blamed the 23-year-old woman for the fatal sexual assault on her. Mukesh Singh, one of the convicts in the gang rape case said women who go out at night had only themselves to blame if they attracted the attention of molesters. In an interview from jail for a BBC