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Puttur, Jul 31: A 19-year old college student who left home to attend college has gone missing in Nehru Nagar in Puttur. Rakshita alias Brinda (19), daughter of Vanaja, resident of Nehru Nagar, went missing after she did not return home from college. She was studying in a private college in Puttur, and has been missing since Sunday. The efforts of her family members in tracing her have gone in

Bellary, Jul 31: A teenager was crushed under the wheels of the speeding MUV in which JD(S) leader and Lingsugur MLA Manappa Vajjal was travelling on Wednesday afternoon at Hospet. The victim has been identified as Tatoji Ramarao(15), a local resident. The MLA was on his way to Bangalore from Lingsugur in Raichur district. The incident occurred on the bypass road at the Tungabhadra Dam Circle

Jeddah, Jul 31: A conveyor belt at Jeddah's King Abdulaziz International Airport (KAIA) crashed under the influx of baggage on the first day of Eid, resulting in thousands of passengers having to travel without their luggage. Operations were largely back to normal by Wednesday amid a frenzy of travelers leaving the Kingdom after performing Umrah and many who left during the Eid break. “A conveyor

New Delhi, Jul 31: Each time you eat chicken, you could also be consuming a cocktail of antibiotics. A lab study released by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) found antibiotic residues in 40% of chicken samples bought from outlets in Delhi and NCR. While the amount of antibiotics found in each sample was not very high, experts said regular consumers of such meat could be in danger of

Glasgow, Jul 31: Mangalore based High jumper Sahana Kumari qualified for the finals of the women's high jump after finishing seventh in the qualifying round with an effort of 1.81m at the Commonwealth Games on Wednesday. Sahana was born in Kotekar village in Dakshina Kannada. She attended Anandashram High School, Someshwar. She began taking part in different sports like kabaddi, kho kho, and high

Mangalore, Jul 31: The Mangalore zonal selection for Verbattle Junior will be held on August 1 and the selection for the Verbattle senior competition will be held on August 2 here. The zonal selection round will be held at Samruddhi Bhavan between 9.30 am to 1 pm and between 1.30 pm to 4 pm. The team that would emerge as the sole winner among hundreds of teams participating will be awarded a grand

Mangalore, Jul 31: The life guards of Panambur Beach Tourism Development Project (PBTDP) rescued a couple and a girl from drowning in the Temple Pond, near Someshwar Beach near here. The rescued have been identified as Batish (25) son of Hameed, Saadia Begum (20), wife of Badish and Fatima Shaffa, residents of Gandhi Nagar, Kavoor. Project CEO Yatish Baikampady said the victims had ventured into

Mangalore, Jul 30: The biggest event on the district's football calendar, 18th edition of Independence Cup Football Tournament 2014 featuring 231 teams from schools and colleges from across Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Kodagu districts, 2,800 players, kicked off on Wednesday at Nehru Maidan here. Mangalore city Mayor Mahabala Marla inaugurated the tourney. Speaking on the occasion he announced that

Bangalore, Jul 30: Security has been tightened here by police who have mobilised "maximum amount" of force in the wake of a 'city bandh' tomorrow called by Kannada outfits to protest against the rising incidents of sexual offences against women and children. The bandh comes after the public outrage over the alleged recent gang-rape of a six-year-old girl at Vibgyor High school that spilled into

Ahmadabad, Jul 30: Former Gujarat minister Maya Kodnani, who was sentenced to 28 years in jail for murder during the 2002 riots, has been granted bail by the Gujarat High Court on health grounds. She was the most high-profile figure to be convicted in connection with the riots. Ms Kodnani, 60, is undergoing treatment at the Ahmedabad civil hospital for acute depression. The former minister for