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Patna, Aug 11: RJD chief Lalu Prasad and former Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar shared the dais at an election rally in the state Monday. With this, they came together to launch a campaign after nearly 20 years. The two leaders also hugged each other at the rally organised ahead of a by-poll in Hajipur assembly constituency in Vaishali district. They launched an election campaign for coming by

Bagalkot, Aug 11: The decomposed body of a six-year old boy trapped inside a borewell in his father's farm at nearby Sulikeri village was pulled out in the early hours today, eight days after he fell into it with the massive rescue operation ending on a tragic note. The body of Thimmanna Hatti was extricated in the presence of his family members and cremated after an autopsy was performed

Mangalore, Aug 11: State Health Minister U T Khader inaugurated newly built Scan Tech', a scanning centre located at Falnir in Mangalore on Sunday. Speaking after inaugurating the centre, Minister said that government had chalked up several plans to improve health care. The scanning centre offers services such as abdomen scan, pelvis scanning, Doppler and Echo tests, X-ray, ECG, OB scan, small

Gulbarga, Aug 11: Infrastructure Development and Haj Minister Roshan Baig has said that Haj pilgrims from India should take precautionary measures against ebola virus, which is spreading from African countries to other parts of the world, during their pilgrimage. Speaking at a valedictory function of a two-day refresher-cum-training programme for Haj pilgrims from the Gulbarga region here on

Bangalore, Aug 11: Former Member of Parliament and Sandalwood actress Ramya, who is thrilled with the responses her recent release Aryan got, is said to be pursuing her studies abroad. Though there are rumours that Ramya is currently perusing a course abroad, even the film industry has not sure about her whereabouts. It is also learnt that the actress will be training. Sandalwood sources aren't

Bangalore, Aug 11: This is what happens when a woman fights back. A female jogger in the garden city of Bangalore got her revenge after she was targeted by an eve-teaser. Veena Ashiya Chindlur was on her daily jog in the neighbourhood park on Friday morning when a man started harassing her. Instead of letting it pass as the staple nuisance women face, Veena decided to take him on. She ran after

Bantwal, Aug 11: Unidentified culprits broke into seven shops including two jewellery stores at various places at Boliyar near Mudipu on Saturday night. Though the thefts were discovered on Sunday morning, the shop owners were yet to file a formal complaint, said the Konaje police. The police estimated that at least Rs. 2. lakh worth of gold ornaments were stolen from the two jewellery shops

Bangalore, Aug 11: Tension prevailed in the communally-sensitive Ramanagar town on Sunday morning after news spread that a miscreant—said to be a drug addict—had vandalised the Arakeshwara Swamy temple. Traffic was disrupted on the busy Bangalore-Mysore highway as people blocked the road in protest against the incident and demanded stern action against the youth who had damaged the temple. The

Jeddah, Aug 11: Several construction firms in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar are hiring expat workers who failed to legalize their work status in the Kingdom. Several cities in the UAE have benefited from the existence of these laborers-in-limbo thanks to huge, pending mega-infrastructural projects and a shortage in manpower. Many of the Kingdom's 8 million expats, especially those under

Cuttack, August 11: If inhabitants of England are English, Germany are Germans and USA are Americans then why aren't inhabitants of Hindustan not known as Hindus, came a poser from RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday. “The cultural identity of all Indians is Hindutva and the present inhabitants of the country are descendants of this great culture,” Bhagwat said while speaking at the Golden Jubilee'