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Washington, Aug 4: Researchers have created an ice cream that changes colours when it is licked in a cone. Spanish physicist Manuel Linares set out to create a type of ice cream that would change colour in response to temperature changes and acids found in the human mouth. Linares signed up for training with Asociacion Empresarial Nacional de Elaboradores Artesanos y Comerciantes de Helados y

Dubai, Aug 4: An Indian farmer has been jailed for four years for smuggling poppy seeds into the United Arab Emirates (UAE) though he claimed he brought these for the purpose of cooking, media reported. The Indian, 33, identified only as BS, was arrested by customs inspectors on arrival at the Dubai International Airport for possessing poppy seeds found in his luggage in April this year, Gulf News

Mangalore, Aug 4: Four persons were killed in four separate road accidents in Dakshina Kannada on Sunday. Around 2.30 p.m., an advocate died in an accident after an autorickshaw rammed his motorcycle near a mosque at Karaya in Belthangady taluk. I Sadashiva (36), a resident of Belthangady and a practising advocate at the Judicial Magistrate First Class Court there, was heading home after visiting

Udupi, Aug 4: At least five cases of drowning were reported in Udupi district since Saturday night. Around 6 p.m. on Sunday, Shivprakash (20) and five others – all from Bangalore – had gone to Kaup beach for a swim when a sudden undercurrent pulled Mr. Shivprakash down, said the Kaup police. His body is yet to be recovered. Earlier, two fishermen are feared drowned after their boat was toppled by

Mangalore, Aug 4: Visitors' entry into the building of the Mangalore International Airport has been banned as part of security measures for the Independence Day, airport sources said. On account of Independence Day, it is a routine procedure every year to forbid visitors from entering the terminals for security reasons, said Airport Director J T Radhakrishna in a press release. The entry of the

Bangalore, Aug 4: Railway Minister and senior BJP leader DV Sadananda Gowda on Sunday said the present Siddaramaiah government in Karnataka can fall anytime and asked his party workers to get ready for elections. "The Siddaramaiah government can fall anytime. Don't think it will continue for another three-and-half-years. It can even fall in next three months," he said, addressing the BJP State SC

Mangalore, Aug 3: When cases related to rape and forced sex without consent come to light, a preliminary inquiry will be done and action will be taken against the accused named in the complaint based on evidence prima facie, said Superintendent of Police S D Sharanappa. He was speaking in response to a query raised by a Dalit activist at the monthly SC/ST grievance meeting held at the SP's office

Bagalkot, Aug 3: A six-year-old boy fell into an open borewell today at Sulikeri village, some 15 km from here, following which authorities have launched rescue operation. "Efforts are on to rescue him," Bagalkot Deputy Commissioner P A Meghannavar said. Tipanna Hatti fell into the 300-feet borewell in his father's sugarcane field while he had gone there with his 12-year-old cousin at around 2.15

Berlin, Aug 3: A recent report shows Israel spied on US Secretary of State John Kerry during failed talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. According to German weekly Der Spiegel, Israelis and at least one other secret service eavesdropped on Kerry's phone conversations as he tried to resume the so-called peace talks last year. Kerry made daily phone calls to his colleagues in the

Bangalore, Aug 3: The erstwhile royal family of Mysore has threatened to withdraw from this year's Dasara celebrations unless the Karnataka government stops harassing them. The Wadiyars have also decided not to name the successor to the late Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar, the scion of the Mysore royal family. In the absence of any heir to the royal family, the world-famous Dasara