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New York, Aug 2: If we believe a shocking in-flight pattern revealed by researchers, lap infants are at greater risk of dying on board owing to bad sleeping arrangements. Through a detailed analysis of over 7,000 reported medical emergencies involving children (from newborn up to 18 years of age) on flights worldwide between January 2010 and June 2013 and found 90 percent of deaths occurred in

Bangalore, Aug 2: Bangalore police arrested V R Bhat, a prominent member of the right wing Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), on Monday for posting a derogatory remark against a woman activist on Facebook. Chandra Layout police arrested him from Yashwanthpur in Bangalore after several complaints were filed against him for his threat. Bhat, freelance writer, said in a Facebook comment that “such

Mangalore, Aug 2: As a result of incessant rains lashing most parts of Dakshina Kannada on Thursday and Friday, life was thrown out of gear with water levels in Nethravati river rising considerably and several houses in parts of the district flooding with water. People in several areas in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi were stranded in their houses after rain inundated the areas. On Thursday, each

Bangalore, Aug 2: Prakash, a close aide of KPCC president G Parameshwara, has been appointed as deputy chairman of the NRI cell in the government. He has also been given the rank of minister of state. The cell's objective is to liaise with NRIs from Karnataka. Ganesh Karnik was heading the cell in previous BJP government.

Gaza City, Aug 2: The al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, has denied capturing a missing Israeli soldier after Barack Obama, the US president, called for his release as a precondition for further ceasefire talks. Obama made the comments at a White House news conference on Friday, after a UN and US-brokered 72-hour truce between Israel and Hamas broke down just hours after coming into

Bangalore, Aug 2: Retired IPS officer M Kempaiah, a close aide of chief minister Siddaramaiah, has finally made his entry into the government. He was appointed as adviser to home minister K J George on Friday. Kempaiah was initially slated to be appointed as security adviser to the CM. However, George reportedly told Siddaramaiah that the former IPS officer's services were more necessary to the

Mangalore, Aug 2: A Catholic woman from Mangalore has filed a case of being duped by a man from Hyderabad after he tricked her into marriage by falsely claiming to be a Protestant Christian and a bachelor. In her complaint, Jyothi Teresa Pereira, a resident of Mangalore, said that she came across a man named Naveen Ebenezer from Hyderabad over a matrimonial website Shaadi.com few years ago in 2007

Mangalore, Aug 1: For the second consecutive year, Kannadigas residing in Bahrain will host a cultural festival Bahrain Kannadotsava' on Sunday at Town Hall in Mangalore, to celebrate the essence and culture of Karnataka. Announcing this at a news conference here on Friday, Ramesh Manjeshwar from Bahrain Kannadigas said that the preparations for the Kannadotsava' were in full swing. The event will

Belgaum, Aug 1: In an audacious act caught on CCTV, a woman has stolen a new born baby after entering the labour room at a well known hospital here. The CCTV visuals showed the unidentified woman walking away nonchalantly with the infant tucked in her clothes, police said today. The woman took away the infant from its grandmother at KLE Hospital here on Wednesday, saying it had to be administered

Bellary, Aug 1: About 100 Congress workers Friday ransacked their party office here after their local leaders were denied ticket to contest in a by-election in the state. The by-poll in question is to be held Aug 21 in the Bellary Rural assembly segment, 310 km from Bangalore. In what appeared to be a pre-meditated move, local television channels were alerted to telecast live the ruckus as party