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Kasaragod, Jul 24: In one of the most shameful incidents for humanity, the body of a middle-aged man remained unattended for nearly five hours after he collapsed and died in front of the ticket counter at the busy Kanhangad railway station near here on Wednesday. The incident took place around 7.00 a.m. and the body of the unidentified man, in his mid-40s, lay covered with just a towel at the spot

Mumbai, Jul 24: Doctors have extracted more than 232 teeth from the mouth of a Mumbai teenager during a seven-hour operation. Ashik Gavai, 17, sought medical help for a swelling on the right side of his lower jaw after suffering pain for 18 months. His case was referred to the Mumbai's JJ Hospital, where they found he was suffering from a condition known as complex odontoma. "We operated on Monday

Mangalore, Jul 24: The proposal of changing the name of several districts in the state including Dakshina Kannada kept forward on the occasion of golden jubilee of the creation of Karnataka state (Suvarna Karnataka celebrations), is still under progress', according to state revenue minister V Srinivas Prasad. In a written reply to Congress MLC Ivan D'Souza in the Legislative Council on Wednesday

Mangalore, Jul 24: The timely revival of the monsoon rains in latter half of July has brought hope to the farmers in the twin coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi. Torrential rains have brightened the agricultural prospects in the region.

Hyderabad, Jul 24: Atleast twenty children killed and over a dozen were injured on Thursday morning after a train rammed into a school bus at an unmanned railway crossing in Medak district near Hyderabad. The accident occurred at Masayapeta when the driver let the bus move onto the train tracks. The Nanded passenger train, which came at the same time, rammed into the bus and dragged it for over

Mangalore, Jul 24: An unidentified man struck at Milagres church in Mangalore and decamped with Rs 1, 40,000 on Wednesday night. According to CCTV footage, a man was seen entering the church from behind of the office at around 10 pm. He proceeded towards office after turning the face of CCTV camera. Parish priest Fr Valerian who came to know about the theft only in the morning found the cash boxes

Mumbai, Jul 24: Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday shamelessly backed his MPs after a video footage of paty MP Rajan Vichare forcing a fasting Muslim worker to eat at Maharashtra Sadan in Delhi triggered outrage in Parliament and social media on Wednesday. "The Opposition is making it political to target Sena", said Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray. "MPs were telling him to eat food he

Geneva, Jul 24: India has voted in support of a United Nations Human Rights Council resolution to launch a probe into Israel's offensive on Gaza and made a strong statement against the "disproportionate use of force". India joined Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa to vote for a Palestinian-drafted resolution on "Ensuring Respect for international law in The Occupied Palestinian Territories

Mangalore, Jul 24: Yenepoya University has received a certificate of excellence as a great place to study. Bob Blackman, MP, UK handed over the certificate to Dr Ravi Vaswani, former registrar of the university. SkillTree Knowledge Consortium selected 20 universities from throughout India a top educational institutes at par with top global institutes. Dr Vaswani represented the University and

Bangalore, Jul 24: A school principal, who was arrested last month on charges of sexually harassing hostel inmates, has reportedly confessed that he had sexually assaulted at least 30 girls in the hostel. Horrific tales of sexual attacks by Principal Mallikarjun Swamy (52) came to light when the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) recently met students of the residential school in Anekal taluk. The