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Gaza, Jul 21: Israel's fiercest attack on Gaza in recent years killed more than people as the Palestinian death toll in the conflict rose over 500. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the killing of dozens of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip by Israeli shelling as an "atrocious action" and called for an immediate end to almost two weeks of fighting. Ban's comments on Sunday came before a

Jeddah, Jul 20: An Indian expat is caught up in an unlikely legal tangle. Shamsuddin Ansari has been banned from traveling after failing to pay phone bills for SIM cards that have been falsely registered under his name. Ansari, who works as a driver in the Kingdom's central region, is running from pillar to post to clear his name and absolve himself from paying three outstanding phone bills issued

Gaza, Jul 20: Al-Qassam Brigades, which is the military wing of Hamas, says Palestinian resistance fighters have killed at least 32 Israeli soldiers since Saturday. Hamas military sources say scores of Israeli soldiers injured in the clashes with Palestinian fighters have been transferred to hospital. A senior Israeli military commander is said to be among them. However, the Israeli military has

Mangalore, Jul 20: The weekend is riddle with tragedy in Dakshina Kananda. Five children belonging to two families drowned in two separate incidents within the districts on Sunday. Vasu Shetty and Seeta couple residing at Mijar, Yadapadavu lost their three children who were playing near their house. All three children drowned in a pond at quarry located near their house. The deceased have been

Gaza, Jul 20: Thousands of people have fled Gaza's eastern district of Shujayea as heavy bombardment from Israeli tanks continued relentlessly into the morning, with the Palestinian death toll over the last 13 days reaching 397. The Palestinian enclave was hit overnight with the heaviest barrage of tank shells since the beginning of Israel's offensive against Hamas on July 8. The eastern

Bhatkal, Jul 20: A day after extremist group Ansar ul-Tauhid ul-Hind announced that 38-year-old Anwer Beli had been killed in Afghanistan, his parents in coastal town of Bhatkal identified the photograph tweeted along with the message of his death as that of their eldest son, but denied any knowledge of his death. As per reports, the Ansar ul-Tauhid's media unit, al Isabah, on Friday tweeted a

Dubai, Jul 20: At least 37 Indian nationals committed suicide in six of the seven emirates of the UAE in the first half of 2014, latest figures from the Indian consulate in Dubai show. These suicides were reported from Dubai and the Northern Emirates comprising Sharjah, Ajman, Fujairah, Umm al-Quuwain and Ras al-Khaimah. These, along with Abu Dhabi, comprise the United Arab Emirates which is home

Mangalore, Jul 20: The Mahila Morcha of Bharatiya Janata Party has sought Karnataka governor's intervention to tackle increased crime against women in coastal Karnataka and other parts of the state. The Mangalore North and Mangalore South constituency committees of BJP Mahila Morcha on Saturday forwarded a memorandum to governor K Rosaiah through Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner A B Ibrahim

Bangalore, Jul 20: The Election Commission has issued notification for the by-elections in three Legislative Assembly constituencies in Karnataka - Bellary (ST), Shikaripura and Chikkodi-Sadalaga. The by-elections will be held on August 21 and the counting will be done on August 25. The model code of conduct with respect to tours of ministers and transfers of election related officers will be

Beltangady, Jul 20: One more person has been arrested by Belthangady police on Saturday pertaining to the incident where a Muslim couple was assaulted by a gang of Hindutva activists at Ujire last Wednesday. This takes the total number of arrests in this case to seven. The arrested has been identified as Narayana (36), a resident of Ujire. On Friday the police had arrested two residents of