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New Delhi, Jun 19: Facebook, the world's most popular social media website, crashed for a brief while on Thursday. "We're working on getting this fixed as soon as we can," said a message on the website when users tried to log in. "Sorry, something went wrong," said the message. The outage lasted for at least 15 minutes, enough time for some of its 1.28 billion monthly active users to tweet and

Kolkata, Jun 19: Results of the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology Joint Entrance Exam (IIT-JEE advanced) were announced today with only five girls making it to the top 100 qualifying students. Girls formed only 11 per cent of the total qualifying students, JEE in-charge and IIT Kharagpur professor M K Panigrahi said. Rajasthan's Chitraang Murdia topped JEE (Advanced) securing 334 out of a

Udupi, Jun 19: Udupi-Chikmagalur MP Shobha Karandlaje has promised a permanent solution for sea erosion in Udupi district by constructing a sea wall within five years. She was speaking to presspersons after visiting sea erosion affected areas at Tenka Yermal, Bada Yermal, Padu-Thottam and Udyavar-Padukere villages. She said that she would lead a delegation of fishermen from Udupi district to Delhi

Singapore, Jun 19: In fresh troubles for Indian carrier Jet Airways' alliance with Abu Dhabi's Etihad, fair trade watchdog in Singapore has begun a scrutiny of the deal to probe any possible violation of its competition laws. The deal, which involves purchase of a 24 per cent stake in Naresh Goyal-led Jet for about Rs 2,060 crore by Etihad and other tie-ups, has been going through turbulent times

Bangalore, Jun 19: For five years Vikas Sharma (31) worked with the alias 'Dr' Atul Pathak as medical officer at the reputed Columbia Asia Hospital in Yeshwantpur, here, and earned a salary of Rs 48k per month. Not just his patients, but his fellow doctors and the management too never suspected that they had a con in their midst. He might have continued to play the game if not for a slip-up, that

New Delhi, Jun 19: Muslim enrolment in schools has gone up marginally across the country according to a report released by Human Resources Development ministry. Data for 2013-14, released on Wednesday by HRD minister Smriti Z Irani, show that as per the Educational Development Index, Puducherry is at number one, followed by Lakshadweep, Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh and Delhi. Despite massive

Bangalore, Jun 19: In a gut-wrenching incident a seven-year-old girl who was returning from school was crushed to death in front of her house at Chandra Layout in Bangalore on Wednesday. The victim has been identified as Namitha, a resident of Thanishka Apartment on 7th cross, 3rd main, Jyothinagar. She was a Class II student of Siddaganga Public School, about half a kilometre away from her

Manipal, Jun 19: With immediate effect the Regional Transport Authority (RTA) has revised the fares of private service buses and the city buses in the district.A press release issued by the RTA said the minimum bus fare for private shuttle buses from zero to 6.5 km has been increased from Rs. 6 to Rs. 7. The minimum fare of city buses in Udupi from zero to 2 km had been increased from Rs. 6 to Rs

Bijapur, Jun 19: The operation to rescue four-year-old Akshata Malipatil, who fell into an open borewell here on Tuesday evening, continued on Wednesday. Experts of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) from Pune and Sangli, Maharashtra, along with those of Hutti Gold Mines in Raichur district began the operation at 11 p.m. on Tuesday. Fire and Emergency Services personnel said the girl was

Mangalore, Jun 19: Mohammed Haneef (30), an alleged associate of underworld operatives Ravi Pujari and Khali Yogesh, was arrested by a team of Central Crime Branch police at Ullal railway station and recovered three live bullets and two mobile phones. Terming the arrest as important, Police Commissioner R. Hithendra said the city police were on the lookout for Haneef for the last four months. A