Karnataka

Taif, Sep 10: In a heartbreaking incident, a five-year-old child suffocated to death after his father left him in a car and forgot about it. Speaking about the event, the father in question was quoted in the local media as saying that he took his wife and children to school, and returned home. He locked the car and went inside without noticing that his youngest child had fallen asleep in the

Gurgaon, Sep 10: Two minor girls were suffocated to death after getting locked in their family's car in Haryana's Gurgaon city, police said on Thursday. The girls, Himanshi, 4, and her sister Pinki, 2, locked themselves in while playing hide-and-seek on Wednesday, police said. According to police, the incident came to light when their father began looking for them. He found them in an unconscious

Mangaluru, Sep 10: KMC Hospitals, part of Manipal Health Enterprise, saved the life of a 20-year-old woman from a very unique and rare health condition. The patient was diagnosed to have Hydatid cyst which is a large live parasite in the heart. The tumor was surgically removed in an extremely risky surgery which needs the highest level of proficiency. The same was carried out by a team of

Raipur, Sep 10: In a bizarre incident, which willy-nilly reflects on the quality of the so-called bottled water sold in Chhattisgarh, a wriggly snake like creature was discovered in a bottle of water served to none other than Union health minister, JP Nadda, and chief minister, Dr Raman Singh, at a meeting at BJP headquarters here on Wednesday. According to officials, 20 boxes of water bottles

Jammu, Sep 10: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has imposed a ban on sale of beef in the state. The HC directive came on Wednesday but was widely reported in the media on Thursday. A division bench of the J&K HC passed the order while hearing a public interest litigation against cow slaughter. The court also directed the state DGP to instruct local police officials to ensure that the ban is

Mangaluru, Sep 10: A youth was killed and another sustained severe injuries after a speeding lorry rammed into a motorbike on National Highway 66 at Kotekar Beeri on the outskirts of the city. The deceased has been identified as Muhammad Zakariya (23), a resident of Talapady Check Post. His friend Shihab (22), a resident of Talapady KC Road has been hospitalised. His condition is said to be

Bengaluru, Sep 10: ‘Outstanding Scientist’ J Manjula has been named the Defence Research and Development Organisation’s first woman Director-General, and has taken charge of the Electronics and Communication Systems cluster, an official announcement said on Wednesday. Until her elevation, Ms. Manjula, who is a DRDO Outstanding Scientist, was Director of the Defence Avionics Research Establishment

Mangaluru, Sep 10: A day after a male and two female students belonging to different communities were questioned by so called moral police outside City Centre Mall in Mangaluru, the city police arrested a youth on Wednesday. The accused has been identified as Mansoor (35), a resident of Natekal on the outskirts of the city. He is an employee at the City Centre Mall, where the alleged incident of

Mysuru, Sep 10: Close on the heels of a Facebook post warning to eliminate rationalist Prof K?S?Bhagwan, an anonymous letter warning to kill him was received at his house here on Wednesday. The letter in English was delivered by the postman around 12.45 pm at Bhagwan’s house on Udayaravi road, Kuvempunagar, according to his wife. The letter was duly handed over to Kuvempunagar police station, who

Karwar, Sep 10:?Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday dedicated “?Vajrakosh” a missile storage facility in Karwar, for arming the warships on the western sea-board. “The crew would ensure that the missiles in Vajrakosh remain ever ready for operational deployment,” Parrikar said after commissioning the missile silo in the presence of Navy Chief Admiral R K Dhowan and other senior