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Tel Aviv, Aug 10: At least 450 Palestinian children have so far lost their lives in more than a month of Israeli attacks against the impoverished Gaza Strip, latest tallies show. According to Palestinian health officials, the overall Palestinian death toll from brutal Israeli assaults has reached 1,915, with most of the fatalities being civilians. Nearly 10,000 others have also been wounded in the

Bangalore, Aug 10: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday challenged JD(S) leader H?D?Kumaraswamy to prove his allegations against him that he had tried to influence the KPSC, to select some candidates who had written the 2011 exams. When reporters drew the chief minister's attention to Kumaraswamy's allegations that Siddaramaiah had called the KPSC several times to select certain candidates, the

Bangalore, Aug 10: In a major shake-up of the State bureaucracy, the State government on Saturday transferred 22 IAS officers and an IPS officer with immediate effect. Ekroop Caur has been appointed as Managing Director of Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) and Anjum Parwez, who was BMTC MD, has been transferred to the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board as Chairman. Name of

Bagalkot, Aug 10: After a nearly week-long massive round-the-clock operation, the six-year-old boy trapped in an abandoned borewell in his father's farm in nearby Sulikere village was confirmed dead today. Authorities called off the operation involving about 500 persons, including teams from National Disaster Relief Force, Hutti gold mines from neighbouring Raichur district and fire brigade after

Mangalore, Aug 9: The driver of this wrecked car had an incredibly lucky escape, after the vehicle was reduced into a bundle of metals in a horrific crash near Kulur on the outskirts of the city. The horror smash happened on Saturday evening, when a speeding truck rammed into the ill-fated Swift car from the rear end amidst traffic jam. Eyewitnesses couldn't believe their eyes when the driver was

Hollywood, Aug 9: Actress Penelope Cruz and her husband Javier Bardem have roused the fury of pro-Zionist Hollywood producers, with pledges made to snub the Spanish couple. Oscar-winner Bardem and Cruz signed an open letter speaking against the genocide perpetrated by the Israeli occupation army. The letter accused Israel of advancing on Palestinian territories instead of withdrawing to the 1967

New Delhi, Aug 9: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today indirectly attacked Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi for his comments on communal clashes in Uttar Pradesh which he said were "artificially engineered". In an interview to a newspaper, Mr Gandhi had said that the communal clashes in UP were part of a deliberate strategy to "divide the poor and pit brother against brother." "People who

Mangalore, Aug 9: Bearys Academy of Learning organized an awareness programme on financial assistance for religious minority students on Saturday, at the Bearys Institute of Technology campus in Mangalore. About 400 students from various colleges in and around Mangalore attended the program along with their parents. Representatives from related NGOs were also present. Addressing the students

Mangalore, Aug 9: The train travel time between this port city and state capital will come down by two hours once the track-doubling between Bangalore and Hassan is completed. The travelling time will be reduced because the train will travel 50 km less and it will not require engine reversal at Mysore, said Anil Agarwal, Divisional Railway Manager, Bangalore. At present, Bangalore-Mangalore train

Karwar, Aug 9: Police have arrested three persons on charge of raping a minor girl at Majigeri Village, Mundgod taluk of Uttara Kannada district.Three accused have been identified as Nagaraj Bhovi, Manjunath Haveri and Ramesh, all 22-year-old youths. The trio had kidnapped a Std 9 girl while she was on her way to the school on Thursday.Later they had taken to a forest, tied her to a tree and raped