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Bangalore, Jan 8: Five employees of a bar-cum- restaurant were charred to death when a major fire broke out at Kumbaara Sanghabuilding in Kalasipalya here in the early hours today, police said. The incident occurred at 2:30 AM at Kailash Bar and Restaurant when the employees were asleep. Police identified the victims as Swami (23), Prasad (20), Mahesh, all residents of Tumakuru, Manjunath (45)

Mangaluru, Jan 7: Thousands of mourners on Sunday evening attended the funeral prayers of Ahmed Basheer, who breathed his last earlier today four days after he was attacked by a gang of trouble mongers in the city. 47-year-old Basheer was laid to rest at the burial ground located near the Muhiuddin Juma Masjid at Kuloor-Panjimogeru on the outskirts of the city after Magrib prayers. On January 3

Mangaluru, Jan 7: Thousands of mourners on Sunday evening attended the funeral prayers of Ahmed Basheer, who breathed his last earlier today four days after he was attacked by a gang of trouble mongers in the city. 47-year-old Basheer was laid to rest at the burial ground located near the Muhiuddin Juma Masjid at Kuloor-Panjimogeru on the outskirts of the city after Magrib prayers. On January 3

New Delhi, Jan 7: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MP Supriya Sule has proposed a private member's bill for providing free treatment to women suffering from breast cancer in government hospitals. The Breast Cancer (Awareness and Free Treatment) Bill, 2017 was introduced in the recently concluded winter session, but it is yet to be taken up for consideration. The Bill urges the Centre to take steps

New Delhi, Jan 7: This is not an appropriate time to divest government stake in Air India, which should be given at least five years to revive and its debt is written off, a parliamentary panel is likely to tell the government. The panel is also understood to have concluded that the equity infusion in the national carrier, as part of the turnaround plan (TAP), was made on a "piecemeal basis"

Kuala Lumpur, Jan 7: Malaysia’s opposition coalition on Sunday named 92-year old former premier Mahathir Mohamad as its prime ministerial candidate for a general election that must be called by August. With the country’s most popular opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim in jail, Mr. Mahathir is seen as the biggest threat for Prime Minister Najib Razak, who is engulfed in a corruption scandal. Mr

Camp David, Jan 7: US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would "absolutely" be willing to talk on the phone to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and that he hopes a positive development results from talks between North Korea and South Korea. North Korea agreed on Friday to hold official talks with South Korea next week, the first in more than two years, hours after Washington and Seoul

New Delhi, Jan 7: Four men died and two others, including a national level powerlifter, were injured after their car met with an accident in the early hours Sunday near Delhi-Haryana border in northwest Delhi, the police said. The accident took place near Singhu border in Alipur police station area, they said. The driver lost control over the speeding vehicle that first hit a divider and then a

Mangaluru Jan 7: Nearly four days after he was brutally attacked by a gang of communal hatemongers without any provocation at Kottara Chowki in the city, 47-year-old Basheer passed away at a private hospital on Sunday. Basheer had sustained deep injuries in his head and chest in the attack. Medical sources said that he did not show any sign of recovery in four days and breathed his last at 8: 10 a

Mangaluru Jan 7: Nearly four days after he was brutally attacked by a gang of communal hatemongers without any provocation at Kottara Chowki in the city, 47-year-old Basheer passed away at a private hospital on Sunday. Basheer had sustained deep injuries in his head and chest in the attack. Medical sources said that he did not show any sign of recovery in four days and breathed his last at 8: 10 a