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In a dramatic incident near the key Bab el-Mandeb Strait, an oil tanker hailing from south India’s coastal city of Mangaluru, managed to evade two missiles fired by Yemen's Houthi army. The Marshall Islands-flagged tanker, Ardmore Encounter, was carrying a shipment of Indian-manufactured jet fuel destined for either Rotterdam in the Netherlands or Gavle, Sweden, media reports claimed. The attack

Mangaluru, Dec 14: A youth was brutally stabbed to death at Saraswati colony in the limits of Someshwar town municipal council in Dakshina Kannada last night. The victim has been identified as Varun Gatty (28), a resident of Saraswati colony. The accused in the crime is believed to be a man named Sooraj, according to police sources. The tragic event transpired when Varun confronted Sooraj, Raviraj

Puttur: Three have been apprehended by the Puttur rural police in Dakshina Kannada district in connection with the kidnap and murder of a youth. The arrested accused are Shivappa Hanumanta Madar,45, his brother Manjunath Madar,32, and brother-in-law Durgappa Madar,42, from Bagalkot. They are accused of arriving in a maxicab on November 17, kidnapping Hanumanta and brutally murdering him. Puttur

'Australia batter Usman Khawaja became a big talking point on social media after pictures of his shoes with a pro-humanity and pro-equality slogan surfaced on social media. Khawaja was reportedly planning to wear the shoe with the same message on Day 1 of the first Test against Pakistan in Perth, but was warned against doing so over 'ICC rules'. While Khawaja has accepted the directive, he

New Delhi, Dec 13: There was a major security breach during Zero Hour in Parliament at 1.02 pm on Wednesday after two men, both carrying smoke canisters emitting an as yet unidentified yellow smoke, jumped from the visitors' gallery and ran into the Lok Sabha chamber. Incredible footage from the House's CCTV system showed one man, wearing a dark blue shirt, leaping across desks to evade capture

The Israeli military says ten of its troopers were killed on Tuesday during the aggression against the besieged Gaza Strip. A senior Israeli colonel who commanded a forward base of an elite infantry unit was killed in Gaza, the Israeli military said on Wednesday. Itzhak Ben Basat, 44, was killed along seven other Israelis on Tuesday in an ambush by Palestinian fighters in Gaza's Shejaiya

Dubai: The culmination of the Just Transition in South Asia press conference, which took place on December 11, 2023, at COP-28 in Dubai, has illuminated the pressing need for immediate action to confront the impending climate crisis. The event delivered a stark call for decisive decisions and collaborative endeavors by major economies to ensure an equitable and just transition in South Asia. Key

The Bengaluru police have arrested Bhaskar S, a 34-year-old resident of Kolar’s Mulabagilu taluk, for allegedly making the hoax bomb threat call to Raj Bhavan. On Monday night, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) control room in Domlur had received a call warning of explosives in the Raj Bhavan premises. A senior police officer said that according to the initial interrogation, Bhaskar found

The United Nations says only 13 out of 36 hospitals in the Gaza Strip are partially functional as Israeli occupation forces are targeting medical centers and staff amid heavily bombardment of the besieged territory. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a report on Tuesday that the services provided to patients in operational hospitals are “limited”

The UN agencies have warned that Palestinians in the besieged strip face widespread hunger and dire conditions, amid Israel’s genocidal war. “Hunger stalks everyone,” the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Monday, adding, “Too many people haven’t eaten now for two, three days in the Gaza Strip.” The UNRWA slammed Israel