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London, June 11: Australia beat India by 209 runs to win its maiden ICC World Test Championship title at the Kennington Oval in London on Sunday. Pat Cummins’ men set a massive 444-run target for India to pursue on Saturday. India started the final day with 280 runs to win and seven wickets in hand. However, Virat Kohli fell early on 49, adding just five runs to his overnight score before

Udupi, Jun 11: Two teachers lost their lives and two others including the driver suffered critical injuries when the car in which they were travelling collided head-on with a bus near Sitanadi Jakkanamakki in Hebri talluk of Udupi district in the wee hours of Sunday. The teachers were returning to Udupi after attending a wedding in Channagiri and the bus was heading to Agumbe from Udupi. The

Udupi, June 11: Karnataka Minister for Women and Child Development Laxmi Hebbalkar visited the famous Sri Krishna Mutt in Udupi on Sunday. Hebbalkar, who has been appointed as the Udupi district-in-charge minister, offered prayers at the temple during special rituals. The minister was in Udupi to inaugurate the district-level programme in connection with the launch of Shakti scheme providing free

Mangaluru, June 11: Dinesh Gundu Rao, the new District-in-Charge Minister of Dakshina Kannada has said that the development works and maintenance of law and order for peace and communal harmony in Dakshina Kannada district would now be prioritised. Rao, who is also the Minister for Health and Family Welfare said that officials should take people into confidence and implement development works.

Bengaluru, June 11: The Congress-led Karnataka government on Sunday launched its first of the five poll guarantees, the ‘Shakti' scheme, which offers free travel to women in government buses in the state. Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, his Deputy D K Shivakumar, and Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy attended the event and also launched the logo of the scheme. "The free bus travel scheme

Indore, June 11: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Saturday said the Congress does not want to get involved in polarisation and is leaving that issue to the Bhartiya Janata Party. “Let us not discuss issues on emotions, let us only discuss issues of development. Emotional issues do not have any value and we must remember that India is a land of diversity. We don't want to go to any

Mangaluru: BJP state president and Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel has demanded the chief minister Siddaramaiah-led Congress government of Karnataka to make arrangement for women to travel for free in private buses as well. The demand comes as the Congress government is all set to launch Shakti, the free bus travel scheme for women across Karnataka. Women are eligible to travel for free in

Bengaluru, June 10: As the stage is set for the launch of first of the five poll guarantees, ‘Shakti’, offering free travel in government buses for women in Karnataka, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday clarified that they can travel up to 20 km inside the states that share border with Karnataka free of cost and not beyond that. The Chief Minister said he along with Deputy Chief Minister D K

New Delhi, June 10: Wrestling Federation of India President and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in March last year grabbed a woman wrestler "in a place one shouldn't touch a woman", Jagbir Singh, an international wrestling referee who was present at the event in Lucknow, has revealed. The Delhi Police, which recorded the statements of more than 200 people following allegations of sexual

Bogota, June 10: Four Indigenous children who had been missing for more than a month in the Colombian Amazon rainforest after a small plane crash have been found alive, President Gustavo Petro said Friday. "Today we have had a magical day," Petro told the media in the capital Bogota after announcing their rescue. "They are weak. Let's let the doctors make their assessment," he added. The president