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Mangalore, Feb 14: The museum at St Aloysius College, received a unique exhibit from the German musketeer Peter Rodermann for his bravery on the front during the World War I. It is an original certificate of the award of the Cross of Honour for Peter Peter Rodermann. Two of his brothers, Michel and Johann fell in the war; only he survived because of his bravery. According to a press release by the

Mangalore, Feb 14: The Dakshina Kannada district administration, the zilla panchayat, the Department of Horticulture and Siri Horticulture Society will jointly organise a flower show on February 14 at Kadri Park here. Addressing the media persons on Thursday, H R Yogesh, Deputy Director, Department of Horticulture, Dakshina Kannada, said that the highlight of the event will be the Kambala. The

Dubai, Feb 14: A young Indian girl fell to her death from 38th floor of Gold Crest Views 1 building in Jumeirah Lake Towers around 5pm on Thursday. The body was discovered by a building cleaner who told an eyewitness that he could not believe his eyes when he saw the girl's body. He identified her as a resident of one of the penthouses in the building. The Bangladeshi cleaner informed his manager

Mangalore, Feb 13: Pejawar Mutt pontiff Vishvesha Theertha Swamiji along with several other seers visited the sensitive area of Mogaveerpatna in Ullal on Thursday and spoke to few affected families in the area which is returning to normalcy after unrest. While assuring the Mogaveera families of their support and instilling confidence in them, he said that the Hindu society was ready to stand by

Bangui, Feb 13: An exodus of Muslim traders fleeing attacks by Christian militia in Central African Republic has pushed food markets there to the brink of collapse, threatening the nation with even deeper crisis. The United Nations estimates that 1.3 million people, more than a quarter of the population, are already in need of urgent food aid after months of communal violence that French and

Michigan, Feb 13: A Michigan mother's attempt to cheer her 10-year-old son, who suffers from a disorder similar to autism and told her he had no friends, with a Facebook page has won the boy some 1.6 million fans on the social media site by Wednesday. Jennifer Cunningham created the site early this month after her son told her he did not want a birthday party because he did not have friends, the

Bangalore, Feb 13: Little-known Railways all-rounder Karn Sharma struck gold at the IPL players' auction, becoming the costliest buy among the uncapped players by fetching a Rs 3.75 crore deal with Sunrisers Hyderabad, while Rishi Dhawan also fetched a stunning Rs 3 crore bid from Kings XI Punjab here today. Kedar Jadhav clinched a two-crore contract with Delhi Daredevils as the uncapped

Mangalore, Feb 13: Lashing out at forces who were trying to spoil the communal harmony in the region of Ullal, members of the district unit of Student Federation of India (SFI) staged a protest in front of the deputy commissioner's office here on Thursday, demanding that the innocent persons arrested by the police in connection with the unrest in Ullal be released. Addressing the protestors, SFI

Mangalore, Feb 13: Health Minister U T Khader has urged Union minority affairs minister K Rahman Khan to implement various developmental works in his constituency. Mr Khader who met Mr Khan in New Delhi said that multi-sectoral development programme which covers road development, education and employment could be implemented in his constituency which has 30% of minority population. Khader said the

New Delhi, Feb 13: Unprecedented pandemonium marked by fisticuffs, pepper spraying and breaking of mike was today witnessed in Lok Sabha as the government introduced the controversial Telangana bill. Hell broke loose in the House with members feeling suffocated and seen coughing after expelled Congress MP L Rajagopal resorted to spraying of pepper to prevent introduction of the bill that provides