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Palakkad, Feb 1: Police patrolling has been intensified in the Ottappalam and Vaniamkulam areas in Palakkad district following the stabbing of SDPI district president Kaja Hussain at Vaniamkulam, near Ottappalam, on Friday. Mr Hussain was admitted to a private hospital in Thrissur with multiple stab injuries on his legs and right hand. He also suffered injuries on his neck and head. The police

Mangalore, Feb 1: Dr. Shabistan Gaffar, Chairperson, Committee on Girls' Education, National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions visited the campus of Bearys Institute of Technology and delivered a talk on employment of the girl child through education. The event was hosted by the Campus Director Dr Sainath and presided by the principal Dr S A Khan and Senior Advisor Dr S A Raikar. In

Bangalore, Feb 1: A five-year-old boy in the City on Friday entered the Guinness Book of World Records by skating under 39 Toyota Qualis cars in 28 seconds. Gagan S, a kindergarten student at Florence School in Basveshwaranagar, is the son of Satish, who works at a washing machine service centre. “Gagan was always passionate about skating. He started attending skating classes just one-and-a half

Dubai, Feb 1: An Indian man, described by his lawyer as the "most stupid" person he has encountered in 40 years, has been sentenced to death by a UAE court for murdering a maid. The man, who worked as a cook for a UAE government official, beat the maid, who he had been having a relationship with, to death after she told him she was pregnant and threatened to report him for rape, three years ago

Mumbai/New Delhi, Jan 31: A second round of fare war was unleashed by SpiceJet today, with Jet Airways and no-frill carriers IndiGo, GoAir and JetKonnect jumping into the race to offer limited period, low-priced air tickets to customers. With the peak travel season coming to an end, Indian carriers, barring Air India, triggered the second fare war offering low fares across several sectors within

Mangalore, Jan 31: Criticising the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre for failing to act on several promises during its tenure, MP and former BJP national president M Venkaiah Naidu said that the Congress was afraid to project the candidature of Rahul Gandhi as they feared rejection in the coming Lok Sabha elections. Addressing mediapersons at a press conference in the city on Friday, he

New Delhi, Jan 31: An Arunachal Pradesh MLA's son died here after he was allegedly beaten up by some shopkeepers following an altercation sparked by their taunts on his hairstyle, in yet another incident of targeting of people from the north-east. An Arunachal Pradesh MLA's son died here after he was allegedly beaten up by some shopkeepers following an altercation sparked by their taunts on his

Moodbidri, Jan 31: For having efficiently implemented the solid waste management programme in its limits, Moodbidri Town Municipal Council won 'Icon SWM Award of Excellence' in solid waste management in its category. Chief officer of the town munipal Rayappa received the award and citation from Governor of Andhra Pradesh E S L Narasimhan at the valedictory programme of the fourth International

New Delhi, Jan 31: Some of the most popular small cars sold in India, including Maruti Alto 800, Tata Nano, Ford Figo, Hyundai i10 and Volkswagen Polo, have failed crash tests showing high risk of life-threatening injuries in road accidents, according to Global NCAP. As per the tests done by Global NCAP, an independent charity based in UK focused on consumer orientated vehicle safety initiatives

Udupi, Jan 31: The JMFC III court of Udupi district on Thursday convicted an accused facing charges of having obtained a passport by submitting fake documents to the passport office in the district, and sentenced him to 18 months imprisonment. The accused Syed alias Mallar Syed Mustafa, resident of Pavoor gram, was sentenced to 6 months imprisonment for submitting fake documents along with 12