Kasargod, Feb 2: Burglars made away with 10 sovereigns of gold ornaments, estimated at Rs. 2.20 lakh, by breaking open a house at Baradkka under the Badiadukka police station limits on Tuesday. The daylight burglary occurred when the owners of the house, Sharada and her daughter Nisha, had gone to run their wayside eatery in the locality, the police said. The thieves broke open the front door...
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London, Jan 31: A 43-year-old Indian-origin teacher in the UK has sold her home, which has a market value of 250,000 pounds, for a token of mere 2 pounds to ensure that she cannot be evicted from the property. Rekha Patel has been locked in a feud with her neighbour over some building work dating back six years on the home. She spent 200,000 pounds buying the dilapidated two-bedroom cottage in...
New Delhi, Jan 31: WhatsApp users could soon recall or edit messages that they have sent to other contacts, as per media reports. The feature is reportedly being tested on iPhone beta and Android beta app. As per @WABetaInfo, the WhatsApp for Android versions 2.17.25 and 2.17.26 have the new edit and revoke features. The recall message option on WhatsApp will however be applicable only if your...
Nawada, Jan 30: A distraught woman in Nawada district is refusing to eat and has announced a reward of Rs 25,000 for anyone who can bring back her missing parrot. Babita Devi, a resident of Thana chowk in Warsaliganj, is refusing to eat since January 3 last, the day since her parrot went missing, her family members said. For the past eight years, the parrot used to wake her up and other members of...
Jan 30: Tech bigwigs across the globe are supporting immigrants stranded outside the US, courtesy President Trump"s immigration ban. Taking the concerns and offering support, Google has today announced its largest humanitarian fund in support for people impacted by this order. The $4 million crisis fund so announced is a mix of $2 million in donations from employees and the remaining $2 million...
Washington, Jan 27: Comments by US President Donald Trump on nuclear weapons and climate change have helped make the world less safe, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists warned on Thursday, moving its symbolic "Doomsday Clock" 30 seconds closer to midnight. The clock which serves as a metaphor for how close humanity is to destroying the planet was last changed in 2015, from five to three minutes...
Washington, Jan 25: Prehistoric otters may have been of the size of a modern wolf, say scientists who have discovered 6.24 million-year-old fossils of one of the largest otter species known to science. Remains of the large extinct otter, which had large, powerful jaws and is estimated to have weighed about 50 kilogrammes, was found in the northeastern Yunnan Province in China. The species, named...
Pune, Jan 25: Witn an aim to push green technology in mass public transportation vehicles in India, Tata Motors today launched a fully electric bus and a hybrid one, with indicative prices ranging between Rs 1.6 crore and Rs 2 crore. The company, which is leader in the commercial vehicles space in the country with a market share of around 45 per cent, also showcased its LNG powered bus. Besides...
Ballari, Jan 23: A woman delivered a baby with four legs and two male sex organs at the Dhadeasugure Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Raichur in the early hours of Saturday. Born to Lalitamma, 23, and Chennabasava, 26, residents of Puladinni village in Dadeasugure Hobali of Sindhanoore taluk in Raichur, the infant was taken to Vijayanagara Institute of Medical Sciences (VIMS), Ballari ,on Saturday...
Seoul, Jan 23: The world's biggest smartphone maker Samsung blamed faulty batteries today for the fires that led to last year's humiliating recall of its flagship Galaxy Note 7 device. Internal and independent investigations "concluded that batteries were found to be the cause of the Note 7 incidents", the South Korean company said in a statement. The giant conglomerate was forced to discontinue...