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Udupi, Nov 8: The Karnataka Muslim Parishath has taken exception to Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP Shobha Karandlaje’s allegation that Urban Development, Haj and Wakf Minister R. Roshan Baig was involved in the murder of RSS activist Rudresh, which took place at Shivaji Nagar in Bengaluru on October 16, stating that she had made the allegation without giving any proof.

Kasaragod, Nov 8: Three days after a woman endosulfan victim committed suicide at Mullaria near here, one more endosulfan victim from the district died on Monday. K. Narayani, 56, wife of the late Appukuttan, of Thadathil locality in Pullur village died at the Pariyaram Medical College hospital in Kannur, sources here said. Narayani, who had been undergoing treatment for cancer, figured on the...

Berlin, Nov 6: A new Guinness World Record has been set for the most Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) flying simultaneously, as 500 drones performed a flawless routine together and put on the spectacular light show in Germany. The record challenge featured a new UAV, weighing just 280 grammes and electrically operated with a rotor for flying, specifically designed for putting on dramatic lightshows...

Gjilan/Kosovo, Nov 6: Sports car enthusiast Driton Selmani always wanted some hot wheels but couldn't afford them. What he did have, however, was a workshop and a talent for bending and welding metal. So he set out to build himself a "Lamborghini." Selmani, from the eastern Kosovo town of Gjilan, used a secondhand Mitsubishi Eclipse, the engine of 3.0-liter Mitsubishi Galant and other car parts to...

Washington, Nov 5: Playing games on internet is not as addictive as gambling, says a new study. The study by Oxford University is the first of its kind that has tried to measure the scale of gaming addiction in the general population using symptoms of 'internet gaming disorder' as defined by the American Psychiatric Association (APA). Researchers from the University's Oxford Internet Institute...

Thrissur, Nov 4: Thrissur Principal District Sessions Court on Thursday sentenced Tony Wadakkunchery, alias Thomas, 53, of Kallur to 40 years of rigorous imprisonment in the Kochupaul murder case. Kochupaul, 73, of Thumbur, near Irinjalakuda, was hacked to death by his brother’s son Tony on November 16, 2011. Tony decamped with 45 gm of gold kept under the pillow of Kochupaul. Principal District...

New Delhi, Nov 4: Demand for mobile plans with unlimited video and TV streaming facility is very high in India, shows a study conducted by telecom gearmaker Ericsson across 24 countries. "A mobile subscription plan that allows affordable streaming of TV and video content on a mobile device - with reasonable video quality and without having to ration data - is of great interest to 40 per cent of...

Seoul, Nov 2: You could soon watch 3D videos on your smartphone without any special eyewear, thanks to scientists who have developed a way to make displays for small screen devices that offer both 2D and 3D imaging. For eyewear-free displays, the only action is behind the screen where the image's pixels and optics are layered together to produce the stereoscopic effect. The two primary ways of...

Bucharest, Nov 2: All night long, a cold wind howled around the gothic castle that inspired the Dracula legend, as a Canadian brother and sister became the first people to pass the night there in 70 years. But it wasn't the wind that kept Robin Varma, a PhD student in political science, awake at Bran Castle in Transylvania. Rather it was the incessant chattering of his sister. "He put the lid on...

Kasaragod, Oct 31: Unidentified miscreants set afire a scooter parked on the residential premises of a BJP worker at Erol, near Uduma, on Sunday. The incident was noticed around 3 a.m. by the residents. The two-wheeler owned by the BJP worker, Anil Kumar, was destroyed, the police said. One person has been taken into custody in connection with the incident. However, the police could not get any...