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Mangaluru, Mar 19: Prof. (Dr) U S Krishna Nayak has taken over as the Principal and Dean at the A.B Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences. He was previously serving as the Dean Academics of the Institute and was also the Dean of Students till 2001. After graduating from College of Dental Sciences, Manipal he has been associated with the A.B Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences for...

Mar 17: Apple Inc's much-hinted-at TV service may soon become a reality as the iPhone maker is in talks with programmers to offer a slimmed-down bundle of TV networks this fall, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The service would have about 25 channels, anchored by broadcasters such as ABC, CBS and Fox, and be available across all devices powered by Apple's...

Leeds, Mar 15: Google on Friday launched its first "digital garage", a multi-million pound project it said would help 200,000 small British businesses harness the Internet to grow. The US company, which has been under fire in Europe for its dominance in search and other digital services, said last month it would train 1 million Europeans in Internet skills by 2016, including building an online hub...

New Delhi, March 8: Bringing with him a rare combination of wit and irreverence, 'Lucknow Boy' Vinod Mehta left his indelible imprint as feisty editor of several successful publications in a career spanning over four decades in which he also shone as a best-selling author and an influential TV commentator. Known for his candour, 73-year-old Mehta, who breathed his last at AIIMS today, never shied...

Udupi, Mar 8: The Udupi district administration has banned the sale of alcoholic beverages from 6 a.m. on March 9 to 6 a.m. on March 10 in the Udupi district in light of the Virat Hindu Samajotsav being organised by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad in Udupi on March 9. An official press release issued here on Friday said that since a large number of people were expected to participate in the samajotsava...

Feb 20: Apple aims to begin producing an electric vehicle as early as 2020, Bloomberg cited people with knowledge of the matter as saying, a seemingly aggressive target for a mobile devices maker with little experience in car manufacture. The iPhone maker is pushing its “car team” of about 200 people to meet that goal, Bloomberg reported. But Apple may decide to scrap its car-making effort, or...

Jan 16: Every single day since the horrific killings of the Charlie Hebdo staff, headlines around the world have been dominated by the fallout from the incident. In truth, though, each day has left me more confused about France's position on free speech, which we are all being led to believe can be used and abused without restriction. Defending their position on attacking Prophet Muhammad, peace...

Pune, Jan 2: A hospital here founded by the doctor-son of a daily labourer and which celebrates the birth of every girl child will now set up a one-of-a-kind burns centre that will treat all women victims of acid attacks or burns free of charge. "Women who are targets of acid attacks or dowry and torture burns shall be given completely free treatment at this centre. However, if there are male...

New Delhi, Dec 22: A friend in need is a friend indeed: A hair-raising video that has surfaced on YouTube illustrates this proverb very well. In the video, a monkey could be seen trying to save another monkey lying unconscious on a railway track. The monkey in the video is surely impressing for its presence of mind and efforts to help its injured friend. One of the monkeys in the video fell...

Sirsi, Dec 5: A boy and a girl from Sirsi committed suicide by hanging themselves from a tree on the outskirts of Hubballi on Thursday. The police gave the names of the deceased as Raghu Hanumanthappa Bhovi of Ramanabailu and Mamata Shankar Kalabhag of Nilekani village near Sirsi. Preliminary investigation has revealed that while Raghu was working as a construction worker, Mamata was studying in...