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Uppala, Jun 15: Eid-ul-Fitr prayers were held at Ahle Sunnath Hanafi Jamiya Masjid at Uppala in Kasaragod district on Friday. The Imaam delivered the sermon and gave a a brief note on humanity and brotherhood. After Eid Namaz two College going students Mohammed Sahil Khan and Mohammed Khaif were felicitated for memorizing the holy Qur'an and leading the taraveeh prayers in the month of Ramadan...

United Nations, Jun 14: India is among almost 90 countries in the world without national policies in place that ensure new fathers get adequate paid time off with their newborn babies, according to a new UNICEF analysis. Almost two-thirds of the world's children under one-year-old – nearly 90 million – live in countries where their fathers are not entitled by law to a single day of paid paternity...

Kasaragod, Jun 11: The Bharatiya Janata Party has demanded stoppage for the bi-weekly Antyodaya Express connecting Mangaluru and Thiruvananthapuram in Kasaragod. The train with fully unreserved coaches started service on Saturday. BJP district president K. Sreekanth said the authorities should reconsider their decision not to provide stoppage for the night train in Kasaragod. The three night...

Washington, Jun 8: Google would not be developing artificial intelligence for use in weapons, its CEO Sundar Pichai has said, after facing a backlash over the technology giant's involvement in a Pentagon project. Google recently announced it would discontinue work with the Department of Defense on Project Maven, an artificial intelligence project that analyses imagery and could be used to enhance...

Vidisha, Jun 3: Professor Sanjeev Srivastava whose dancing video went viral on social media, has been appointed as the brand ambassador by Vidisha Municipal Corporation. Sanjeev Srivastava, 46, is an electronics professor who stormed the social media after his dancing videos from a wedding went viral. The 46-year-old professor said that he is a die-hard fan of actor Govinda. In the video...

Kasaragod, Jun 2: A 55-year-old man drowned after being swept away by tidal waves while he was fishing at Musodi beach near Manjeswaram on Friday. Abdulla, son of Usman and a resident of the locality, was swept away by the waves around 9.15 a.m., coastal police sources at Kumbla said. The body was handed over to relatives in the afternoon after carrying out post-mortem examination at the community...

Moodbidri: May 30: Al- Furqan Islamic English Medium School, Puthige, Moodbidri recorded 100% result in the CBSE 10th Board Examination 2017-18 for the consecutive fourth year. Out of 38 students, 5 bagged distinction, 20 passed with first class, 12 with second class and 1 student with third class. The distinction students are: Asiya Faria Salahuddin 95.2%, Ahmad Ajaz – 91%, Khatheeja Kabsa Farath...

Kasaragod, May 22: A nine-year-old boy was killed after he fell down from a heap of heavy logs at a timber mill at Vorkadi, near Manjeswaram. The boy, Shravan, son of Narayana Achari of Karnataka, was found lying unconscious around 6 p.m. on Sunday. His family was residing at a rented quarters at Vorkadi. The boy was reportedly made to stand near the timber mill by his brother when he went to a...

Mangaluru, May 21: The City Crime Branch police on Saturday arrested two persons on the charge of attempting to sell ganja procured from Andhra Pradesh. The police seized 9.5 kg ganja and two mobile phones from them. The seized materials were worth Rs. 2.3 lakh. The police have given their names as Zunaid, 30, son of Abdul Rahman, of Sheshadripuram in Bengaluru and Abdul Kareem, 25, son of Ibrahim...

Four arrested for incident near Satna Satna, May 21: A 45-year-old man was beaten to death and his friend was severely thrashed by four persons on Thursday night for allegedly slaughtering a cow in Satna district of Madhya Pradesh, the police said. The four accused have been arrested. Beaten with sticks The accused are said to have travelled 70 km from Satna on getting information that two persons...