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Udupi Dec 16 : A gang of persons broke into Sri BelampalliTemple at Belampalli coming under the Hiriyadka police station limits in Udupi district and escaped with gold valuables worth Rs. 1.6 lakh. According to the police, the gang broke into the temple between 8 p.m. on December 14 and 6.15 a.m. on December 15 and decamped with gold ornaments kept in a locker in the temple. A case had been...

Kasaragod, Dec 15: V.S. Babu, 56, Principal, Government Higher Secondary School, Kundamkuzhi, here was found dead at his houseat at Kottodi on Wednesday. A suicide note said he had taken the extreme step due to bad health conditions. Mr. Babu had earlier served as the Principal of Government HSS, Bandaduka, and as the district secretary of the Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishad. He was in the...

Mangaluru Dec 11: The CCB sleuths arrested a woman and two men at an apartment in Padavu, Mangaluru city, on charges of engaging in flesh trade. The arrested are Sujatha alias Arundathi (30), Manjunath (38) and Harish (53). Acting on a tip-off that flesh trade is being carried out in an apartment, the police raided and arrested the three persons and rescued the women victims. They have also...

Davangere, Dec 9: A 60-year-old man has sustained grievous injuries in a wild elephant attack at Kengatte village in Honnali taluk of the district on Saturday. Eshwar Naik was working in the farm when the stray jumbo gored him in his back with its tusk. The victim has been rushed to a hospital in Shivamogga. Forest range officer informed Deccan Herald, "Two wild tuskers, that were spotted at...

San Antonio, Dec 9: A retired Catholic priest convicted of murdering a former beauty queen who came to him for confession was sentenced to life in prison by a jury in south Texas on Friday, local media reported, ending a cold case that has troubled the community for nearly 60 years. John Feit, a visiting priest in McAllen, Texas, when the second-grade teacher came to him for confession during Holy...

Washington DC, Dec 8: A survey has revealed that in the United States, Telugu is the most widely spoken language at home after Haitian among people whose first language is not English. The United States Census Bureau, in its five-year estimates (2012-2016), has found that 3,21,695 people, between the age of five and older, speak Telugu and 280,867 speak Punjabi at home while Bengali and Tamil...

Jakarta, Dec 6: An Indonesian monkey who shot to fame after it snapped a grinning selfie - and sparked a landmark US copyright case - was named "Person of the Year" on Wednesday by The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). The animal rights group said it was honouring Naruto, a crested black macaque with a goofy-looking grin, to recognise that "he is someone, not something". In 2011...

Mangaluru, Dec 5: The most prestigious Awards in Konkani Music, awarded by Mandd Sobhann – the 9th Global Konkani Music Awards, will be awarded on Sunday, December 10 at Kalaangann. Internationally acclaimed singer, actress, composer and song writer, Vasundhara Das, will be presenting the awards. She will also be singing on the occasion. Golden Voice of Goa, Lawry Travasso, will be performing that...

Bhopal, Dec 4: The Madhya Pradesh Assembly on Monday unanimously passed a Bill awarding death to those found guilty of raping girls aged 12 and below. With the passage of the Bill, Madhya Pradesh becomes the first state in the country where those convicted of such rapes will face the gallows. Introduced in the House by Law and Legislative Affairs Minister Rampal Singh, the Bill was discussed in...

Patna, Dec 3: Two months after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar gave a clarion call to fight against social evils like dowry and favoured a simple wedding, his deputy Sushil Modi followed it in true letter and spirit. Sushil Modi's son Utkarsh, who has an MBA degree and is working with a multi-national company in Bangalore, on Sunday tied the nuptial knot with Yamini, a Kolkata-based Chartered...