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New Delhi, Jun 1: The Income Tax Department on Wednesday urged taxpayers to link their Aadhaar with their PAN, using an SMS-based facility. The department issued advertisements in leading national dailies and described how both the unique identity numbers of an individual can be linked by sending an SMS to either 567678 or 56161. It said people can also visit the official efiling website of the...

Kochi, May 31: The dawn-to-dusk hartal, called by the Muslim Ekopana Samithi was partial in the district on Tuesday as shops and offices remain closed and private buses kept off road in the city limits. While shops remained opened in rural areas, the hartal failed to make an impact on the movement of private vehicles. The hartal was called in protest against the police action against protesters...

Moodbidri, May 29: Rev Fr Basil Vas, parish priest of Holy Rosary Church Alangar was felicitated in a public function at Samaja Mandir Moodbidri on 28th May, 2017. The local leaders of all faiths hosted this event for the service of Fr Basil to the society. The President of the Felicitation was Mr K. Abhay Chandra Jain, MLA Mulki-Mudbidri constituency. Local leaders Mr Jagadish Adhikari, Mr...

New York, May 29: It"s tough to escape social media. There is the urge to check what other people are up to, and check those cute cat photos. However, a new study has revealed that people who check their Facebook profile all the time are likely to be more sad and unhealthy than those who use it sporadically. Researchers from Yale University and the University of California, San Diego (UCSD)...

May 29: A new malware named "Judy" has found in over 41 apps on the Google Play Store, and it has infected between 8.5 million to 36.5 million users. This is according to a report from security research firm Check Point, which discovered the malware and alerted Google. The search giant has started removing these infected apps from the Play Store. However, "Judy Malware" infected apps have managed...

Kasaragod, May 27: A government hospital for women and children is coming up in Kanhangad, with the State according administrative sanction for the Rs. 5.60-crore project. The hospital is coming up on the erstwhile district hospital premises at Puthiyakotta in the town. The two-phased hospital complex works would commence shortly, Health Minister K.K. Shylaja said, replying to the submission by...

Dharwad, May 27: A farmer who was an alleged victim of police excesses that took place post the Mahadayi verdict in July last year at Navalgund, breathed his last at a private hospital in Dharwad on Friday. The deceased farmer has been identified as Racchayya Horaginmath (31), a native of Alagwadi in Navalgund taluk. He was married a year ago and is survived by wife and parents. A large number of...

San Francisco, May 26: Facebook Inc. chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg told Harvard graduates that they need to help others find purpose in a world where machines are taking away some of the steady jobs and communities aren"t as stable, leading to isolation and nationalism instead of people coming together globally to solve problems. “When our parents graduated, purpose reliably came from...

Washington, May 26: A man attempted suicide by firing a bullet to his head but it went through him and fatally struck his girlfriend while leaving him severely wounded, according to US prosecutors. Victor Sibson, 21, from Anchorage, Alaska, has been accused of killing his girlfriend while attempting to kill himself. He appeared in court on Sunday and a grand jury indicted him on a charge of second...

Udupi, May 24: A woman lost her balance and fell into a well and died at Ambagilu here on Tuesday. According to the police, Sundari Poojarti (60) was cleaning the parapet of the well at her house at Ambagilu, when she lost balance and fell into it. Investigation is on, the police said.