Mangaluru: Police conducted a raid at an inn in Pumpwell here on Friday and arrested several persons who were indulged in the prostitution business. Meanwhile, six Bangla girls were rescued in operation.
Mangaluru: Unidentified miscreants on Thursday night have torn down the flex banner that was placed by Youth JDS to greet the newly elected MLC BM Farooq and Chief Minister Kumaraswamy in Valencia.
An Abu Dhabi-based Indian, who lost his hands and legs following an injury at work, has been paid 202,000 dirhams ($54,994) as compensation by his company after the intervention of the Indian embassy here, the media reported.
Koko the gorilla, who appeared on National Geographic magazine cover, could chat, tease and even argue with scientists using more than 1,000 hand signs, has died in California at the age of 46.
Pulitzer Prize winner, Harvard-trained psychiatrist and best-selling author Charles Krauthammer, who came to be known as the dean of conservative commentators, has died. He was 68.
Facebook has announced to expand its fact-checking programme to new countries that aims to fight spread of fake news on its platform.
Vice President Venkaiah Naidu said populist measures such as loan waivers and free power would not provide lasting solution to the distressed farmers in the country and sought timely credit at affordable interest rates besides giving latest know-how to them to improve farm productivity.
A Dalit women's collective, leading their side event for the first time at a session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva on Thursday, voiced their concern over increasing violence and atrocities against women and called for "structural upheaval" to combat the situation, a statement said.
Kerala: A well known social worker, politician and community leader of Kerala P C Hamza (62) passed away on Friday.
A 12-year-old child was shot dead allegedly for plucking mangoes from an orchard in Bihar's Gogri police station limits of Khagaria area on Thursday.
