Bantwal: The Kalladka school’s midday meal issue has now taken a new turn. The Sri Ram School of Kalladka and Punacha’s Shreedevi School have requested the government to provide the midday meal scheme for the present academic year, and the Department of Education has approved it.

Chhetri now has 59 international goals from 98 matches since his debut for India in 2005. His hat-trick helped him equal David Villa's goal tally who has also played the same number of games for his country Spain. The Indian captain now stands third on the list of active international goalscorers, only behind Cristiano Ronaldo (81 goals from 149 matches) and Lionel Messi (64 from 124 matches). 

Suratkal: A dead body of an unidentified man was found packed in a gunny bag at Chokkabettu near Suratkal at around 10:30 am on Saturday.

Sunil Chhetri scored a hat-trick as India hammered an inexperienced Chinese Taipei 5-0 in the opening game of the four-nation Intercontinental Cup football tournament here on Friday.

"On their Statehood Day, my best wishes to the people of Telangana. May the dreams and aspirations of the people of the state be fulfilled in the years to come," Modi tweeted.

Five people have died in a major E.coli outbreak in the US involving romaine lettuce, with 197 cases reported across 35 states, according to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

France prevailed 3-1 over Italy here in the hosts' penultimate international friendly before heading to Russia for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.