Udupi: As the Manipal KMC doctors who gave the postmortem report on the death of Shirur Swamiji confirmed the presence of poisonous substance in blood, urine and stomach of the Swamiji, the death of the Swamiji was not natural as said earlier, said advocate Ravi Kiran Murdeshwar.

New Delhi: BJP MP Satyapal Singh again questioned Darwin's theory of evolution on Friday saying human beings are descendants of sages and not monkeys as propounded by the British scientist.

Mangaluru: AJ Hospital & Research Centre, Mangalore is conducting a check-up camp for liver related diseases at its premises on July 23, 24 from 9.00am and 3.00pm.

New Delhi: To ensure seamless traffic and prevent congestion at toll plazas, the government Friday said it has decided to declare all lanes at toll fee plaza on national highways as 'FASTag lanes' from December 1.

Bengaluru: The Karnataka Assembly was adjourned till Monday without taking up the voting on the motion of confidence moved by Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy.

Amaravati (AP): The World Bank Friday said it 'dropped' the USD 300-million loan proposal for the Amaravati development project as the central government withdrew the financing request, triggering a blame game between the ruling YSRC and opposition TDP in Andhra Pradesh.

Lucknow: A 28-year-old Dalit man Friday sustained injuries after some people mistook him for a thief and allegedly tried to burn him alive when he entered a house to avoid stray dogs in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki district, police said.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Assembly speaker K R Ramesh Kumar Friday said no MLA has sought protection from him amid allegations by the Congress that rebel lawmakers were being held captive to bring down the government.