Several kinds of speculations have emerged among the public about the death of Shiroor Mutt seer Lakshmivara Tirtha Swamiji. Karnataka Rakshana Vedike’s Udupi district president Ansar Ahmed Udupi has urged for a comprehensive probe into the swamiji’s death.

Recent advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) have been "pretty stunning" but what the humanity is going to see soon will be even more profound, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has stressed.

Addressing thousands of partners at the 'Microsoft Inspire' event here on Wednesday, Nadella said that the potential is for us to be able to turn every industry into an AI-first industry, be it healthcare or agriculture.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday claimed that officials working on electrification projects under his government reached every village, remotest of areas to fulfil his promise to the nation.

The Turkish government has ended the nationwide state of emergency that was imposed two years ago after a failed coup attempt, the media reported.

An elderly man from Tenka Yedapadavu has gone missing while travelling from Mangaluru Railway Station to Srikakulam in Andhra Pradesh. A case regarding missing has been registered at railway police station.

Israel's parliament on Thursday passed into law a controversial bill that defines the country as an exclusively Jewish state.

The "Jewish nation state" bill downgrades Arabic as an official language and says advancing Jewish settlement is a national interest. It also states that the "whole and united" Jerusalem is its capital, BBC reported.

 In a tragic incident, a woman and her daughter were killed by electrocution when they incidentally came in contact with a live wire that was snapped and fell outside their yard at Gunupade in Pernankil Grama Panchayat limits at around 6:30 am today.

The deceased have been identified as Jalaja Nayak (80) and her daughter Sumathi (55).

The assault on Swami Agnivesh is highly condemnable. The saint who has spent his life speaking against bonded labour, tribals and their betterment, is a highly respected personality among Arya Samajis. By now the identity of those who launched a deadly assault on him in the middle of the road, during broad daylight is pretty evident. The so called activists/goondas of BJP have caused him harm, floundered him and hit him bad.