A debt-ridden farmer committed suicide by consuming pesticide and later hanging himself from a tree at his field at Chikka Byadarahalli village in Pandavapura taluk in Mandya district on Sunday.
Students of Ranchi University interested in shooting are disappointed after shooting tournament was not included in the sports calendar of Ranchi University which was released a week ago.
Translators may soon be able to take exams for a UK-based pro fessional body's diploma in translation (DipTrans) in India. The first exam in the country is going to be conducted at a training company in Pune in January 2016.
SANTA CRUZ — Laura Jordan recalls the scene vividly. It was only hours after 15-year-old Adrian Jerry Gonzalez made his first court appearance in the slaying of 8-year-old Madyson “Maddy” Jordan Middleton, Jordan’s daughter. Jordan heard crying near the memorial for her daughter at the Tannery Arts Center courtyard. There, in front of dozens of bouquets, loving cards, stuffed animals and candles, she saw Reggie Factor, Gonzalez’s mother, on her knees, inconsolable. Читать дальше...
The future of about 700 students and 15 teachers of Harijan Adivasi High School has once again caught between devil and deep sea after security men took shelter in it while conducting anti-naxal search operation in the area.
The first real earthquake I remember experiencing was on March 11, 2011. You might recognize that as the day of the Great Tohoku Earthquake, which brought the devastating tsunami that ravaged the northeastern coast of Japan. I was in Tokyo at the time, so the seismic activity was markedly lower than that experienced by people living in places like Iwate and Fukushima, but it was still a real shock.
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Chinese police are investigating if two distillers added impotence treatment drug Viagra to their liquor in the latest food-safety scare in China.
ENGLEWOOD, Colorado - Von Miller no longer carries all those extra pounds or the weight of the world.
Jharkhand chief minister Raghubar Das is playing key role in consolidating caste votes for the party in Bihar election.
Attack in eastern Turkey is part of escalating violence following Ankara’s air bombardment targeting PKK
The Bharati Vidyapeeth police have arrested a 25-year-old driver in connection with the murder of a woman, whose body was found in a ditch at Ambegaon Khurd near Katraj barely 10 hours ago on Saturday morning.
The incessant rain for the last eight days had posed threat of floods around the catchment area of the Masanjor dam.
Dallas defensive end Jeremy Mincey has ended his holdout, and the Cowboys have given him the raise he wanted. The Cowboys agreed to give Mincey a raise of at least $500,000, the Star-Telegram reports. Mincey engaged in a four-day holdout at the start of training camp and the Cowboys indicated that they weren’t willing to…
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Contra Costa County hazardous materials officials said a fire at the ConocoPhillips 66 refinery in Rodeo was extinguished and a health advisory has been canceled. Investigators were sent to the refinery after reports of a fire at about 3:15 p.m. A precautionary health advisory was issued for people with respiratory sensitivities but no shelter-in-place order was issued. Details about the fire, which produced a cloud of thick black smoke, were not available. ... Читать дальше...
Indiscipline Among Tripura Personnel Spurs Curbs On Liquor
What goes around comes around.
SEJONG, Aug. 3 (Yonhap) -- The number of people diagnosed with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in South Korea remained fixed at 186 on Monday as the country reported no additional cases of the disease for the 29th consecutive day. Also, no