Hassan (Karnataka), Feb 28 In a shocking incident, upper caste Hindus attacked a Dalit man and his son for selling sugarcane juice by the roadside at Arakalagudu in Karnataka's Hassan district. Konanur police have lodged a complaint in this regard and are investigating the matter. According to the police complaint, Chandru (50), a resident of
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 28 Kerala's state CPI-M Secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan on Monday ruled out speculation that he is going to join the Pinarayi Vijayan ministry. There has been wide-ranging speculation in the media for a while now and this gathered steam on the eve of the 23rd state CPI-M Conference that begins at Kochi from Tuesday
Chennai, Feb 28 AIADMK coordinator and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu K.Palaniswami has alleged that the ruling DMK won the recent urban local body elections due to massive malpractices in the Electronic Voting Machine (EVMs). He was addressing the party workers at Salem denouncing the arrest of former Tamil Nadu fisheries minister and party
New Delhi, Feb 28 Ukrainian envoy to India Igor Polikha on Monday claimed that 16 children have been killed so far due to "explosions, bombings, and shelling" by Russian forces. The Ukrainian envoy said: "We are suffering a lot of civilian casualties. According to official information of our Ministry, already 16 children have been killed
New York, Feb 28 Antibiotic azithromycin does not prevent recurrent wheezing among infants hospitalised with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), rather may prove to be harmful, researchers warned. Azithromycin is known to have anti-inflammatory properties that can be beneficial in some chronic lung diseases, such as cystic fibrosis. However, among infants hospitalised with RSV, there was
Canberra, Feb 28 A health warning has been issued in South Australia (SA) over a potentially deadly mosquito-borne virus. The state's Department for Health and Wellbeing recently told the community to avoid exposure to mosquitoes after seven cases of acute encephalitis were identified in SA over the last month, Xinhua news agency reported. Acute encephalitis
Bengaluru, Feb 28 The satellite design and launching project by government school students has been named after late Kannada actor Puneeth Rajkumar and is called the Puneeth Rajkumar Student Satellite Project. It will be launched by September 2022. Presiding over a function held at the government pre-university college in Malleshwara on the occasion of National
Bhopal, Feb 28 Madhya Pradesh police has booked seven people and arrested two persons for allegedly beating up a Dalit activist and forcing him to drink urine in Gwalior district. The victim, who has been identified as Shashikant Jatav, is a Right to Information (RTI) activist. The Police said the incident occurred on February 23,
New Delhi, Feb 28 Dozens of people have been killed and hundreds more wounded in rocket strikes by Russian forces on the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Monday morning, the Ukrainian interior ministry has said, The Guardian reported. Ukrainian interior ministry adviser Anton Herashchenko said in a post on Facebook: Kharkiv has just been massively
New Delhi, Feb 28 The Indian Embassy has advised the country's nationals in Ukraine to remain calm and not to exhibit aggressive behaviour at the railway stations. "We expect delays in trains' schedules, even cancellation at times and long queues. Indian students are requested to carry their passport, sufficient cash, ready to eat meals, and