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A 54-year-old fisherman was fatally attacked by a saltwater crocodile in the Gobari river near Bhitarkanika National Park. This incident marks the latest in a series of fatal attacks, highlighting the intensifying human-crocodile conflict in the region. The forest department is implementing measures like barricades and awareness campaigns to mitigate risks.

The 53rd Inter-Services Weightlifting Championship, which concluded at INS Valsura recently, saw weightlifter of international repute Havildar D devakumar break his own record.

Vattappara police arrested an auto rickshaw driver for beating an elderly mentally-challenged man using a stick at Kanyakulangara on Wednesday.

The Vaniyambadi town police on Friday registered a case against a person for posting ‘malicious and false content’ about DMK leader M Karunanidhi on social media.

A three-member gang hacked a 29-year-old rowdy to death in front of Suramangalam police station here on Tuesday evening to avenge the death of a ganja peddler, who the latter had murdered at Chinna Mayakulam village near Keezhakarai in Ramanathapuram district on August 27.

The district consumers' disputes redressal forum has fined the proprietor of Sri Manjunatha Pipe Centre for selling a defective item and not replacing it.

The narikuravas and their beads are now going digital, thanks to the efforts of a handful of students from the Madras School of Social Work (MSSW).

Feeling the pinch of demonetization, four cash-strapped friends kidnapped a 12-year-old and demanded a ransom of Rs 20 lakh from the parents of the boy. The kidnappers told the parents that the ransom could be paid in banned bills of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000!

Real estate brokers in the city, after the fall in the business because of the meltdown, seem to be looking at alternative ways of earning money.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala's Tourism Minister P Sankaran denied the allegation that he was influenced by Coca-cola into making the sample test report in its favour when he was health minister.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala's Tourism Minister has denied the allegation that he was "influenced" by Coca-cola into "making" the sample test report in it's favour.

Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan students are handing the world a lesson or two on saving the environment. By gifting their old textbooks to their juniors, they have saved 51,677 kg (51 tonnes) of paper this year alone. That translatesintosaving 878 trees and several lakhlitresof water. In Bengaluru alone, students have donated about 12,400 books — saving 2,480 kg of paper.

For the first time, four Kendriya Vidyalaya Schools in India have been allowed to conduct a second shift of classes. And Kendriya Vidyalaya school in Malleswaram is one of them and the only one in Karnataka.

The girl claims she has a right to Triveni theatre and fears the film stars are buying it from her other family members without giving her a share. The minor sent legal notices to the stars, asking them not to buy the property

To meet the rising demand for admissions, Kendriya Vidyalaya Malleswaram and three other KVs in the country will conduct classes in second shift from 2018-19.

Police have registered another case on the building contractor, who recently molested a minor girl with the consent of her mother.

The famed Kalai Kaviri College of Fine Arts, the only professional institution for dance, music and other forms of fine arts in the region, wore a festive look on Saturday as 160 students were awarded diplomas and certificates.

The garbage crisis at the Chalai market hit a new low with the merchants now blaming each other for the present situation.