KARWAR: In a major mishap on Wednesdaymorning, six persons were killed and five seriously injured when a lorrycarrying iron-ore collided with a Tempo Trax near Mastikatta in Ankola taluk ofUttar Kannada district. The National Highway 63 which was free from accidentsever since the ban on the movement of lorries carrying iron-ore, witnessed firstmajor accident after the ban was lifted a week ago by the...
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Not since Jawaharlal Nehru’s sister Vijayalakhsmi Pandit swept through America in 1949 has India had a female ambassador in the US. Tough and accomplished, Meera Shankar is also the first career-diplomat to be sent to Washington in more than two decades. At a time when Indo-US ties are pregnant with promise and expectation, Shankar tells Chidanand Rajghatta what to expect when Manmohan Singh arrives...
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Notsince Jawaharlal Nehru’s sister Vijayalakhsmi Pandit swept through Americain 1949 has India had a female ambassador in the US. Tough and accomplished,Meera Shankar is also the first career-diplomat to be sent to Washington in morethan two decades. At a time when Indo-US ties are pregnant with promise andexpectation, Shankar tells Chidanand Rajghatta what to expect when ManmohanSingh arrives in Washington...
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TUMKUR: The police arrested a man for allegedly making a hoax call to a private school in Sira on Monday. M. Chidanand, chairman of Presidency Public School, said Venkatesh, a security officer, received an anonymous phone call that a remote-controlled bomb had been placed on the premises. “We immediately took away children to the playgrounds and stayed off all structures”. The police searched the premises...
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Six persons were killed and five were seriously injured in an accident involving a lorry laden with iron ore and a van near Mastikatta in Ankola taluk of Uttar Kannada district on Wednesday morning. This was the first major accident on National Highway 63 after the ban on the movement of lorries carrying iron ore was lifted a week ago by the district administration. The names of the dead are Indira...
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