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The police registered a case against the unidentified man, whose image was captured in the CCTV footage, and the temple administration without naming the office-bearers.As per reports, the woman had gone to the temple on Tuesday when the accused approached her. He started talking in an obscene manner and then tried to molest her.He then became violent and attacked her with a heavy iron chain causing injuries to her face and limbs.“My face got swollen due to the attack. Some of the office-bearers of the temple are facing a legal case and they are forcing me to take back the…

Prasad, 40, was murdered on Monday in Mudlapur near Manvi taluk.The arrested persons have been identified as Keshava, Ramu and Deva Reddy.The three accused confessed that the victim had tortured them and they killed him in revenge.According to the police, the killers had waylaid the victim while he was going on a bike and attacked him with sharp-edged weapons.The palm of the victim was severed and he had cut marks all over his body.Raichur SP Nikhil had visited the spot following the incident.The Jurisdictional Manvi police have taken up further investigation.Dalit organisations had condemned the incident and demanded action against…

The increase in the DA will be effective for pensioners as well.According to a state government spokesman, the finance department has already moved a proposal in this regard.The Centre has announced an increase of 4 per cent in the DA and the state government is set to follow the same.A senior official confirmed that the proposal by the finance department has been sent to the Chief Minister’s office for Yogi Adityanath’s clearance.“Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has assured that the bonus and increase in the DA will be paid to the employees before Diwali. We request the state government to calculate…

Suhana took to her Instagram and shared two separate stories with throwback pictures of her with her father and wrote “Happy Birthday” in one of them and “Love you the most” on the other.The first picture, clicked during an old IPL match, has baby Suhana giving a loving peck on Shah Rukh Khan’s cheek. The second picture is a heartwarming collage of some throwback pictures with her dad and elder brother Aaryan Khan, which were clicked during their childhood with a caption.With loud cheers, whistles and chants of his name, Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan rang in his 58th birthday…

According to Ming-Chi Kuo of TF International Securities, the made-in-India iPhones are projected to account for 12 to 14 per cent of Apple’s global iPhone shipments this year.In a Medium blogpost, he further predicted that the importance of the South Asian market to Apple will notably rise in the coming year.Taiwanese giant Foxconn currently owns between 75 per cent and 80 per cent of India’s iPhone production capacity, said Kuo.This dynamic is expected to shift as Tata Group begins manufacturing iPhones at the Wistron production line it acquired in India.”By making India’s Tata an iPhone assembler (already acquired Wistron’s iPhone…

This is the third consecutive day of protests by the all-party legislators — from the ruling MahaYuti and Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi — to press for the reservation demands and express solidarity with Shivba Sanghatana leader Manoj Jarange-Patil who is on a rigorous hunger strike for the ninthday Thursday.The legislators raised slogans of ‘Ek Maratha, Lakh Maratha’ and ‘Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Ki Jai’, gathered outside the state government headquarters at Nariman Point and squatted on the road briefly halting the morning traffic.Later, they were detained and whisked off in vans by the Mumbai Police to the Azad Maidan police chowky,…

“Based on the current security situation, we have decided to ban bags at all major sporting events as of today. The decision is connected to the fact that the terrorist threat level is at 4 (on the 5-grade scale),” Xinhua news agency quoted Buster Mirow, a press secretary at the Swedish Police, as saying to local media late Wednesday.The bag ban also applies to concerts and festive celebrations, the Swedish Police said on its website.When the terrorist threat level was raised to 4, or “high”, in mid-August, director general of the Swedish Security Service Charlotte von Essen said that “Sweden…

Pune, Nov 2 (IANS) New Zealand have called in fast-bowler Kyle Jamieson to their ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup squad in India as a cover, especially with pacer Matt Henry awaiting scan results on his right hamstring and Lockie Ferguson continuing to recover from his achilles injury. Jamieson was previously with the New Zealand squad in India as a cover for Tim Southee earlier in the tournament. New Zealand Cricket (NZC) said he will arrive in Bengaluru late on Thursday ahead of Saturday’s crucial match against 1992 champions Pakistan.“The severity of Matt’s injury, combined with a short turnaround to Pakistan,…

New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) Australia have suffered a massive blow with the news that in-form all-rounder Mitch Marsh flew home for personal reasons and will be out of the ongoing ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup indefinitely. Marsh flew home from India on Thursday due to personal reasons and Cricket Australia said that “a timeline of his return to the squad is to be confirmed.”Australia have already lost fellow all-rounder Glenn Maxwell for Saturday’s clash against England due to concussion after an unlikely injury on a golf course, and the absence of Marsh adds further intrigue as the five-time World…

San Francisco, Nov 2 (IANS) US-based cybersecurity company Splunk has announced to lay off about 7 per cent of its global workforce, just months ahead of its acquisition by global networking giant Cisco.According to Splunk’s regulatory filings, it had nearly 8,000 employees as of January, meaning around 500 employees will likely lose their jobs.The company laid off nearly 300 employees earlier this year.”As we work to finish FY24 and look ahead, we are taking this proactive and strategic step that further aligns our workforce to better enable Splunkers to meet the needs of our customers and partners, while remaining sustainable…