The 34-year-old was India's number one Test wicket-keeper until a career-threatening shoulder injury ruled him out of action for almost a year.
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The deceased, five boys and three girls, were part of a group of 47 students.
They celebrated it on December 30, which is the birthday of a Goan gay community member.
Incessant downpour battered several states, including Kerala, Maharashtra and Karnataka, on Friday, with landslips and floods throwing normal life out of gear.
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The driver lost control of the vehicle while passing through a culvert and the bus fell into the 30-feet deep well.
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India invites applications for Management Accountancy Course (MAC Part-I) and Insurance and Risk Management (IRM) Examinations.
The accused Asif Khan Bashir Khan alias Junaid was arrested from Belgaum.
Lack of aviation fuel has affected relief operations in the flood-affected district of Kolhapur as helicopters could not be pressed into service for dropping food packets, official sources said.\n
Karnataka will promote secondary cities, including Mysore and Mangalore, as information technology destinations, even as the state is gearing up to provide employment to an additional 40,000 personnel in IT sector.
Applications are invited for the Professional Education-I, Professional Education-II and Final Examinations to be held on November 1.
Karnataka projects tier-II cities for IT growth
Naval rescuers located the wreckage of the Kamov-28 helicopter on Tuesday in the slopes of the densely forested Western Ghats, north-east of Belgaum and were pleasantly surprised to find a survivor Sandeep Singh.
Inclement weather conditions on Saturday prevented rescue teams from reaching the wreckage of a Kamov-28 helicopter of the Navy, which had crashed near Belgaum in Karnataka on Friday.\n
The copter took off from the Goa base at 1150 IST and soon after it lost communication links with the tow
India can eliminate poverty in the next 15-20 years and prepare itself to become an economic superpower, Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram said on Friday
The sixth chapter of the Joint Military Training Exercise "Hand in Hand" between India and China are ongoing in Pune in Maharashtra with a focus on "transnational terrorism" and counter-terrorism operations in "semi-urban scenarios."
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On the heels of her discharge by a court in a 10-year old criminal case, former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Uma Bharti will launch a 16-day 'Tirange Yatra' from Hubli in Karnataka to Jallianwallah Bagh in Punjab on September 10
Police pickets have been posted right from Belgaum as her train enters the state from Miraj early Wednesday.
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The state government will also institute a judicial inquiry into the killing of JD-U leader H Nagappa.
A Special MCOCA court said Telgi and three of his kin be taken to Belgaum under tight security, but they should not be allowed to stay overnight after the funeral.
In continuation of the series of joint exercises between India and China, the exercise 'Hand-in-Hand 2014' is all set to commence at Pune's Aundh Camp on November 16.
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The unidentified body found with two bullet injuries at a village in Belagavi district was not of one of the two killers of writer M M Kalburgi, but a criminal who was killed by his two brothers and his friend, a senior police official said here on Sunday.
Uma Bharti was arrested in Hubli early on Wednesday and remanded to 14 days in judicial custody. She is likely to be lodged in a Belgaum jail.\n\n
On a day of upsets in the ATP Challenger, the Indian ace lost to Chinese Taipei qualifier Ti Chen.
The Russian will meet Germany's Dieter Kindlmann in the final of the Belgaum ATP Challenger.
The fourth seeded South African advanced to the semis of the Belgaum ATP Challenger, beating Russia's Dmitry Vlasov.
With their exit the Indian singles challenge ended in the Belgaum Open ATP Challenger.
Fatorda, Belagavi, Jaunpur, Mehsana, Dehradun are on RG's itinerary.
The fourth edition of the India-China joint training exercise Hand-in-Hand 2014 kick-started on Monday at the Aundh Military Cantonment in Pune.