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Pro Kannada activists attacks railway examination centres in Mysore
Mysore, July 5 (ANI): Railway recruitment examination centre were attacked by the Karnataka Rakshana Vedike (Pravin Shetty Group), demanding more preference Kannadigas in railway jobs here today.
The activists entered the examination hall in Yuvaraj College, and shouted pro Kannada slogans. They also snatched the answer sheets and admission cards from the candidates, and pulled them [...]
Boy, 16, becomes third to die of bird flu in China this year
Beijing – A 16-year-old boy died Tuesday of bird flu, becoming the third person in China in a little more than two weeks to succumb to the disease.
The boy died of H5N1 in Huaihua in the central province of Hunan, the official Xinhua news agency said, citing provincial health officials. They said he had contact [...]
Gas leak kills eight miners in Pakistan
Islamabad – At least eight coal miners were suffocated by a poison gas leak in Pakistan’s south-western Balochistan province on Sunday, a media report said.
The gas leak occurred early in the morning in a coal mine in the Mach area, some 50 kilometres from the provincial capital Quetta, according to the private Geo News television [...]
Tens of thousands of German engineering workers to walk off jobs
Munich – Tens of thousands of workers in Germany’s engineering sector were expected to walk off their jobs Monday as their union expanded its warning strikes to press its demands for an 8-per-cent pay raise.
The strikes, which began Saturday, are to continue through Friday after the IG Metall union rejected an offer of 2.1-per-cent more [...]
