For women in Karnataka, free Shakti is a ticket to a non-stop joy-ride

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There’s no stopping Karnataka women. Between June and July, the number of women passengers taking free Shakti buses doubled, Monami Gogoi reports. Citing ‘secret UK intel report’, Daily Mail says 21 Aug incident involved 22 officers, 7 officer cadets, 9 petty officers & 17 sailors aboard submarine ‘093-417’. China has denied incident. Read Smruti Deshpande’s report. Indian students shine at international astronomy olympiad, win gold, silver and bronze Aarush Mishra, Siddharth Kumar Gopal and Satwik Patnaik secured gold, silver and bronze medals, respectively, at the 2nd IOAA-Jr, an international competition of astronomy & astrophysics. Amogh Rohmetra reports. 654 suicides &...