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Bengaluru, Oct 12: The High Court of Karnataka on Wednesday quashed the lower court proceedings against Union Minister for Statistics and Programme Implementation D V Sadananda Gowda with regard to a complaint registered against him for violation of election code of conduct. A complaint was registered against Gowda for alleged violation of poll code where he went on his election campaign beyond

Mangaluru, Oct 12: Congress leader and chief whip of the government in the Legislative Council Ivan D’Souza has threatened to file a defamation suit for Rs 300 crore in damages against three legislators from BJP for levelling baseless allegations against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. BJP MLC and former minister B J Puttaswamy, former BJP MLC Go Madhusudhan and MLA Ravi Subrahmanya had stated that

Mangaluru, Oct 11: the City police have arrested five persons in connection with the murder of Zubair at Mukkachery in Ullal on October 4. The arrested are Suhail alias Abdul Rahman Suhail (23) of Mukkachery, Nijamuddin (23) of Ullal, Mohammed Mustafa (21) of Sankolige, Tajuddin alias Hassan Tajuddin (24) of Dharma Nagara in Ullal, and Asif alias Manda Asif (40) of Mukkachery. The arrested were

Indira Canteens, the Karnataka government sponsored chain of desi fast-food joint, are expected to start functioning in all taluk headquarters in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts from January 1, 2018. At a Cabinet meeting presided by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, the Municipal Administration Department was directed to identify locations for establishment of 246 Indira Canteens in all taluk and

Mysuru, Oct 11: Sleuths of the Forest department have captured two tigresses within a span of 24 hours in separate operations in Mysuru district. Both the captured animals have been shifted to Mysuru Zoo for treatment. While an adult tigress, which had attacked a woman at Dodda Baragi village in HD Kote taluk on Sunday afternoon was caught on Monday after nearly six hours of intensive combing

New Delhi, Oct 11: In a sensational verdict, the Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday ruled that sex with a wife who is under 18 years of age is rape and therefore a crime. The top court did not rule on 'marital rape', which is sexual intercourse forced upon a spouse no matter what their age. Before today's SC ruling, there was an exception in Section 375 rape law provisions that protected a man who

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has so far found no evidence to vindicate the terror allegations levelled against Akhalia alias Hadiya and her husband Shafin Jahan who were forcefully separated through a controversial judgement by Kerala High Court a few months ago. "In Hadiya's case, her Hindu father's fears that she was forced into marriage with Shafin Jahan to be taken out of the

Kochi, Oct 11: The National Investigation Agency (NIA), Kochi unit, has arrested a former Popular Front of India (PFI) leader wanted in connection with the Narath arms training case in Kannur. The arrested was Azharudheen K.T., alias Azhar, 24, a native of Narath, Kannur. Officials said Azharudheen was arrested from his native place on Monday night following a tip-off. He was later produced in the

Bengaluru, Oct 11: The BJP Yuva Morcha has lodged a police complaint against acclaimed thinker and historian Ramachandra Guha in the wake of his outburst against Sangh Parivar sponsored violence in India. The complaint was lodged with Malleswaram police station in Bengaluru by Sankeerth Thady, secretary of BJP Yuva Morcha, on Tuesday after Guha ignored a legal notice that sought an apology from

Udupi, Oct 11: Multilingual actor, activist and columnist Prakash Raj aka Prakash Rai was confirmed with Dr Kota Shivaram Karanth Huttura Prashasti-2017 (Dr Kota Shivaram Karanth Birthplace Award-2017) on Tuesday. Tight security was provided to actor in the wake of threats by saffron elements after he criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. The