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Mangaluru, Dec 11: Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel has sought the intervention of BJP led union government in maintain law and order in the coastal district. In a media release Mr Kateel expressed concern over the deteriorating law and order situation in Dakshina Kannada. œUnion Home Minister Rajnath Singh should direct the State government to maintain law and order in the district,  he

Bengaluru, Dec 11: Governor Vajubhai Vala has rejected the recommendation sent by the Lokayukta Justice Y Bhaskar Rao declaring that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Bangalore South, M Krishnappa, should not continue in his post, it has emerged. The Lokayukta had sent the recommendation to the governor on October 7 after finding'satisfactory' evidence that Krishnappa, a second-time MLA, had

Belagavi, Dec 11: In an embarrassment to Opposition BJP, a party MLA was caught on camera purportedly watching a zoomed in photo of Priyanka Gandhi on his mobile phone and other playing video games during proceedings of the Legislative Assembly here. During video clippings telecast on local TV channels, MLA Prabhu Chavan was also shown watching photos of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bollywood

Puttur, Dec 10: The unlettered orange-seller Harekala Hajabba, who has strived for the cause of educating young children despite being illiterate, has been chosen as the recipient of Bolanthakodi Kannada award, which was instituted in the memory of Kannada literature enthusiast Bolanthakodi Ishwar Bhat. The award will be conferred to Harekala Hajabba at an award programme scheduled to be held on

Mangaluru, Dec 10: Within hours after Central government announced its decision to decriminalize attempt to suicide, an engineering student in Moodibidri on the outskirts of the city, committed suicide. The police identified the deceased as Pavan Acharya alias Silent Pavan, son of Vasudeva Acharya from Chikkamagaluru district. Pavan was a third year engineering student at Dr M V Shetty Institute

Mangalore, Dec 10: The administration should ensure that an environment is created in the society where each citizen can live with honour, relief and happiness, said chairman of Law Commission, Karnataka and former chairman of Karnataka State Human Rights Commission Nadoja Dr Justice S R Nayak. Delivering the inaugural address in a programme marking the celebration of the UN Human Rights Day 2014

New delhi, Dec 10: The 309 section which criminalises attempt to commit suicide will be deleted from the Indian penal Code, Parliament was told on Wednesday. The Central government's decision to remove Section 309 (attempt to Commit suicide) of IPC from the statute book was conveyed by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary in a written reply to Vivek Gupta in the

Kasargod, Dec 10: Two youth, said to be Sangh Parivar activists, from Mysuru district have been arrested in Kerala while transporting explosives in a vehicle towards Kannur city. The arrested have been identified as Vishakanta (28) and Rajesh (26), residents of Hunsur taluk in Mysuru district. It is said that they used to take part in the activities of Sangh Parivar in their hometown in the past

Bengaluru, Dec 10: Former Lok Sabha member HT Sangliana's daughter, Rachel, was allegedly attacked by two women in a supermarket here on Sunday. Sangliana, who hails from Mizoram and is a decorated Bengaluru supercop as well as former deputy chairperson of the National Commission for Minorities, dismissed the incident as a minor one. City police officers said as both parties haven't filed a

Mangaluru, Dec 10: A gang of miscreants belonging to Sangh Parivar have brutally assaulted a cattle trader and his helpers at Bilalsuradi village near Belthangady, on the outskirts of the city. The trader Hussain Malebettu and his aide Rukmayya, both aged around 50 years have been hospitalized after the attack. Source said that a 50 member group, wielding rods and clubs, suddenly arrived and