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Kolar: Jan 8: A 14-year-old boy and his grandfather were mauled to death by a leopard at N?Gollahalli village in Vakkaleri hobli of Kolar taluk late on Tuesday night. The deceased have been identified as Venkatappa (60) and his daughter's son Mahesh (14). Deputy Conservator of Forests (DCF) Jagadish told reporters that both had been to their land for installing a light to deter wild boars from

Riyadh, Jan 8: A group of about 300 Indian workers, who were stranded after being duped by their recruitment agencies in India, are set to leave the Kingdom for their home country, with their sponsor finally agreeing to pay for the return journey after the Indian Embassy's intervention. An official at the community welfare department of the embassy said the workers were recruited in bulk from

Riyadh, Jan 8: Two young Saudi boys were convicted for brutally torturing and killing a dog. They face up to five years behind bars or a fine of SR500,000. Jabir Al-Shehri of the Ministry of Agriculture said on Saturday that the punishment is in line with the Saudi law and also with the unified code of merciful treatment of animals adopted by all Gulf states. The two young boys were captured on

Mangaluru, Jan 7: Launching another tirade against Karnataka Legislative Assembly Speaker Kagodu Thimmappa in reciprocation of his scathing attack on veteran Congress leader and former union minister B Janardhan Poojary, the latter said that the behaviour of Thimmappa did not bring honour to the Congress government which had appointed him as the Speaker of the House. Criticising the Speaker at a

Bengaluru, Jan 7: Idaya Vendon, the executive engineer in the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) who was recently in the news for running a œparallel  Palike office at the Vyalikaval house of Rajarajeshwarinagar MLA Munirathna, has been charge-sheeted in 18 cases by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). The cases pertain to the fake bills scam that took place between 2007 and 2009

Udupi, Jan 7: Demanding the State government to clear the confusion over the second year pre-university course syllabi, the Udupi district unit of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad staged a dharna in front of the Clock Tower here. Addressing the protestors, Subramani D.S., organising secretary, said that the pre-university board was playing with the future of many students by announcing a

Bengaluru, Jan 7: The situation turned violent on Wednesday outside a school in Byatarayanapura, south Bengaluru, when protesting parents clashed with the police. The violence ensued when protesters tried to assault a physical education instructor as the police were taking him away for questioning for allegedly sexually abusing a child. The accused has been identified as Krishna, who is also

Mangaluru, Jan 7: Renowned Kannada-Tulu writer and researcher Dr Indira Hegde and well-known television and theatre artiste Vinni Fernandes have been selected for Veera Rani Abbakka Award and Rani Abbakka Award for the year 2015 respectively. Announcing this at a press conference here on Wednesday, president of the reception committee of Veera Rani Abbakka Utsava K Jayaram Shetty said that the

Bengaluru, Jan 7: In yet another incident of child abuse, a seven-year-old girl was allegedly molested by a PT teacher at a school in Bengaluru. The teacher in question was beaten up as police were taking him away for further questioning. Police had to resort to mild lathi charge as parents who were protesting outside the school demanding action against the teacher, pelted stones at the school

Jeddah, Jan 7: The Council of Saudi Chambers has reportedly asked the Labor Ministry to delay by three years the implementation of the Nitaqat program's third phase that aims to further increasing the percentage of Saudis working in private firms. Labor Minister Adel Fakeih announced recently that the third phase of Nitaqat would be launched on Rajab 1 (April 20), including advanced systems to