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Bengaluru, Dec 3: In yet another shocking incident, the police have arrested an employee of a private school for allegedly raping a 3-year-old student. The suspect has been identified as Nagaraj, who has been accused of raping the minor twice between October 22 and Nov 26. The incident came to light, when the victim's mother took the child for a medical check up, as the child developed medical

Mangaluru, Dec 3: City based Mukka Sea Food Industries Private Limited has secured coveted Niryat Shree Gold award for outstanding performance in exports under miscellaneous category. The award was instituted by the Federation of Indian Export Organisation. The award was received by K Mohammed Haris, Managing Director of the company at the hands of President of India, pranab mukherjee in the

Mysuru, Dec 3: A 25-year-old MBA graduate was honoured by Mysuru City Police Commissioner Dr M A Saleem after she thrashed an eve-teaser in public and handed him over to the jurisdictional police station. Chaitra L, daughter of Lokanath, a retired railway employee and a resident of Hosabandikeri, Chamundipuram in the city, has become the talk of the day for her daring and inspiring act. Mohammed

Tumakuru, Dec 3: A head-on collision between a speeding car and a tractor on National Highway-4 near Nelahal in Kora hobli of the taluk on Monday night claimed lives of five persons including four young engineers. The deceased are Pramod, 23, a resident of Kumta in Uttara Kannada district; Ashwin, 22, from Ankola in the same district; Harish, 21, from Holenarsipur in Hassan district; Manoj, 24

Mangaluru, Dec 3: Abdullah K, a former journalist and resident of Bunder area in the city breathed his last on Monday. He was 79-year-old. He was the owner of Badria Hotel located at Santhegalli, Mangaluru. He also served as the manager of Divyavani, a religious fortnightly. For a brief period he worked as a report for Navabharatha and Udayavani Kannada daily newspaper. He was also a member of

Bengaluru, Dec 3: Four persons were injured when a private bus caught fire as it rammed into a road divider when its driver tried to avoid three persons coming on a motorbike in the opposite direction at KR Puram in Bengaluru on Tuesday. The bus coming from Chintamani in Kolar District caught fire after the two-wheeler came under it, police said. All three riders on the bike along with another who

Mandya, Dec 3: JD(S) State unit president H D Kumaraswamy said, urging fulfilment of various demands, including scientific price for sugarcane, the party would stage a state-wide protest on December 5. Addressing a press meet, here, on Tuesday, he said, he has written a letter to the State and Central governments, seeking Rs 3,000 per tonne of sugarcane. The state-wide protest will be held to draw

Kasaragod, Dec 3: A police sub-inspector (SI) who was recently suspended from service for his alleged role in a sexual abuse case involving a Scheduled Tribe woman was found hanging from a tree near Vellachal on Tuesday morning. The body of P.V. Sugunan, 52, was found hanging from a cashew tree in a plot at Vannalo in Kodakkad panchayat by a passer-by who, in turn, informed the Cheemeni police

Mangaluru, Dec 2: The Jana Sanjeevini' generic medicine and 24x7 pharmacy centres, which would provide medicines at 10 per cent discount rate will be established in all the district and taluk government hospitals within three months, said Minister for Health and Family Welfare U T Khader Speaking to media persons at Deputy Commissioner's office here on Tuesday, he said Memorandum of Understanding

Bengaluru, Dec 2: A nine-year-old girl studying in Class IV immolated herself at her Yelahanka New Town house on Monday, leaving behind a suicide note addressed to her mother. A resident of Someshwara Extension, she was the only child of her widowed mother, and studied in a private English medium school in the area. Jurisdictional police said they were convinced that the girl herself had written