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Bangalore, Nov 6: The visual media is overplaying the case of mysterious death of Nandita, a 14-year-old girl from Thirthahalli talul, for the sake of increasing their Television?Rating Points (TRPs), said Home Minister K J George. Replying to queries from media in the city, Mr George said the visual media was repeatedly telecasting the incident as if there was no other news. George said in

Bengaluru, Nov 6: Minister for Health and Family Welfare U T Khader exhibited humanity by taking an accident victim to hospital in his car on Wednesday evening. Mr Khader, who was travelling to his Jayamahal residence from the Kempegowda International Airport on Wednesday, stopped half way through to help an injured auto-rickshaw driver. The minister, who landed in the city from Mangaluru, was

Mangaluru, Nov 6: A 22-year-old aide of underworld operative Vikki Shetty was arrested by the sleuths of Central Crime Branch police. Prashant Jayesh (22) from Kerala was arrested for his alleged involvement in the murder of transport operator Prashant near Valencia in April, 2013. The police had earlier arrested seven persons in connection with the murder. On a tip-off, the CCB police traced

Bengaluru, Nov 6: Hundreds of BJP workers, mainly women, took out at a rally in the City on Wednesday against the increase in cases of rape and child sex abuse and over government's failure to protect women and children in the State. The protesters took out a procession from the BJP head office in Malleswaram to Chief Minister's official residence on Kumara Krupa Road. However, the police stopped

Thirthahalli/Bengaluru, Nov 6: A Criminal Investigation Department (CID) team led by IGP Pronab Mohanty which began a probe into the death of a 14-year-old Nandita in Thirthahalli, visited the latter's village. The team visited the residence of two “eyewitnesses”- Kamalamma and Jayamma, who reportedly saw the girl at Anandagiri hill near Tunga college by a three-member group last week. The

Panaji, Nov 5: Media reports emanating from New Delhi suggesting Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar would be the country's new defence minister have created ripples in the state. The summoning of Parrikar, state party president Vijay Tendulkar and organising secretary Satish Dhond to Delhi Wednesday for a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party president Amit Shah has only lent

Mangaluru, Nov 5: Health Minister U T Khader announced that a semi-intensive care unit (ICU) consisting of 14 beds would be made ready and inaugurated by next week at District Wenlock Hospital in the city, along with a sophisticated mortuary and a sewage treatment plant that would be set up shortly. Speaking at a meeting with hospital authorities and related officials concerning the master-plan

Udupi, Nov 5: Dr R Vishal, the newly appointed Deputy Commissioner of Udupi district took charge on Wednesday from outgoing D C Dr SS Pattana Shetty. Speaking on the occasion, he said that he would ensure protection of environment and promotion of development in Udupi district. Dr Vishal said he would give priority to the issues of providing title deeds to the poor and ensuring the rights of

New Delhi, Nov 5: Gold prices plunged by Rs 450 to trade at over three-year low of Rs 25,900 per 10 grams in the national capital on Wednesday as the dollar's strength dampened demand for the precious metal. Besides, low demand from jewellers and retailers who preferred to defer their buying activity on hopes of further dip in prices and diversion of funds towards soaring equity markets, weighed

Jerusalem, Nov 5: A leading human rights group has accused Israel of committing war crimes during this summer's war in Gaza. Amnesty International says Israel displayed “callous indifference” in attacks on family homes in the densely populated coastal strip that in some cases amounted to war crimes. The criticism came in a report released Wednesday. The 50-day war killed more than 2,100