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Lucknow, Aug 7: The medical examination of the 20-year-old former madrasa teacher, who has alleged that she was abducted, gangraped and forcibly converted to Islam, has found that she had been operated for ectopic pregnancy — a complication arising out of the foetus growing outside the uterus — last month, according to the police. The woman, who was a part-time teacher at a madrasa in Sarawa

Bangalore, Aug 7: State Congress president G Parameshwara said on Wednesday that he was ready to take up any responsibility given by the party high command, including that of the deputy chief minister, in the Siddaramaiah government. He was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a function organised to mark his 63rd birthday. He, however, quickly added that he will not be disappointed if the

New Delhi, Aug 7: The Lok Sabha on Wednesday witnessed massive uproar after Congress charged the NDA government saying that communal riots have increased across the nation under the new government. Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge said, “After this government came to power, incidents of communal violence have increased in the country.” Lok Sabha Speaker asked the leader to give specific examples

Bangalore, Aug7: H?D?Kumaraswamy is all set to return as the State president of the JD(S), in view of the upcoming BBMP?elections. The party is likely to settle for Kumaraswamy, with no top rung leaders available to take up the responsibility. Having set the tone by raising issues pertinent to Bangalore at the recent Assembly session, including the lake encroachment issue, Kumaraswamy is making

Mangalore, Aug 7: Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner A B Ibrahim warned that criminal cases will be registered against owners who leave their borewells unattended. The warning came in the backdrop of frequent incidents of children falling into open borewells. The defaulters would be booked under various provisions of IPC for negligence posing a danger to human life which could be punishable with

Mangalore, Aug 7: The Airports Authority of India has instructed airports across the country including Mangalore International Airport to set up screening facilities at arrival terminals to nip mounting fears of an Ebola outbreak in the bud. The directive has been issued in accordance with guidelines laid out by the World Health Organization (WHO) to airports around the globe. Th District Health

Mangalore, Aug 6: For the second consecutive day the Kumaradhara bridge, the nearest connecting link to the temple town of Kukke Subrahmanya remained submerged on Wednesday. Following this vehicle disembarked passengers on the other side and people had to wade in knee deep waters to reach the other side. Those on the temple side and had to reach Gundya, which is 23 km away from Kukke, had to take

Bangalore, Aug 6: Parbatji Takur of Bhildi village in Banaskanta district of Gujarat was arrested by the Bangalore police on Tuesday in connection with a mail that was sent to the Kempegowda International Airport Limited (KIAL) on July 21, threatening to blow up the airport and the hijacking of an aircraft signed by the Indian Mujahideen and the Lashkar-e-Toiba. 19-year-old school dropout Takur

Dubai, Aug 6: An expatriate Indian man has been jailed for molesting two female co-workers in the United Arab Emirates, media reported. The Indian worker, 28, identified only as SK, groped his workmates, a 27-year-old Nepali and a 36-year-old Kenyan, who worked as cleaners, in a staff canteen in Dubai in March this year, Gulf News reported on Monday. The Dubai court of first instance found SK

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 6: Backing Supreme Court Judge Justice A R Dave over his call to teach Gita in schools, a leading RSS ideologue today said the work is not a mere religious scripture but a spiritual and philosophic classic and called for it to be declared the "national book." Joining issue with Press Council Chairman Markandey Katju for raising objections to Justice Dave's views, P