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Hassan, Jun 6: The Alur police have arrested two girls, including a minor, on charge of murdering their grandmother, Mallamma, on May 28 at Mavanur village in Alur taluk. Ravi D. Channannavar, Superintendent of Police, told presspersons here on Thursday that the arrested were aged 19 and 16. According to the police, the elder sister, who was working in a garment factory in Mysore, was in love with

New Delhi, Jun 6: BJP MP from Pune, where a Muslim techie was bludgeoned to death on Monday by militants belonging to an extremist Hindutva outfit, has shamelessly justified the crime. “Some repercussions to the derogatory Facebook post of Shivaji and Bal Thackeray was natural '. What appeared on Facebook was very painful. Some amount of repercussions was natural,” said Anil Shirole replying to

Bhopal Jun 6: Madhya Pradesh Home Minister and senior BJP leader Babulal Gaur on Thursday landed in a controversy with his remarks that no government can ensure rape is prevented and action can be taken only after the act, triggering angry reactions from the Congress which said he has no right to continue in office. “It is a social crime which depends on the man and the woman. It is sometimes

Bangalore, Jun 6: ADGP Dr P Ravindranath, accused of clicking pictures of two women at a coffee shop on Cunningham Road, is making every possible effort to get his transfer order revoked and get a posting in Bangalore. Ravindranath met Director General and Inspector General Police L R Pachau on Thursday and submitted a letter to him, expressing his willingness to withdraw the resignation and

Bangalore, Jun 6: Twenty-seven days ago, on May 10, when a 72-year-old home-alone woman was murdered at Binnypet here, the police had suspected that it was yet another routine case of murder for gain. However, it has now transpired that, Ramaratnamma, the elderly woman, was murdered by her granddaughter who is just 19. Harshitha, the suspect, is currently employed with a private firm in the city

Chennai, Jun 5: It has been a month since the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) results were released, and yet, the smile on 17-year-old Fathima Shabana's face has still not diminished. After all, she has been working hard for the last four years; and she has just cleared the JEE (Main). This means that she has already made the grade to go to an Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) or

Bangalore, Jun 5: A life-size bronze statue of a meditating Mahatma Gandhi will come up in the premises of the imposing Vidhana Soudha, the state secretariat, for which the foundation stone will be laid by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah tomorrow. The 27-feet high statue with 13-feet pedestal would be installed between Vidhana Soudha and its replica Vikasa Soudha, located to its south, under a Rs 11

Pune, Jun 5: Four more persons suspected of having links with an extremist Hindutva outfit have been arrested in connection with the murder of a 28-year-old Pune IT professional, the police said. With the fresh arrests made late last night, a total of 17 people have been arrested in the case involving the murder of Shaikh Mohasin Sadiq in Bankar Colony in Hadapsar area of the city on Monday night

Pune, Jun 5: Soon after killing a Muslim youth unconnected with uploading indecorous morphed pictures of late Shiv Sena patriarch Bal Thackeray and Maratha icon Chhatrapati Shivaji on Facebook, his alleged killers, belonging to a Hindu extremist outfit, exchanged an ominous message on their mobiles. The message said, Pahili wicket padli ', which means: The first wicket has fallen. This message was

Gurpur, Jun 5: A massive protest erupted in Gurpur, on the outskirts of the city, on Thursday after a schoolboy was killed in a road accident. The protesters blocked the Mangalore-Moodbidri road at Gurupura for more than five hours on Thursday. Six-year-old Rohith was walking by the roadside along with his mother at 8:25a.m. when a speeding lorry carrying fish hit him. Immediately, a bystander