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New Delhi, Jul 23: In what can only be termed as gross misuse of power and a startling reminder of how our politicians abuse power, at least 11 members of Parliament belonging to the Shiv Sena forced a Muslim catering supervisor, who was fasting for Ramadan, to eat a chapati at the new Maharashtra Sadan in New Delhi last week IRCTC, the Indian Railways subsidiary catering for Maharashtra Sadan

Padubidri, Jul 23: Demanding better facilities to the 17 Koraga families whose land was acquired by Suzlon Energy Ltd in Padubidri, a mass jatha and protest was held in front of the Padubidri gram panchayat office here on Tuesday. Members of the Koraga community along with the local units of Dalit Sangharsha Samiti, DYFI and like-minded organisations took part in the mass jatha that began from

Hassan, Jul 23: A seven-month pregnant woman delivered a baby boy in a KSRTC bus while on her way to a hospital near Madihalli in Arakalgud taluk in Hassan district. Sunitha, wife of Puttaraju, resident of Madihalli, delivered the baby with the assistance of women passengers. Later, the mother and baby were shifted to the district hospital in Hassan. Rathna, Sunitha's mother, told presspersons

Vaishali, Jul 23: A 32-year-old journalist working with Rajya Sabha TV mysteriously fell to death from the balcony of her eighth floor flat at a housing society in Vaishali late on Monday. Police have not ruled out murder. The death was discovered around 11.45pm by her husband, the police said. She was rushed to Max Hospital at Patparganj in Delhi, where doctors declared her brought dead. The

New Delhi, Jul 23: Spurt in rape cases in Karnataka rocked Lok Sabha on Tuesday with BJP members from the state asked the Centre to seek a report from the Congress government on the issue. Raising the issue during Zero Hour in Lok Sabha, BJP MP Shobha Karandlaje claimed that 50 cases of rape incidents were reported in the State in the past 15 days. Accusing the state government of not taking

Kasaragod, Jul 23: A 19-year-old student of the Government Industrial Training Institute (ITI) here was killed and his classmate seriously injuried when their motorcycle collided head-on with a car at Kuniya, near Periye, onTuesday.The accident took place around 12 noon in front of the Cherumba mosque when the students tried to overtake a vehicle and collided with a car coming from the opposite

New Delhi, Jul 23: The Pejawar Mutt chief pontiff Vishvesha Tirtha Swamiji on Tuesday called on the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and “blessed him to serve the people with courage and compassion”. The prime minister reportedly requested the veteran Swamiji from Udupi to convey his good wishes to the people of coastal Karnataka. Sources closed to the seer said that Swamiji exhorted Mr Modi to take

Mangalore, Jul 23: Buildings which are in the construction phase may have their licenses cancelled if they fail to take measures to check the breeding of mosquitoes at the construction sites, said Mayor of Mangalore City Corporation Mahabala Marla. Speaking at a meeting convened to discuss measures to check malaria in the MCC limits, he said that a committee would be formed to form a malaria

Riyadh, Jul 22: Saudi police arrested an Arab man for begging although he had in excess of SR1.2 million (nearly Rs 2 crore) and an expensive four-wheel vehicle. Police said the unnamed man, a resident of a nearby Gulf country, is visiting the Gulf kingdom on a tourist visa with his wife and three children, adding that he was found to be staying in a luxury furnished apartment in the Western Saudi

Bangalore, July 22: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today courted a fresh controversy over the alleged rape of a six-year old girl in a city public school, as he asked the media if it did not have any other issue. "Except that, don't you have any other issue? Is this the only news you have?" Siddaramaiah snapped back at reporters who sought to know the latest on the case that has evoked