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Bangalore, Jul 19: Vibgyor High, the City school where a six-year-old girl was raped, may be staring at more troubles as the Education Department on Friday asked the management why the school's No Objection Certificate (NOC) should not be withdrawn and urged the ICSE?Board to derecognise the school. As Vibgyor High in Marathahalli is an ICSE school, the State government has to issue an NOC?for it

New Delhi, Jul 19: In a setback for the Gujarat government, Supreme Court on Friday acquitted all the 11 accused convicted for January-February 1993 Surat bomb blast in Gujarat, in which a woman was killed and several people were injured. An apex court bench of Justice T.S. Thakur and Justice C. Nagappam while acquitting the 11 accused reversed the TADA court verdict that gave them imprisonment

New Delhi, Jul 19: Some Muslim organisations and prominent Islamic scholars have called for boycott of Israeli products and companies to protest the Israeli offensive against Palestinians in gaza. Leaflets calling for boycott of Israeli products were distributed outside mosques after Friday prayers. "You can stop the bombing of Gaza, end the Israeli terror by boycotting, divesting, educating and

New Delhi, Jul 19: The rape of a six-year-old girl in a Bangalore school earlier this month may have sent shock waves across the country but it is not a one-off incident in Karnataka. Latest government statistics reveal that sexual assault on minors has gone up by three-fold in the last three years. In 2011, 97 children were raped in Karnataka, which rose to 142 the next year, followed by 270 in

Gaza City, Jul 19: Fresh Israeli air strikes killed 10 people in Gaza on Saturday, hiking the death toll above 300 as UN chief Ban Ki-moon headed to the region to bolster truce efforts. The new peace push came as Israel's campaign against the besieged Palestinian territory entered day 12 in the bloodiest conflict for several years, and the Jewish state stood poised to intensify a ground operation

Karkala, Jul 19: In another example of the proverbial Hard work pays off' case, a girl belonging to the Scheduled Tribe from Kukkuje in Karkala taluk was selected to pursue an engineering degree at a prestigious institute in Mumbai after years of perseverance. Akshata, daughter of coolie worker Sudhakar Naik and Saraswathi, was selected to be enrolled in IIT-Bombay, one of the prestigious IIT

Mangalore, Jul 19: Belthangady police have arrested two more accused in connection with the assault on a Muslim couple at Ujire earlier this week. With this the total number of the arrested rose to six. The arrested have been identified as Praveen and Kiran, both from Belthangady. Police sources said they may be produced in the court on Saturday. Mohammed Shabbir from Banakal of Mudigere taluk

Lucknow, July 19: The Allahabad High Court has issued notice to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a petition filed by Congress leader Ajai Rai challenging his election. The notice was issued on Friday by Justice V K Shukla after hearing Rai's petition. Modi has been directed to file his reply within six weeks and the petition would come for further hearing on September 5. The court has directed that

Kasaragod, Jul 19: President Pranab Mukherjee has expressed the hope that the school of medicine planned at the Central University of Kerala (CUK) will help carry out research to mitigate the ordeal of endosulfan victims in the district. “In the context of the unfortunate endosulfan tragedy in Kasaragod, I welcome the initiative to establish a school of medicine and public health,” Mr. Mukherjee

Bangalore, Jul 18: Hundreds of enraged parents Friday demanded arrest of the two teachers accused of sexually assaulting a six-year-old student in a private school here. "We want the two accused arrested and tried in a fast-track court to do justice to the child victim. Why are they (police) not acting fast? How long they want to interrogate the accused," Nandish Reddy, a parent of a ward reading