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Bangalore, Jul 17: Two staff members allegedly raped a 6-year-old girl inside a prominent school in Bangalore on Monday. The accused allegedly committed the rape during the school hours on Monday. Several parents protested outside the school accusing the top international school in East Bangalore of not taking any action. They allege that some school staff are the culprits and have demanded strict

Mangalore, Jul 17: A court in Mangalore has granted anticipatory bail to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat who is facing charges of hate speech made in Gurpur seven months ago. The district and sessions court granted bail to Bhat who delivered sleazy dialogues at the Hindu Sangama' organized on the premises of Vajradehi Mutt of Gurpur on January 5. He had insulted

New Delhi, Jul 17: India tops the list of countries with the largest share of global extreme poor though the poverty rate in southeast Asia as a whole saw a substantial fall from 1990 to 2010, a new United Nations report said. The poverty rate in southeast Asia fell from 45 per cent in 1990 to 14 per cent in 2010. Although poverty remains widespread in south Asia, progress in the region has been

Mangalore/Kasaragod, Jul 17: Indian President Dr Pranab Mukherjee will land at Mangalore International Airport on Friday afternoon and move towards Kasaragod by road. The Kasaragod administration has put in place tight security in view of the visit of Dr Mukharjee, who is expected to address the maiden convocation of the Central University of Kerala (CUK) on the permanent campus at Periye on

Kasaragod, Jul 17: Incessant rain in the region led to a landslip at Cheliyangode in Kasaragod district, posing a threat to several houses uphill. The Kerala State Transport Project (KSTP) is widening the 28-km Kasaragod-Kanhangad State Highway in the area. As the landslip occurred early Wednesday, scores of labourers engaged in building concrete walls on either side of the road had a narrow

Bangalore, Jul 17: The male friend of the postgraduate student who was allegedly raped inside a car near Cox Town in the City last week approached Bangalore Police Commissioner Raghavendra Auradkar on Wednesday to seek protection following threat calls. He said he has been receiving threat calls on his mobile phone from unidentified persons. He suspects them to be a few persons in the police

Bangalore, Jul 17: Dismissing a petition by controversial Hindu seer Nithyananda, the Karnataka High Court on Wednesday gave the green signal to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to interrogate him. The court also has allowed CID to subject him to medical tests to find out if he was capable of having sexual intercourse, and to collect his voice sample. Justice S.N. Satyanarayana passed

Jerusalem, Jul 17: The Israeli army said that it has agreed to a UN request to halt its attacks on the Gaza Strip for six hours on Thursday. "Between 10.00 and 16.00 (0700-1300 GMT), the Israel Defence Forces will cease operational activity within the Gaza Strip and hold its fire," it said in a statement. Israel's barbaric campaign, which entered its 10th day on Thursday, has killed 223

Mangalore, Jul 16: In a shocking incident, dozens of miscreant owing allegiance to Sangh Parivar surrounded a Muslim girl and her fiancé and ruthlessly manhandled them at Ujire in Belthangady taluk of Dakshina Kannada district on Wednesday. Jurisdictional Belthangady police have reportedly booked several people and arrested at least three persons based on the complaint lodged by the victims –

Bangalore, July 16: Government will take stern action against the guilty, including a political leader if involved, in connection with the alleged abduction and rape of a 22-year-old student in a car in Bangalore, a senior minister said. "Government will take all measures to arrest and put them behind bars whoever were involved. We will also not spare a political leader if he is involved,"