Karnataka

Thiruvananthapuram, Jun 29: The Kerala Police chief on Friday ordered a Crime Branch probe into the sexual exploitation of a woman by five priests of the Kottayam-headquartered Malankara Orthodox Church. Director General of Police Loknath Behra directed the Crime Branch wing to probe into the allegations made by the victim's husband, who belongs to the same church. An online portal had first

Bengaluru, Jun 29: Responding to Union Minister Anant Kumar Hegde's comments comparing opposition leaders to crows and monkeys, senior Congress leader Verappa Moily said that "the tiger (Modi) had become wild and must be sent back to the forest." Hegde had sparked controversy by comparing the Opposition leaders to "crows, monkeys and foxes". "The Opposition has come together against the tiger

Udupi, Jun 29: A post-graduation student from Mangalore University lost her life when a portion of the compound wall of a temple collapsed on her at Ulloor near Heroor village in Udupi district today. The deceased has been identified as Dhanya (22), who was pursuing second-year MSc in statistics from Mangalore University. She was the daughter of Chandrashekar and Hema Shetty. According to sources

Hubballi, Jun 29: Low-cost carrier IndiGo began direct flights to Goa and Kochi from Hubballi airport yesterday. IndiGo sources said the airline is using its ninth ATR aircraft to operate daily direct flights from Hubballi to Goa and Kochi. The new flights are aimed at business and leisure travellers from the region who are on the lookout for convenient and affordable flying options. The flight

Mangaluru, Jun 29: The hijab row in Mangaluru’s prestigious St Agnes College has taken a new twist with a couple of Muslim girls from the same college accusing the Campus Front of India (CFI) of unnecessarily politicising the issue. On Jun 25, a few Muslim students of the college under the aegis of the Campus Front of India, had staged a protest to exert pressure on the college authorities to

Mangaluru, Jun 29: Refusing to yield to the demands of the protesters, city-based St Agnes College has made it clear that the dress code was already specified, accepted by student and their parents during admission and there won’t be exception. Earlier this week, a few Muslim students of the college under the aegis of the Campus Front of India, had staged a protest to exert pressure on the college

Bengaluru, Jun 29: Bharatiya Janata Party MLC Lahar Singh Siroya, a close aide of party's state president B S Yeddyurappa, on Thursday met former prime minister and JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda in New Delhi. Though both of them were closetted for more than an hour, what transpired between them was not known. Gowda and Siroya refused to comment on their meeting. Gowda also met Union Minister of

Bengaluru, Jun 29: The Karnataka High Court on Thursday rejected the petition filed by the state government seeking directions to cancel the bail granted to Senior Journalist Ravi Belagere by the City Civil and Sessions court in December. Justice John Michael Cunha heard the petition filed by the government, challenging the order of the sessions court The court rejected the petition stating that

Udupi, Jun 29: The court of the Principal Chief Judicial Magistrate has extended the judicial custody of the nine accused in the case of cattle trader Hussainabba’s murder till July 11. The accused include saffron activists and policemen. The case is being investigated by the CID. The autopsy report, submitted to the District and Sessions Court on June 15 by the police, had named head injury as

Mangaluru, Jun 28: In the wake of collapse of a prominent bridge across River Phalguni at Moolara Patna, a team of experts from the Public Works Department (PWD) examined another old bridge across the same river at Gurupura on the outskirts of the city and declared it safe. The team comprising of senior officials from the National Highway Division of PWD and civil engineers examined the bridge on