Karnataka

Mysuru, Oct 11: Sleuths of the Forest department have captured two tigresses within a span of 24 hours in separate operations in Mysuru district. Both the captured animals have been shifted to Mysuru Zoo for treatment. While an adult tigress, which had attacked a woman at Dodda Baragi village in HD Kote taluk on Sunday afternoon was caught on Monday after nearly six hours of intensive combing

New Delhi, Oct 11: In a sensational verdict, the Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday ruled that sex with a wife who is under 18 years of age is rape and therefore a crime. The top court did not rule on 'marital rape', which is sexual intercourse forced upon a spouse no matter what their age. Before today's SC ruling, there was an exception in Section 375 rape law provisions that protected a man who

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has so far found no evidence to vindicate the terror allegations levelled against Akhalia alias Hadiya and her husband Shafin Jahan who were forcefully separated through a controversial judgement by Kerala High Court a few months ago. "In Hadiya's case, her Hindu father's fears that she was forced into marriage with Shafin Jahan to be taken out of the

Kochi, Oct 11: The National Investigation Agency (NIA), Kochi unit, has arrested a former Popular Front of India (PFI) leader wanted in connection with the Narath arms training case in Kannur. The arrested was Azharudheen K.T., alias Azhar, 24, a native of Narath, Kannur. Officials said Azharudheen was arrested from his native place on Monday night following a tip-off. He was later produced in the

Bengaluru, Oct 11: The BJP Yuva Morcha has lodged a police complaint against acclaimed thinker and historian Ramachandra Guha in the wake of his outburst against Sangh Parivar sponsored violence in India. The complaint was lodged with Malleswaram police station in Bengaluru by Sankeerth Thady, secretary of BJP Yuva Morcha, on Tuesday after Guha ignored a legal notice that sought an apology from

Udupi, Oct 11: Multilingual actor, activist and columnist Prakash Raj aka Prakash Rai was confirmed with Dr Kota Shivaram Karanth Huttura Prashasti-2017 (Dr Kota Shivaram Karanth Birthplace Award-2017) on Tuesday. Tight security was provided to actor in the wake of threats by saffron elements after he criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. The

Bengaluru, Oct 11: The BJP on Tuesday made fresh charges against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah stating that he mislead courts to get 6 acre and 26 guntas of land in Bhoopsandra (RMV II Stage) in Bengaluru denotified. Addressing a press conference here, BJP MLC and former minister B J Puttaswamy charged that a certain Keerthi Raj Shetty, a close associate of Siddaramaiah since his days in the JD(S)

Bengaluru, Oct 11: The state government has decided to provide sites for Kannadigas who were recently evicted from Baina beach by the Goa authorities. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah who chaired a meeting at his official residence Krishna in Bengaluru on Tuesday, said the government was committed to rehabilitating the families and that sites would be provided in the first phase. Siddaramaiah asked the

Mangaluru, Oct 10: The State government has appointed Sasikanth Senthil S, a 2009 batch Indian Administrative Service officer as the new Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada district. He is expected to take charge within a couple of days from the outgoing DC Dr K G Jagadeesha who received transfer order on Tuesday. In fact the two officers have swapped the posts. Jagadeesh has been posted as

Bengaluru, Oct 10: A woman riding pillion on a two-wheeler was killed today when a truck rammed the vehicle as the rider was trying to avoid a pothole near Devanahalli, police said. With this, four persons have died in accidents this month because of the battered condition of some of the citys roads. Police said G Veena (21), a resident of Kundana in Devanahalli, was heading home riding pillion