Karnataka

Mangaluru, Sept 15: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah led Karnataka will soon frame a comprehensive girl child policy that will focus on their education, health and nutrition up to the age of 18. Speaking on the sidelines of the legislators’ regional conference 2017 on child rights held on Thursday, Minister for Women and Child Development Umashree said the policy will focus on the holistic development

Mangaluru, Sept 15: The sixth additional district and sessions judge DT Puttarangaswamy on Friday awarded life Imprisonment to Mohan alias Cyanide Mohan in connection with the murder of a victim from Puttur. Mohan, a teacher by profession who allegedly poisoned 20 young women to death using cyanide between 2003 and 2009, was convicted in a three cases was awarded death sentence in 2013. This was

New Delhi, Sept 15: Actor Kamal Haasan has ended the speculation over his political entry, saying he will form his own political party as none of the existing ones can provide a platform for his "reformatory" ideology. The actor said he was thinking of launching a political party, out of compulsion and not choice. "Yes, I am thinking on those lines, not out of choice but compulsion. Which existent

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Uppala, Sept 15: The Kerala State Commission for Protection of Child Rights has registered a suo motu case in connection with the death of a Class VI student from Uppala in the district. The commission on Thursday directed the District Collector, Superintendent of Police, District Education Deputy Director, District Child Welfare Officer, District Medical Officer, and the Directorate of Public

Bengaluru, Sept 15: Further intensifying the probe into the murder of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) has commenced interrogation of rowdy sheeter Kunigal Giri and six of his associates, currently in judicial custody, to see if they have information on key arms smugglers in the city. More than 100 persons from across the State have been questioned by the

Bengaluru, Sept 15: Leaders favouring a separate religion tag for the Lingayat faith on Thursday defended Water Resources Minister M B Patil, accusing the Sangh Parivar of influencing Siddaganga Mutt seer Shivakumara Swami to change his stand on the issue. On September 10, M B Patil had announced that the seer extended support for the separate Lingayat religion campaign. Two days later, the Mutt

Bengaluru, Sept 15: The Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) on Thursday refuted a submission made before the High Court of Karnataka that the Siddaramaiah government had denotified 1,300 acres in K Shivaram Karanth Layout. In a submission before the court on Wednesday, senior counsel C V Nagesh representing former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa had stated that a total of 1,300 acres, of the 3,546 acres

Hubballi, Sept 15: It is not fair to blame anybody for the murder of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh before the investigation concludes, says Health & Family Welfare Minister K R Ramesh Kumar Any ideological difference, including Veerashaiva-Lingayat issue, should not lead to violence. Murder of Gauri Lankesh is a heinous crime, and it is an uncivilised and inhuman act, he added. ‘Corruption

Ballari, Sept 15: Air services are set to resume at Ballari after many years with TruJet starting a daily non-stop flight to Hyderabad on September 21. The low-cost airline will operate a 72-seater ATR 600 aircraft under the Union government’s Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagarik (UDAN) scheme. The 65-minute flight will leave Hyderabad at 6 am and reach the JSW Airport at Vidyanagar 7.05 am. In the return