Karnataka

New Delhi, Aug 29: Marital rape cannot be made a criminal offence as it could become a phenomenon which may destabilise the institution of marriage and an easy tool for harassing the husbands, government today submitted before the Delhi High Court. The Centre, in an affidavit filed in response to pleas seeking criminalising marital rape, said the Supreme Court and various High Courts have already

Hubballi, Aug 29: Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee President G Parameshwara said that Congress party will not involve itself in the issue of creation of separate religion of Lingyatas. Speaking to selected media persons at a hotel in Hubballi on Monday night, he said “we are a political party; establishing of religious entities is not our duty. It is the role of religious leaders and community

Mysuru, Aug 29: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today described as a "political gimmick' the BJP state President B S Yeddyurappa hosting Dalit families at his residence. "It is just a political gimmick, it is a drama," Siddaramaiah told reporters here in response to a question. When said that Yeddyurappa has clarified that the event has nothing to do with politics, he said ... then why he

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 29: The PMO has sought explanation from Kerala government regarding the incident of banning RSS sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat from hoisting the national flag on Independence day at an aided school here. The PMO has sought explanation on the same to the chief secretary based on a complaint filed by BJP Palakkad district president, and has ordered to give a clear answer to the

Mangaluru/Bengaluru, Aug 29: Moderate to heavy rains continued to pound coastal belt, malnad and other parts of Karnataka on Tuesday. Relentless rains has thrown normal life out of gear in Kodagu. With the rivers and rivulets flowing to the brim, a few primary and high schools in Bhagamandala and Napoklu region declared holiday for students, on Monday afternoon. One die in DK Though the intensity

Mangaluru, Aug 29: A 21-year-old man was electrocuted to death when he was trying to keep his mobile phone for charging at Perlaru near Belthangady in Dakshina Kannada district. The deceased has been identified as Girish, son of Devappa Gowda. He was a laborer. The tragedy took place on Sunday. Girish had to remove the wires connected to the socket to get his mobile charged. The wires for the

Mangaluru, Aug 29: Demanding the transfer of Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner Dr K G Jagadeesha various dalit groups on Monday staged a protest in front of DC’s office in the city. Speaking on the occasion CPI(M) state committee general secretary Mavalli Shankar said that the DC insulted dalits by walking out of the SC/ST grievance redressal meeting recently. Dr Jagadeesha should leave

Bengaluru, Aug 29: The effect of demonetisation is being felt in the field of medical and dental education too with very few takers for seats under the NRI and other quotas. Experts in the education sector say demonetisation spelt the abrupt end of parents making cash payments to colleges. According to officials in the Medical Education Department, 676 out of 773 medical seats under the NRI and

Bengaluru, Aug 29: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has instructed CID officials to fast track the probe into the killing of rationalist and Kannada writer M M Kalburgi at Dharwad in August 2015. "On August 30, as people in the state hold meeting to mark the second anniversary of the sad killing of Dr M M Kalburgi, I would like to assure the people of Karnataka that my government will make

Bengaluru, Aug 29: Bengaluru Development Minister K J George on Monday said he has nothing to do with the deletion of certain call details and documents on the mobile phone of deputy superintendent of police M K Ganapathi who committed suicide last year. “If anybody has any evidence, she/he is free to submit it to the Supreme Court where a case is pending,” he told reporters who sought his