Karnataka

Kasaragod, Aug 2: A college student, who had to leave her home to study Islam in Kasaragod, has now returned home after the Kerala High Court assured her that she would be allowed follow any faith. Athira, who now prefers to be known as Ayisha, appeared before the Court after her father had filed a Habeas Corpus petition. The Hindu-converted-Muslim girl went with her parents after urging the court

Bengaluru, Aug 2: In a major setback to the Congress party in Karnataka, which is hosting 42 party MLAs from Gujarat, ahead of the Rajya Sabha polls onAugust 8, the IT department on Wednesday conducted simultaneous raids on energy minister D K Shiva Kumar's residences and at the resort where the legislators have been put up. The raids commenced at 7 am and are still continuing with the IT

Mangaluru, Aug 2: A female Quran teacher from Koppal, who was allegedly duped by a Mangaluru based visa agent, is now helplessly working as a domestic maid in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Chand Sultana, wife of f Baba Jaan, a resident of Nirmithi Kendra area in Koppal, was lured into the job and taken to Saudi Arabia three months ago, saying she would get a salary of Rs 40,000 a month. According to

Bengaluru, Aug 2: The Income Tax Department today conducted searches at multiple properties related to Karnataka Energy Minister D. K. Shivakumar, who was overseeing the stay of 44 Congress MLAs from Gujarat at a resort near here, in connection with a tax evasion case. IT officials said Rs. 9 crore cash was recovered from the search of various properties linked to the minister, who has been taken

Mangaluru, Aug 2: A three-member committee has been formed by the Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights to probe into the unnatural death of Kavya Poojary. A class 10 student and state level badminton player, Kavya was found hanging in her hostel room in Alva School, Moodbidri, on July 20 under suspicious circumstances. According to Kripa Amar Alva, chairman of the Commission

Mangaluru, Aug 2: In a bizarre incident, a postgraduate medical student slit his throat after self-administering local anaesthesia in his college hostel room here recently. The deceased is Prasad HK (28), a native of Davangere, who was a final year MD (Pathology) student of Fr Muller Medical College. The incident comes close on the heels of a SSLC student allegedly committing suicide at Alva's

Udupi, Aug 2: The district and sessions court has sentenced a couple to life imprisonment finding them guilty of murdering an elderly man at Baradi Darkasumane at Kanthavara under Karkala rural police station limits on September 16, 2011. Judge T Venkatesh Naik pronounced the verdict. The accused - Shekar Dooja Moolya, 53 and his wife Malathi Shekar Moolya, 47 had fatally assaulted Rama Moolya, 65

Belagavi, Aug 2: The ministry of home affairs has asked the state chief secretary to take appropriate action over the ‘disrespect’ shown to the national flag on the premises of the regional commissioner’s office here. It has said that the action taken may be informed to the complainant. Suraj Kanbarkar, an activist of the Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti (MES), in his complaint to the home ministry on

Bengaluru, Aug 2: Amid the furore over Indira Canteens coming up on public spaces, Bengaluru Development Minister K J George on Tuesday said BBMP had been directed to identify alternative spaces for canteens, instead of parks and playgrounds. “I have asked BBMP officials to look for alternatives wherever there’s a problem,” George told reporters. “In fact, the chief minister (Siddaramaiah) has

Udupi, Aug 1: Baby Poojary, mother of Kavya Poojary, a class 10 student of Alva’s High School, Moodbidri, who was found dead in her hostel room on July 20, alleged on Tuesday that her daughter was murdered. Kavya did not commit suicide, she said. She was speaking at a dharna, organised by the district unit of the Karnataka Rakshana Vedike, in front of the Clock Tower, here. Ms. Poojary, who was