Karnataka

Thiruvananthapuram, Apr 11: Kerala Government today promulgated an ordinance making Malayalam a compulsory subject in all schools in the state up to Class X. The ordinance will come into effect from the coming academic year, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan told reporters here. It will be applicable up to Class X in all government, aided, un-aided, self-financing institutions, including those

Dubai, Apr 11: Many Indians travelling to the UAE buy medicines from India because they are less expensive there. But they are usually unaware of the drugs that are banned in the UAE, and end up landing in jail after carrying these drugs into the country. Cooked and home-made food are also banned. The violators face strict penalties, including imprisonment followed by deportation. The Consul

Mangaluru, Apr 11: Reiterating his faith in the police force, Congress leader U T Khader said that the entire department should not be blamed for the wrongdoings of a few individuals. Responding to queries of media persons over alleged saffronization of police department in Mangaluru, Mr Khader, who is the minister for food, civil supplies and consumer affairs, said that men in khaki in general

Mangaluru, Apr 11: A week after nearly one hundred activists of Popular Front of India courted arrest by staging a protest against police atrocity in Mangaluru, a Muslim leader of Congress in Dakshina Kannada has compared the agitating organisation to Bajrang Dal, a Hindutva hardline outfit infamous for communal violence across the country. Addressing media persons here on Tuesday, Ibrahim

New Delhi, Apr 11: The Prime Minister Narendra Modi led union government of India has told the Supreme Court that the practices of ‘triple talaq’, ‘nikah halala’ and polygamy impact the social status and dignity of Muslim women and deny them fundamental rights guaranteed by the Constitution. In a fresh written submission filed before the apex court, the government has reiterated its earlier stand

Kasaragod, Apr 11: A 60-year-old man was remanded in judicial custody in connection with the alleged sexual abuse on a three-year-old girl. Kuruvilla alias Kuttappan, a resident of Thattenganam colony falling under the Chittarikkal police station limits, was rounded up following a complaint lodged by the girl’s family that he had allegedly sexually abused the minor when she was playing on her

Karwar, Apr 11: A stag, which strayed into Aligadda area in Karwar city on Monday, leapt into the sea in a bid to escape. However, it was saved by some people. It is suspected that the stag was in search of water as there is acute shortage in some parts of the Western Ghats. Some morning walkers spotted the stag first near NH-66, around 6am. They tried to rescue the animal as stray dogs were

Bengaluru, Apr 11: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah flagged off 51 pink Hoysala patrol vehicles and launched a women’s safety app on Monday. “The pink Hoysalas will add to the existing 221 hi-tech Ertiga Hoysalas,” Siddaramaiah said. That takes the total of four-wheeler patrol vehicles in the city to 272. Ministers G?Parameshwara, Dinesh Gundu Rao and Roshan Baig were also present at the event at

Bengaluru, Apr 11: Mobile phone-based wallets and payment apps gaining popularity in India are highly vulnerable to breach of confidentiality, according to a study. The risk is high in all systems except one, according to the Centre for Software and IT Management at the Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore, which conducted the study. Led by Prof Rahul De of the centre, the study assessed

Bengaluru, Apr 11: Congress leaders and former legislators L R Shivarame Gowda and Suresh Gowda on Monday joined the JD(S) in the presence of party president H D Deve Gowda. Deve Gowda made the two leaders take oath saying they will together work for the party and will not betray it. The party will decide on who should be its candidate at Nagamangala constituency in the next Assembly elections in