Karnataka

New Delhi, Apr 5: The Supreme Court today dismissed the Karnataka government's plea seeking review of its verdict by which it had abated the proceedings in a disproportionate assets case against late Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa. "Applications for personal hearing of review petitions before the court are rejected. "We have considered the review petitions filed by the State of Karnataka

New Delhi, Apr 5: Taking a step ahead towards Digital India and cashless India, WhatsApp could soon launch its digital payment system. As per reports the payment system could be based on Unified Payments Interface (UPI). Some media reports also say that the money transfer facility could be launched as soon as October. According to a job advertisement on WhatsApp's website, the company is looking

Kendrapara (Odisha), Apr 5: It's an amazing story telling how extraordinary courage of a 6-year-old girl saved her friend's life. A six-year-old girl at a remote village in Kendrapara district displayed exemplary courage to save her playful mate from claws of death following attack by a furious estuarine crocodile. The survivor Basanti Dalai, a class I student of a government-run primary school in

Mangaluru, Apr 5: Muslim leaders and activists of Congress party in Mangaluru on Wednesday indirectly endorsed the demands of Popular Front of India over the custodial torture of a youth and subsequent police action against protesters in the city. Former MLC and Muslim Central Committee president K S Mohammed Masood, Former Mangaluru Mayor and president of United Muslims Organisation K Ashraf

Mangaluru, Apr 5: Police have reportedly booked cases against more than two dozen people among the Popular Front of India activists detained during a protest against custodial torture in Mangaluru on Tuesday. Nearly 100 protesters were detained by the police when they tried to gherao the office of Mangaluru City Police Commissioner demanding action against the cops who allegedly tortured a youth

Mangaluru, Apr 5: Condemning alleged attack on a few policemen during a protest organised by the Popular Front of India activists in Mangaluru on Tuesday, Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal have demanded an immediate ban on the PFI. Mangaluru city police chief M Chadra Sekhar has said that around a dozen policemen have suffered injuries due to stone pelting and attack by the protesters. However

Mangaluru, Apr 5: U T Khader, minister for food, civil supplies and consumer affairs, has sought Karnataka home minister’s intervention in the alleged third degree torture by police in Mangaluru. Ahmed Qureshi, 26, a resident of Katipalla, who has suffered injuries across his body including private parts, is currently undergoing treatment at a hospital. When the police produced him before a local

Kasaragod, Apr 5: Hundreds of people from various walks of life on Tuesday paid floral tributes to A.H. Muthalib, 42, a reporter with Karaval, a leading evening daily published from here. Mr. Muthalib was killed when his motorbike collided with a Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation bus at Chowki Junction here around 10 p.m. on Monday. He was on way to his residence at Arjal. The victim was

Alwar, Apr 5: In a video that is being widely circulated, a mob assaults men who were transporting cows in Rajasthan's Alwar. One man is seen slumped on the road, unconscious. Pehlu Khan, 55, died in hospital yesterday, two days after the brutal beating. 10 people have been arrested, say the police. Pehlu Khan, who was from Haryana, and his four associates were attacked even after they reportedly

Mysuru, Apr 5: Four people were killed and one person sustained injures in separate incidents when lightning struck them in Hassan, Mandya and Mysuru districts on Tuesday. Three cows also died due to lightning. Parts of Hassan, Mysuru, Chamarajanagar and Mandya districts received heavy rain on Tuesday evening. Murali (35) and Vijaykumar of Basavanahalli, Arkalgud taluk, Hassan district were killed