Karnataka

Bengaluru, Feb 9: A circular of the High Court of Karnataka barring ministers and legislators from sitting on the dais during inauguration of court buildings triggered an outburst from members against the judiciary in the Legislative Assembly. The members, cutting across party lines, on Wednesday stated that the circular is an insult to the legislature. They even sought a probe into judges' assets

Mangaluru, Feb 9: A dozen agitators were briefly detained by the Ullal police during a protest against moves to levy toll charges at Talapady tollgate from Wednesday for the road users in on the four-lane National Highway No. 66. The protest was jointly organised by the Congress Party, the Indian Union Muslim League and Gadindu Rakshana Vedike. The local activists had also demanded jobs for local

San Francisco, Feb 8: Facebook today updated its Safety Check feature with a way for people to lend, or get, helping hands after disasters. A new "Community Help" feature provides a forum at the leading social network where assistance can be offered to victims of floods, earthquakes, fires or other kinds of natural or accidental tragedy, according to Facebook vice president of social good Naomi

Mapusa, Feb 8: Pernem police on Wednesday arrested a yoga teacher on charges of allegedly raping a US national on the pretext of giving her a 'tantric massage' in the remote village of Korgao, away from the coastal belt of Pernem in north Goa. Pernem police said the US national lodged a complaint on Tuesday, alleging that the accused yoga teacher, Pratik Kumar Agarwal, 38, committed the offence on

Bengaluru, Feb 8: A Bengaluru-based event manager has been arrested on charges of drugging, raping and blackmailing a young model. After arresting Pragdish Kapoor, the police also found several videos and photos of other models on his phone and laptop, which he had allegedly been using to blackmail and rape the women. Kapoor was busted by Sakshi (name changed), a 17-year-old model from Mumbai, now

Mumbai, Feb 8: The Reserve Bank today said the weekly limit on withdrawal of cash from savings bank accounts will be increased to Rs 50,000, from the current Rs 24,000, from February 20, and the limit will be removed from March 13. "The limits on cash withdrawal from savings bank accounts continue to be in place. In line with the pace of remonetisation, it has now been decided to remove these

Mangaluru, Feb 8: In a relief to Popular Front of India leader Ilyas Mohammed Thumbay and four others, a local court in Puttur has quashed an eight year oldhate speech' case against them. The other four persons acquitted by the Additional Civil Judge and JMFC, Puttur, are: writer and critic G Rajashekhar, Dalit leader Mahalinga, PFI leaders Abdul Latheef Puttur and Abdul Hameed Haji. The case was

Mumbai, Feb 8: In a rather embarrassing note, Air India has served a warning to all its flight attendants after a hotel in London complained that some cabin crew members would bring boxes to pack and take away food from the breakfast buffet table to be eaten later. Titled, 'A buffet is not a takeaway', the warning note was sent on Monday by an assistant general manager (AGM) of the in-flight

Mangaluru, Feb 8: The Mangaluru city police have refuted the allegations of abandoning an injured family on road, and accused the protesters who blocked the highway at Kuloor, of misleading the people. On Tuesday, activists of Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) blocked the Udupi-Mangaluru highway for an hour accusing the police of abandoning an injured family on road. According to sources

Kochi, Feb 8: An educated woman engaging in sex multiple times with a person who has promised to marry her can only be treated as consensual and not rape, says the Kerala high court. Even an uneducated woman cannot be cheated more than once or twice on the promise of marriage, the court said while setting aside a conviction for rape. The court was considering an appeal filed by 31-year-old