Karnataka

New Delhi, Jan 16: The Supreme Court on Monday allowed a woman in her 24th week of pregnancy to undergo abortion after a medical report found that the fetus was without a skull. The 22-year-old woman hails from Maharashtra and a board of specialists recommended abortion as they noticed that the foetus was under-developed. The Supreme Court had asked Parel's KEM Hospital to carry out the medical

Mangaluru, Jan 16: “I have attended several major events organised by various organisations and political parties at Nehru Maidan. But this is the only event which instigated me to think seriously about life,” said Arun Kumar, city based a college student. Arun Kumar was one of the thousands of knowledge seekers who were impressed by theThe Miracle', an ongoing exhibition on Islam, organised by

Mangaluru, Jan 16: The Popular Front of India's national scholarship scheme (NSS) through which economically backward meritorious students across the country are identified and provided scholarship is commendable, said J R Lobo, Mangaluru South MLA. He was speaking after inaugurating a scholarship distribution programme organized as part of NSS at Jamiatul Falah Auditorium, Mangaluru on Sunday

Davos, Jan 16: In signs of rising income inequality, India's richest 1 per cent now hold a huge 58 per cent of the country's total wealth -- higher than the global figure of about 50 per cent, a new study showed today. The study, released by rights group Oxfam ahead of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting here attended by rich and powerful from across the world, showed that just 57

Manama, Jan 16: Bahrain and India held urgent consultations after a large protest by Indian workers in Manama on Sunday turned violent, leaving one worker dead and an unknown number injured. Minister of State for External Affairs V.K. Singh met with Bahraini Ministers in Manama to defuse the situation. “The Indian worker died during a protest by over 200 Indian workers for payment of salary,” a

Mumbai, Jan 16: Two senior TV journalists have quit from their successful stints to start their own ventures in 2017. Hardly two months after Arnab Goswami bade goodbye to Times Now, NDTV consulting editor Barkha Dutt has announced on Twitter and Facebook that she was ending her 21-year stint to start a new innings. Dutt has still not made her new venture public, though it was reported last year

Moodbidri, Jan 15: The curtains were closed in much style and the trademark swag, on the final day of Alva's Virasat 2017, on Sunday, at Vanajakshi K Sripathy Bhat stage, Puttige, Vidyagiri. The event started off with the eagerly awaited felicitation of Reva Shankar Sharma, renowned all over the world for his miniature paintings and his contribution of its dissemination amongst the younger

Mangaluru, Jan 15: Unidentified miscreants threw stones at two mosques in Haleangadi near Mulky late on Saturday night damaging a glass structure and a window. The stone was thrown first at the Jumma Masjid in Sankekatte damaging the glass structure next to the door. The stone thrown at the Al-Khuba Jumma Masjid in K.S. Rao Nagar damaged the window. The occupants of the two mosques noticed the

Tumakuru, Jan 15: A mentally challenged woman was raped in a moving vehicle by an assistant sub-inspector of police (ASI) in Tumakuru city on Saturday night. Based on a complaint by the 31-year-old victim's mother, the police on Sunday arrested ASI Umesh attached to the Tumakuru Rural police station. Tumakuru SP?Isha Pant summoned Umesh for questioning. Later, he was suspended. While it is said

Thane, Jan 15: In a shocking incident, a four-year- old girl was allegedly raped, brutally killed and buried in a nullah by the accused in Bhayander area, police said. Three persons have been arrested in this regard. They were today remanded in police custody by a local court. On January 9, her parents had filed a complaint with Navghar police that the child was kidnapped by some unknown person