Karnataka

Hubballi, Nov 29: A Judicial Magistrate First Class court here convicted senior journalist Gauri Lankesh of defamation in two cases and sentenced her to six months in jail and imposed Rs. 10,000 penalty, in all, on Monday. However, the court also granted her bail and allowed her to appeal to a higher court. Dharwad MP Pralhad Joshi and BJP leader Umesh Dushi had individually filed defamation cases

Kasargod, Nov 29: Two teenage boys drowned and three others managed to swim to safety after facing strong undercurrents while taking bath in the Chandragiri river at Bavikkara locality, some 12 km from here, on Monday. The incident occurred around 11.30 a.m. The deceased were identified as Abdul Azeez, 17, son of Muhammed, a resident of Povval locality, and his cousin brother Muhammed Hashim, 14

Bengaluru, Nov 29: A Lokayukta special court on Monday granted interim bail to former Lokayukta Justice Y Bhaskar Rao in the extortion and corruption case. Justice Rao had moved an application seeking interim bail to attend his mother's death ceremony. The Lokayukta special court had issued summons to Justice Rao after the Special Investigation Team (SIT), which probed cases of extortion and

Panaji, Nov 28: Dismissing the growing concerns of moral policing in cinema, veteran film director and producer Subhash Ghai said that, what is deemed as moral policing is just a demand of urgent change in the society by the younger generation, and the elders being more patient. "Moral policing is just a demand by the younger generation to change things. The elders are more patient and thus, that

New Delhi, Nov 28: Delhi High Court today sternly asked the city police to "cut across all political barriers" and find missing JNU student Najeeb Ahmed, saying there could be "something more" to his disappearance as no one can just vanish from the heart of the national capital. Expressing concern over the whereabouts of the student who has remained untraced for 45 days now, the court also raised

Bengaluru, Nov 28: Normal life was hit in Kerala on Monday as the ruling CPI-M led LDF sponsored 12-hour strike against demonetisation evoked a near total response. Shops and business establishments downed shutters and state-run KSRTC and private buses kept off the roads across the state in response to the strike which began at 6 AM. The Left Democratic Front took out marches at various places

Bengaluru, Nov 28: Joining the nation-wide 'Jan Aakrosh Diwas' against demonetisation of high value currency, ruling Congress in Karnataka today held protests and rallies throughout the state against the Narendra Modi government's action. The protest affected the functioning of both the Houses of Karnataka Legislature, now in a 10-day winter session at Belagavi, as they did not sit today in line

Mangaluru, Nov 28: The disunity among opposition parties over ways to protest the union government's controversial demonetization clearly reflected in this coastal city as different parties staged separate protests. However, a majority of the cash-strapped people in Mangaluru preferred just to curse the government's indifferent attitude towards common man, rather than taking to streets. The state

New Delhi, Nov 28: The demonetisation exercise by the Modi government has brought a rarely seen unity among opposition parties, but they stand divided over the way they would protest against the measure today. While the Left parties, including the CPI(M) and CPI have called a 12-hour bandh to protest against demonetisation of old high-value currency notes in West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee's TMC will

Thumbay Hospital New Life – Hyderabad, part of the network of academic hospitals under Dubai-based Thumbay Group's healthcare division, bagged the “2016 Best Multispecialty Hospital” award at the ABP News Healthcare Leadership Awards held at The TajLands End, Mumbai, on 23rd November 2016. The award was received by the members of the administrative team of Thumbay Hospital New Life. The awards