Karnataka

New Delhi, Nov 13: Christian couples' wait for two years for seeking divorce by mutual consent may soon end as a nearly 150-year-old law is set to be amended to lower the requisite separation period to one year following persistent demand from the community. The government has put the Divorce (Amendment) Bill, 2016 in the 'tentative list of government legislative and financial business' expected

Nov 13: An Albanian-Muslim has been fined 30,000 euros after she refused to take off her niqab in a public building in San Vito al Tagliamento in Italy, as required by the law. A judge in the province of Pordenone on Friday converted a four-month prison sentence handed to the woman into a 30,000 fine plus 600 euros cost. The woman entered a meeting last month at San Vito al Tagliamento town hall

New Delhi, Nov 13: There was no let up in the rush for exchanging demonetised notes and withdrawing money with many people spending their Sunday queueing up outside banks and ATMs since early morning hours, even as some of the outlets were shut after being short on cash. Delhiites started forming serpentine queues as early as 6 AM outside ATMs and banks to try to get cash. Security has been beefed

Hassan, Nov 13: Five workers attached to a borewell drilling company were killed and two others were injured when the truck in which they were travelling toppled in Muththige village in Arkalgud, Hassan, on Saturday. The deceased have been identified as Anuth, 21, Muchiram, 60, Anil Maath, 60, Bheem Singh, 25, and Puduram, 55. The injured are being treated at a hospital in Hassan. It happened at 4

Bengaluru, Nov 13: In a major policy decision, the Karnataka government has decided to revisit the present system of reservation provided to backward classes in panchayats and municipalities. A committee, headed by Rural?Development and Panchayat Raj Minister H?K?Patil, has been constituted to examine various aspects of reservations provided to backward classes in local bodies and recommend

Mangaluru, Nov 13: Speakers at the crystal jubilee of Sunni Educational Development Committee (SEDC) of Karnataka raised their voice against uniform civil code, communal politics and called upon the Muslims to give more importance to education. Thousands of Muslims including clerics and madrasa students took part in the half day event held at Nehru Maidan in the heart of the city on Saturday

Mangaluru, Nov 13: The police ground in the city now has the air of an admission test where owners brought their dogs and sat nervously to see how they would conduct themselves in the competition. The ground is the venue for Karavali Canine Club's two-day first and second All Breed Championship Dog Show that commenced yesterday. A five-and-a-half year old female Irish setter, a Schnauzer, fox

Bengaluru, Nov 13: Three members of a film crew, on the run since the death of two actors during an action shoot, turned up at the Magadi police station on Saturday. Director Nagashekhar, assistant director Siddu and stunt director Ravi Varma, booked for the death of Anil Kumar (33) and Raghav Uday (31) surrendered before the Magadi circle inspector in the afternoon. Duniya Vijay, hero of the film

Mangaluru, Nov 12: Free Wi-Fi facility was formally launched at the Central Railway Station here on Saturday. Mangaluru Central is the first station in the State to have the round-the-clock facility provided by RailTel in association with Google. RailTel will provide it across 400 A1 and A category railway stations of which 100 will have it in this financial year. Passengers can access Wi-Fi on

Mangaluru, Nov 12: Janata Dal (Secular) leader H D Kumaraswamy has accused Congress and Bharatiya Janta Party of deliberately sidelining real issues in the state and blowing trivial issues out of proportion. Speaking to media persons in the city on Saturday, the former chief minister said that both national parties have been ignoring the real issues of the people. The Congress was focussing on the