Karnataka

Kasargod, Nov 12: A youth was arrested in connection with the alleged abduction of a seven-year-old girl in his car near Badiadukka. M.K. Moideen, 33, son of Abdulla Kunhi, a resident of Cherkala locality here was arrested under the provisions of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act – 2012. The accused on Friday was remanded to two weeks judicial custody by the district sessions court

Bengaluru/Belagavi, Nov 12: The Congress high command is learnt to have directed the party's state unit to submit a report on the issue of Primary and Secondary Education Minister Tanveer Sait watching pornography at a public function. Sources in the state unit of the Congress said that AICC general secretary in charge of Karnataka, Digvijaya Singh, has asked Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee

Raichur, Nov 12: Primary and Secondary Education Minister Tanveer Sait has said that he would sue the media for slander in connection with the reports that he was watching porn during Tipu Jayanti programme on Thursday. “I was watching visuals of Tipu Jayanti celebrations in Mysuru and not any porn. The media has blamed me for the wrong I have not committed. I?have also made preparations to lodge

Ballari: Nov 12: Renowned Kannada, Hindi and Telugu film stars will take part in the four-daystar nite' organised as part of the marriage celebrations of Brahmini, the daughter of former minister Janardhana Reddy. The grand wedding is scheduled for November 16 at the Palace Grounds in Bengaluru. The gala event will be aired live only by Janasri TV channel and no other media house has been

Ballari, Nov 12: As many as 78 of the 324 Pre-University/Plus II marks cards whose genuineness was in doubt have been found to be fake and the Vijayanagar Sri Krishnadevaraya University has decided not to allow such students to appear for the first year degree exams, according to M.S. Subhas, university Vice-Chancellor. Addressing a press conference here on Friday, Mr. Subhas said that marks cards

Mangaluru, Nov 11: Hundreds of students of Canara Pre-University College on Jail Road protested on Friday against the college management for forcing them to drink contaminated well water. The students, who got the water tested at KMC Hospital, found that the water they had been consuming for several months is contaminated. The laboratory report states that the bacteriological water shows

Mangaluru, Nov 11: Expressing shock over the coldblooded killing of a murder-accused in Mysuru Central Jail, Food and Civil Supplies Minister U T Khader has come down heavily on communal organisations that misguide youths and persuade them to indulge in criminal activities. “An enquiry has already been ordered into the murder of Mustafa Kavoor and cops have taken action against the culprits. But

New Delhi, Nov 11: In an unprecedented action, the Supreme Court today issued notice of contempt to its former judge Markandey Katju for using "intemperate" language and "scandalising" judiciary as he appeared before a bench and had heated exchanges with it. A bench comprising justices Ranjan Gogoi, P C Pant and U U Lalit said Katju's statement in a recent blog constituted a serious assault on

Mangaluru, Nov 11: Thousands of people including activists of social and political organisations on Friday attended the funeral of Mustafa Kavoor, who was murdered in Mysuru. Mustafa had breathed his last at KR?Hospital within an hour after he was brutally attacked with sharp weapons by Kiran Shetty (36), a fellow inmate in Mysuru Central Prison on Thursday. The body, which bore grievous injuries

Bengaluru, Nov 11: The Karnataka high court on Friday dismissed a PIL against the demonetization of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes by the Union government. Dismissing the petition filed by one Mohammed Haroon Rashid, an advocate, a division bench headed by chief justice noted that hiccups are common when such an exercise is undertaken. The Union government informed the court that