Karnataka

Mangaluru, Oct 23: In a bizarre incident, a minor girl was allegedly abused by her own mother for over a year after the former failed SSLC examinations in Belthangady taluk of Dakshina Kannada district. Child Helpline and District Children Protection Unit have now recued the girl and sent her to a rehabilitation centre, at Mangaluru. Police said that the girl was subjected to physical abuse and

Panaji, Oct 23: The Shiv Sena has worked out an electoral alliance with the Goa Suraksha Manch(GSM), a newly-formed party by RSS rebels, for the upcoming Assembly polls. Shiv Sena chief Udhav Thackeray, who arrived here on Saturday for a two-day visit, held talks with a GSM delegation led by Mr. Subhash Velingkar. According to a spokesman, an alliance for the elections has been forged on the basis

Bengaluru, Oct 23: Kannada actor Darshan Thogudeepa and owners of seven other houses in Rajarajeshwari Nagar, west Bengaluru, have been given 15 days to vacate their homes or else the buildings will be demolished for encroaching on storm water drains. As announced earlier, the district authorities arrived at Ideal Homes Township and took possession of eight houses, 20 vacant sites, a park, two

Bengaluru, Oct 23: Those who speak ill of Sonia Gandhi and her family should be slippered, said Indian Youth Congress president Amrinder Singh Raja Brar on Saturday. Addressing a gathering during the launch of a membership drive of the state Youth Congress, Singh launched a scathing attack on Uttar Pradesh Congress president Rita Bahuguna Joshi, who quit the party, saying leaders like her

Bengaluru, Oct 23: A senior BJP leader on Saturday sought a meeting of all city MLAs and MLCs to discuss the Congress government's steel flyover project. Union Minister for Statistics and Programme Implementation D?V?Sadananda Gowda told Bengaluru Development Minister K J George to take people's representatives into confidence. The project falls under Gowda's Lok Sabha constituency (Bengaluru

Udupi, Oct 22: The police have tightened security around Sri Krishna Mutt and temple, and roads leading to it after the Deputy Commissioner, on Saturday, issued orders that organisers ofKanaka Nade' should not conduct any cleanliness campaign in these places on Sunday. Superintendent of Police K T Balakrishna has said that the district administration and the police have denied permission to

Mangaluru, Oct, 22: Terming the attack on Rev. Fr Michael Santhumayor, the principal of Milagres College, Mangaluru, by a final year degree student on October 20,highly condemnable' andinhuman act', UT Ifthikar Fareed, Senate Member of Rajiv Gandhi University, has said that the incident brought disgrace to the Dakhshina Kannad district, which is known as an educational hub in the country. In a

Bengaluru, Oct 22: Holding surgeons of a reputable city hospital guilty of negligence, the Karnataka Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has directed the hospital to pay Rs 23.54 lakh as compensation to the complainant. The complaint was filed by an advocate whose wife died in the operation theatre in Fortis hospital on February 11, 2010. The bench comprising commission chairman Justice B S

Mangaluru, Oct 22: Veteran Congress leader B Janardhana Poojary has smelt conspiracy in party's demagogue C M Ibrahim's unexpected against Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramiah and demanded his removal from the post of deputy chairman of Karnataka Planning Board. Speaking to media persons here on Saturday Mr Poojary, who has several times criticized the CM for various reasons in the past, took

Vadodara, Oct 22: Accusing previous governments of having "no vision" for aviation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said his government has come out with the first integrated policy for the sector and is working in a "mission mode" for its expansion which will spur growth and employment. Dedicating the new integrated terminal building of the airport here, Modi noted that India in the near