Karnataka

Mangaluru, Oct 20: Dakshina Kannada District Congress Committee working president Ibrahim Kodichal has justified the practice of polygamy, saying that it is far better than secret extra martial affairs and prostitution. Speaking to media persons over the controversies regarding the Muslim personal law and central government's attempt to implement uniform civil code, he said that there is lot of

New Delhi, Oct 20: Most people associate domestic violence with men beating women. However, a new study proves that this is not always the case. The statistic revealed by the United Nations Crime Statistics stated that Indian wives ranked third for beating up their husbands. India is led by the United Kingdom and Egypt that are in second and first place respectively. This study is backed by the

Managluru, Oct 20: Vaishnav Hegde, an ace swimmer from Puttur Aquatic Club, bagged a gold for India in the 50m breastroke at the South Asian Aquatic Championship (SAAC) in Colombo, on Wednesday. This SAAC swim championship has top swimmers from SAARC nations. Vaishnav clocked 29.31 to clinch the gold. Jashandeep Singh of India who clocked 29.60, bagged second and third was Kiran Jayasinghe from

Bengaluru, Oct 20: The Karnataka High court on Thursday stayed the execution of Umesh Reddy, who was sentenced to death in a rape and murder case, till the court adjudicates his plea for commuting death penalty to life imprisonment. A Division Bench, comprising Chief Justice Subhro Kamal Mukherjee and Justice Budihal R.B, passed the interim order after preliminary round of hearing of Reddy's

Kuala Lumpur, Oct 20: Sheikh Aboobacker Ahmed, one of the most influential Muslim scholar and educationist in India, has been awarded the OIC Jewels of the Muslim World Award 2016 along with seven other achievers at a special ceremony held in Putra World Trade Centre, Kuala Lumpur. Also known as Kanthapuram AP Aboobacker Musliyar and AP Ustad among Keralites, he is the general secretary of All

Mangaluru, Oct 19: Consumerism has fuelled India's economic growth to a great extent in the last few decades and malls have played a key role heralding this consumer culture. With this India's mall space has hit new dimensions to suit the changing needs. Malls that come in different names like shopping malls, destination malls, pedestrian malls, transit malls, high ways malls, theme based malls

Mandya, Oct 20: The Janata Dal (Secular) MLA KC Narayana Gowda, who represents K R Pet constituency, has allegedly manhandled Narayan, an executive engineer at the Irrigation Department, Hemavathi Irrigation Division. The MLA attempted to drag the engineer out of the office and also threatened to set his office afire if the department did not heed to his demand of immediately discharging water to

Dubai, Oct 20: A newly-wed man in the UAE has divorced his wife saying he could not recognise her when he saw her natural face for the first time after her make-up got washed off when she went for swimming. The Arab couple went swimming at the Al Mamzar beach in Sharjah in the UAE after the 34-year-old man saw his 28-year-old wife's "features change" as her makeup washed off, said a psychologist

Bantwal, Oct 20: More than two weeks after it tried to swallow an 11-year-old boy at Sajipa village in Bantwal taluk, the aggressive python has finally been caught by the same boy's relative with the help of two more local residents. On Wednesday (October 19) at around 7 p.m., Jagadish Kudur, a relative of the brave Vaishakh, who had defeated the giant reptile earlier this month, was on his way to

Mangaluru, Oct 20: A 4-year-old boy and his grandfather drowned in a well at Ivarnadu under Bellare police station limits in Sullia taluk on Wednesday evening. According to police, the incident occurred when the grandfather rushed to save the little boy who accidentally slipped into the well. On Wednesday, Jathappa, 58, was clearing grass with a trimming machine in his garden at around 7pm, when