Karnataka

Ahmedabad, Jul 21: A fact finding team which visited Gujarat's Una town in connection with the brutal assault of Dalits, has claimed to have found a new trend among 'cow vigilantes' to show bravado by making a particular Dalit community as their "soft target". The incident of beating up of seven Dalit youths in Mota Samadhilya village of Gir-Somnath district last week has triggered large scale

Thane, Jul 21: In a suspected case of honour killing, a 16-year-old Dalit boy was allegedly killed by family members of an upper caste girl with whom he was in love with in Navi Mumbai. Seven persons have been arrested in connection with the case and the 17-year-old girl has also been detained, police said today. Following the incident, some members of the Republican Party of India (RPI) took out

Mangaluru, Jul 21: A small girl, aged around 2 years was found abandoned at Bejai area in Mangaluru on Thursday morning. The girl, who was found wrapped in a bed sheet at a commercial complex, bore injury marks on her face, hands and other parts of the body, sources said. She was spotted by a shopkeeper of the complex when he came to his shop in the morning. He immediately informed other

Mangaluru, Jul 21: Love birds in Mangaluru city and other parts of Dakshina Kannada now cannot get marry in any temple in their district if their parents are not ready to accept their wedding! Yes, the district administration of Dakshina Kannada has now made it mandatory for all temples to get the get a requisition letter from the parents of the prospective bride and groom before conducting a

Kasaragod, Jul 21: Amid growing concern over reports that the proposed high speed rail corridor in Kerala is planned only up to Kannur, Revenue Minister E. Chandrasekharan has urged Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to take steps to extend the line up to Mangaluru. In a memorandum submitted, Mr. Chandrasekharan urged Mr. Vijayan to ensure that the line ran up to Mangaluru, sources said on Wednesday

Udupi, Jul 21: The Udupi district police arrested a citizen from Nigeria for overstaying in Manipal and produced him before a court here on Wednesday. A press release issued by the district police here on Wednesday said that Augustine Junior Unadike, a Nigerian citizen, arrived in Manipal on August 24, 2011, and got admitted as student at the Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences for a B

Bengaluru, Jul 21: The government succeeded in convincing linguistic minority colleges to share their MBBS seats under the government quota on Wednesday. A consensual agreement has been signed and the government has obtained 500 seats that will be allotted in the third round of CET counselling. The Karnataka Examination Authority has extended the fee payment date for candidates who have selected

Bengaluru, Jul 21: The Cabinet on Wednesday gave its nod for the revised guidelines for premature release of convicted prisoners. The guidelines conform to a Supreme Court order of last year that state governments have no powers to remit sentences of persons who are convicted under a central law and cases are investigated by a central agency like the CBI. Briefing reporters after the meeting, Law

Bengaluru, Jul 21: Minister for Forest, Ecology and Environment B Ramanath Rai on Wednesday denied Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar's charges that Karnataka was destroying the Western Ghats ecology. “Charges made by the Goa chief minister are not factual. Our government has done a commendable job as far as forest conservation is concerned. Other states are following Karnataka's footsteps in

Mangaluru, Jul 20: The Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) is moving towards declaring the city open defecation. According to Mayor Harinath all houses in the city will have toilets and new public toilets will come up in 34 locations by October 2 when the city will be formally declared open-defecation free. Mr Harinath told presspersons here on Wednesday that as per a survey carried out in May 2015