Karnataka

Bengaluru, May 14: History-sheeter Yashaswini dramatically escaped from hospital a day after the Subramanyapura police registered a case against her for threatening and assaulting a woman who had borrowed money from her. Police said that as soon as the complaint was registered, Yashaswini (in pic) complained of chest pain and got herself admitted to a private hospital. Following this, two

Udupi, May 14: With a major water crisis looming Udupi district, special prayers were offered at temples, a mosque and a church seeking rain. The water level at Baje Dam across the Swarna, which provides drinking water to Udupi city, was down to 2.15 metres on Friday. This, despite the fact that the city had received brief spells of rainfall on May 11 and 12. Municipal councillors and officials

Bengaluru, May 14: Controversial Kannada film actor Mythriya Gowda has been sentenced to two years' imprisonment by the city court. Her sister and two relatives have been sentenced to one year imprisonment for assaulting a traffic policeman over a trivial row in Basaveshwaranagar in 2011. Background: Ms. Gowda was driving the car. Her sister Supriya and two relatives — Roopa and Rekha — were in

Patna, May 14: Two journalists have been shot dead in Bihar and neighbouring Jharkhand in the last 24 hours. On Friday evening, Rajdev Ranjan, a journalist with over 20 years of experience and the bureau chief of the Hindi daily Hindustan, was shot dead in Bihar's Siwan district. Five shots were fired at him at extremely close range near Siwan's railway station. Mr Ranjan was dead by the time he

Mumbai, May 14: While giving clean chit to Sadhvi Pragya Thakur and 5 others in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, the National Investigating Agency (NIA) has levelled shocking allegations against Late Hemant Karkare led Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad, which had exposed the saffron terrorism. The NIA has accused Karkare and team of using torture to extract confessional statement from the terror

Bengaluru, May 14: A senior citizen, a Muslim woman, a girl student and a transgender joined Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his Cabinet colleagues to mark the inauguration of Jana Mana to celebrate the completion of three years of the Congress government in office. The message was clear and sometimes deliberate that it is a government for all. Held at the Babu Rajendra Prasad International

Kozhikode, May 13: In a bizarre incident, a Border Security Force (BSF) Inspector deployed for elections duty in Kerala was gunned down by a jawan of the same force following an argument over leave late last night. The deceased has been identified as Ram Gopal Meena, 45, of Rajasthan. The incident took place at the BSF camp at Kottakkal Islamic Academy School at around 11,30 p.m. A police team led

Hathras (UP), May 13: A principal in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras district worked out his own "caste arithmetic", segregating students of Class IX on the basis of their caste and appointing class teachers on a similar basis, prompting authorities to remove him. Acting on complaints that Radhey Shyam Varshney, Principal of Seth Phulchand Bagla Inter College, a government- aided institution, had

Mumbai, May 13: In a complete U-turn, the NIA today dropped all charges against Sadhvi Pragya Thakur and five others in the 2008 Malegaon blast case while charges under the stringent MCOCA law have been given up against all the other 10 accused including Lt Col Prasad Shrikant Purohit. During investigation, "sufficient evidences have not been found against" Pragya Singh Thakur and five others, the

Jeddah, May 13: Checking out your spouse's phone without his or her consent because you suspect some indiscretion could cost you a whopping SR500,000 fine, a year in jail, or both. This is according to lawyer Khaled Al-Babatain, who told a local publication that the definition of spying under current laws include eavesdropping or accessing information electronically. He said the same penalties