Karnataka

Chandigarh, Apr 23: Nearly a month after a Dalit woman was dragged, abducted and allegedly raped in Muktsar district of Punjab, the accused youth surrendered before a court in the district. The accused was caught abducting the woman on a CCTV camera installed in a nearby shop in Malout in Muktsar. Muktsar's SSP Gurpreet Singh Gill said today that the accused youth surrendered before a court in

Mangaluru, Apr 23: Prof. KK Vijayalakshmi, Dean, Faculty of Science, Mangalore University and also Professor, Department of Applied Zoology at the university, died on Thursday night. She is survived by her husband Krishnadas. Her body was cremated on Friday at her native place in Vittla. She was a teacher at the university since 1981. Ms. Vijayalakshmi had served in various bodies of the

Manaluru, Apr 23: Repeated incidents of immoral policing are a major hurdle in the growth of tourism sector in Dakshina Kannada district, according to Deputy Commissioner AB Ibrahim. He was delivering a lecture on Local governance and sustainable development of Dakshina Kannada' at the National Institute of Technology – Karnataka (NIT-K) at Surathkal on Friday. Calling upon the people in Dakshina

New Delhi, Apr 23: A father chopped off the hands of a teenager who allegedly raped his baby daughter before dumping him alive near a canal in Punjab, the police said. Parminder Singh approached the 17-year-old accused on Tuesday after he had appeared in a local court charged with raping the then seven-month-old girl in 2014. Police said Mr Singh, 25, lured the teenager away from the court in

To avoid rumours spread via social media app WhatsApp groups during tension in the Valley, the Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to make license compulsory to create a WhatsApp news group. This move comes a few days after mobile internet services were suspended for three days in Kashmir after 5 people were killed in the Handwara protest. The administrators of WhatsApp news groups will have

Udupi, Apr 23: The creating of Kaup Town Municipal Council (TMC) will create more problems for the people of Kaup and surrounding villages, according to former MP K Jayaprakash Hegde. The Kaup TMC was created by amalgamating Kaup and its surrounding villages. The polls for the newly created TMC will be held on April 24. In a press release issued here, Mr. Hegde said that instead of creating a new

Mysuru, Apr 23: Strongly condemning the recent incidents of honour killing in Mysuru and Mandya districts, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said the government would encourage inter-faith and inter-caste marriages and extend monetary help to newly married couples. Speaking after inaugurating a workshop on Women, women laws and human rights — a perspective', organised jointly by the Karnataka State

Shivamogga/Bengaluru, Apr 23: The state government has not taken the final decision on awarding grace marks to students who took the II PUC Mathematics examination last month, Minister for Primary and Secondary Education Kimmane Ratnakar has said. Speaking to reporters on Friday, he stated that “no question was out of syllabus in the paper” as suggested by many students. He cited the finding of an

Bengaluru, Apr 23: The Lokayukta special court on Friday ordered an investigation against Textile Minister Baburao Chinchansur in a compliant of disproportionate assets (DA). One Shantappa, a resident of Yadgir district, had filed the private complaint against the minister. The complainant alleged that the minister has procured assets during his tenure as the MLA beyond his declared source of

New Delhi, Apr 23: The Karnataka government on Friday approached the Supreme Court challenging the High Court's order quashing as many as 15 first information reports (FIRs) against former chief minister and BJP leader B S Yeddyurappa by the Lokayukta relating to denotification of land. Seeking immediate stay of the High Court's January 5 order, the Karnataka government contended that there would