Karnataka

Kupwara (Kashmir), Apr 16: The schoolgirl from Handwara - whose alleged molestation by a security personnel had triggered protests across the Kashmir Valley - and her father has been illegally detained by the police, her mother has said. She also told a news channel that the girl's statement to the police, pointing to misbehavior by a local boy, was given under pressure. Narrating the sequence of

Mangaluru, Apr 16: Two prominent Mangaluru based Pre-University colleges that are known for producing' rank students and state toppers' have been raided by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officials in connection with the II PU chemistry paper leakage case. The CID officials raided Expert PU College and Mahesh PU College of Mangaluru on Friday. Apart from these two prestigious

New Delhi, Apr 16: Amidst report of a massive state sponsored conspiracy to give clean chit to saffron terrorists, the National Investigation Agency under PM Narendra Modi led government has allegedly made an attempt to give a new twist to the Samjhauta Express terror attack case. The NIA had arrested a few leaders of extremist Hindutva groups in connection with the Samjhauta train blasts of 2007

New Delhi, Apr 16: Congress president Sonia Gandhi conveyed her annoyance to KPCC chief Parameshwara on Friday over the controversy in awarding government contracts to a firm where Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's son is a director. Taking a serious view of reports that point to cronyism, Sonia told Parameshwara that such episodes raised numerous questions and everyone concerned must act to restore

Mangaluru, Apr 16: A local court has sent a 26-year-old man to seven years of imprisonment for sexually assaulting a married woman after entering her house under the pretext of asking water at a village in Belthangady taluk of Dakshina Kannada district. Judge D.T. Puttarangaswamy of the Sixth Additional District and Sessions Court while sentencing Iqbal to seven years on Friday directed him to pay

Ahmedabad, Apr 16: In a sudden move, Gujarat DGP PC Thakur was shunted out on Friday as the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) appointed him DG of Fire Services, Civil Defence and Home Guards in the government of India till his superannuation in December 2016. IPS officer PP Pandey had spent of 18 months behind bars in Sabarmati jail Following Mr. Thakur's appointment at the Centre, the State

Mangaluru, Apr 15: Nearly three dozens of people were injured, a few of them seriously, when a portion of the makeshift viewers gallery from where they were watching a Pro-Kabaddi match at Panambur beach collapsed all of a sudden on Friday night. The tragedy occurred on the inaugural day of the three-day National Invitational Pro-Kabaddi tournament being organised by the Dakhina Kannada Amateur

Bengaluru, Apr 15: BS Yeddyurappa, BJP's Karnataka unit chief and its chief ministerial candidate for the state assembly elections scheduled in 2018, will head to drought-affected districts in a Rs 1-crore vehicle. The Toyota Land Cruiser Prado was gifted to Yeddyurappa by former industries minister Murugesh R Nirani on his first day in office as state BJP president. The 2,982 cc SUV, adorned with

Mangaluru, Apr 15: A small group of human rights activists and rationalists of Mangaluru have slammed the “silence” of political parties and other groups over the murder of 51-year-old Right to Information activist Vinayak Panduranga Baliga, who was hacked to death on March 21. They staged a protest under the aegis of Deshapremi Sanghatanegala Okkoota on Friday in the city and demanded proper

Mumbai, Apr 15: At a time when several parts of Maharashtra are facing severe water crisis, thousands of litres of water were used for a make-shift helipad at a village, close to the airport, where Revenue Minister Eknath Khadse landed for reviewing drought situation in Latur district. Local officials used 10,000 litres water for the helipad at Belkund village where the minister paid a visit to