Karnataka

Bengaluru, April 1: A City court on Thursday discharged seer Raghaveshwara Bharathi of Ramachandrapura Mutt of raping a singer, who was part of Rama Katha discourses organised by the Mutt. The Civil Court Hall-54 judge G B Mudigoudar discharged the accused against whom the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) had filed a charge sheet under Sections 376 (2) (f) and 376 (2) (n) for rape and 508

Kolkata, Apr 1: Death toll in the flyover collapse in Kolkata rose to 24 on Friday as the army and other emergency workers battled through Thursday night to rescue dozens of people still trapped under the debris. Doctors and paramedics of the army worked throughout the night to treat those rescued from the debris even as the state government ordered a high-level probe into the incident. The

Mangaluru, Mar 31: Senior Congress leader B. Janardhana Poojary on Thursday joined many leaders who have demanded that Minister of State for Primary and Secondary Education Kimmane Ratnakar resign owning moral responsibility for the second PU Chemistry question paper leak for the second time. Speaking to presspersons here, Mr. Poojary said that if Mr. Ratnakar does not resign on his own, Chief

Mangaluru, Mar 31: As many as 10 students undergoing Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) advanced/JEE-main/AIPMT training at Centre for Advanced Learning (CFAL), Mangaluru have been selected for fellowships in the prestigious Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) 2015-16. With these results, CFAL students have reasserted they are among the best in science and math subjects in India. Kenrick Pinto

Mangaluru, Mar 31: The city police team investigating RTI activist Vinayak Baliga murder case on Thursday raided residential premises of Yuva Brigade (erstwhile NaMo Brigade) leader Naresh Shenoy. The development comes a day after the city police issued a look out notice for two suspects in the murder case one of whom is said to be a close aide of Mr Shenoy. Baliga was hacked to death on March 21

New Delhi, Mar 31: Passengers coming to India and not carrying dutiable goods will not have to fill up customs declaration form from tomorrow. Flyers carrying prohibited and dutiable goods will only be filling up such declaration form, which was earlier mandatory for all passengers coming to the country. The move is part of a new and simplified measure announced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley

Bengaluru, Mar 31: The II Pre-University Chemistry (PUC) re-examination that was scheduled on Thursday, will be conducted on April 12. Meanwhile, the Education Ministry suspended 40 employees of the Department of Pre-University Education of Karnataka. The Chemistry exam that was first scheduled on March 21 was cancelled and postponed after a II PU science student alerted the authorities about the

New Delhi, Mar 31: A high-level committee set up by the Central government to review the status of women in India has reportedly recommended a ban on the practice of oral, unilateral and triple talaq (divorce) and polygamy - a demand already made by a majority of Indian Muslim women. As per a report published in the leading daily The Indian Express, the assessment of family laws governing Muslim

Bengaluru, Mar 31: Thousands of students and their parents have launched protests across Karnataka after II PU Chemistry papers were leaked once again. The move forced the board to postpone the pre-university course examination for the third time in last 10 days. Last week, the Chemistry exam was postponed as the papers were leaked and the Board found out about it only after the exams were

Udupi, Mar 31: Continuing his tirade against intellectuals and rationalists, Vishwesha Tirtha Swami of Paryaya Pejawar Mutt has accused them of dividing Hindu society. On the other hand, the seer whole heartedly praised Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) and other hardline Hindutva groups. Speaking after inaugurating the third All India Satsanga Varga' of the VHP at the Rama Vittala Hall, here, on