Karnataka

Mysuru, Feb 19: Former chairperson of State Women’s Commission (SWC) C Manjula said, while a former chief minister was verbally attacking a former woman MP in Mandya district, the chief minister, who was in the neighbouring Mysuru district, famous for doling out various ‘bhagyas’, did not even think about providing ‘security bhagya’ for women. Addressing media persons, here, on Thursday, Manjula

Bengaluru, Feb 19: IPS officer N Harish, 32, died exactly a month before his wedding. His family, which lives in Manjunathanagar near Rajajinagar in northern Bengaluru, was planning to distribute wedding invitation cards when news broke of his death on Thursday morning. Harish’s wedding was scheduled for March 18 and 19 at a function hall in Basaveshwaranagar here. The family, which was preparing

Malappuram, Feb 19: Noted Shariath scholar and Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama general secretary Cherusseri Zainuddin Musliar, 79, died at a private hospital in Kozhikode on Thursday. He was buried at Darul Huda Islamic University complex, Chemmad, where he had taught Shariat laws for 25 years. Thousands of people from different walks of life paid tributes to him. His body was brought first to

Mangaluru, Feb 18: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Coordinator of Public Relations Cell (Samparka Pramukh) of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana T S Venkatesh ruled out the charge that only people belonging to upper crust of the society dominate the RSS. In an interaction with media persons at Hotel Ocean Pearl in the city on Thursday, he said RSS does not bring in the concept of religion

New Delhi, Feb 18: BJP MLA O P Sharma, who was caught on camera beating a CPI activist at Patiala House court three days back, was arrested today. The first-time MLA was questioned for around eight hours at the Tilak Marg police station in connection with the case. He was then arrested on charge of causing hurt and was released on bail, a senior police official said. The Delhi Police had come

Mangaluru, Feb 18: As the campaign for February 20 elections to Zilla and Taluk Panchayat came to an end on Wednesday, candidates and parties are barred from seeking votes through social networking cites and electronic gadgets. Candidates or their parties cannot send SMS on mobile phones or messages through WhatsApp seeking votes in the next two days from Thursday. They are also barred from using

New Delhi, Feb 18: Students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) ate beef on the campus and worshipped Mahishasur instead of goddess Durga and hence they are “anti-nationals,” said a Delhi Police report on the Afzal Guru event held on the campus on February 9. The report reveals how the police had been snooping in the campus for the last two years and wanted the authorities to install CCTV cameras

Chennai, Feb 18: A 32-year-old police officer was found hanging in Chennai this morning. N Harish, who was in the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption, was found dead in his room at the officers' mess. The police suspect it could be a case of suicide, but say no suicide note has been found. Mr Harish, a 2009 batch IPS or Indian Police Service officer, was from Karnataka. He was recently

Melbourne, Feb 18: Never the one to shy away from a bit of adventurism, Australian spin legend Shane Warne ended up getting bitten on his head by an anaconda during his ongoing stint on a reality TV show here. According to a report on news.com.au, Warne, while performing a task on the show 'I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here!', Warne was bitten by a non-venomous anaconda. "After bravely facing

Mangaluru, Feb 18: An engineering student was found hanging from a tree off Court Road in Mangaluru on Thursday morning under mysterious circumstances. The deceased has been identified as Baiju Thomas, aged around 22 years, a resident of Vellarikundu, Kasargod. A student of Srinivas School of Engineering, Mukka, on the outskirts of the city, Thomas was a staying in Mangalanagar, Bolar, here as a