Karnataka

Bengaluru, Feb 13: The body of a two-and-a-half-year-old girl child was found in a garbage heap in Gopalappa Layout in Hebbal. The deceased is Trisha. She is the child of Vijay Tamang, a cook in a hotel on M.G. Road, and Seema Tamang, a homemaker. They are residents of Gopalappa Layout. The family is from West Bengal. Around 7 p.m., the child had ventured out of the house to play. An hour later

New Delhi, Feb 13: Condemning the prevalence of the illegal practice of “dedicating” young girls as Devadasis in Hindu society, the Supreme Court on Friday described the practice as an “evil” done to women, who were later even subjected to sexual exploitation and pushed into prostitution. Taking a stern view, a Bench of Justices F.M.I. Kalifulla and S.A. Bobde directed all States and Union

Udupi, Feb 13: BJP leader BS Yeddyurappa has predicted that there would be more instability in the Congress government in Karnataka after the zilla and taluk panchayat elections. Speaking to presspersons after addressing a public meeting at Udyavar, near Udupi, the former chief minister said some amount of confusion and dissent was there in all political parties, but dissent in the Congress was

Bengaluru, Feb 13: Byelections to three Assembly constituencies, Hebbal in Bengaluru, Devadurga in Raichur district and Bidar and election to 550 Zilla Panchayat (ZP) seats and 1,945 Taluk Panchayat (TP)?seats across 15 districts is being held on Saturday. District administrations and the police have made elaborate security arrangements to ensure smooth conduct of the polls. Electronic voting

Bengaluru, Feb 13: Union Law Minister D?V?Sadananda Gowda on Friday claimed that a few ministers in the Siddaramaiah Cabinet and some Congress legislators were distributing money to influence voters in the Hebbal Assembly constituency. Addressing a press conference in Bengaluru, he said the Congress was indulging in electoral malpractices and illegalities after the deadline for campaigning closed

Udupi, Feb 12: More than three years after a kindergarten student was sexually assaulted on board a school bus in Udupi taluk, the guilty was sentenced to a total of 16 years rigorous imprisonment. He was also imposed a fine of Rs. 13,000. District and Sessions Court Judge Shivashankar B. Amarannavar on Friday sentenced Shubha Kumar to 10 years rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs. 5,000

Patna, Feb 12: The vice-president of Bihar BJP and bahubali (strongman) of Bhojpur was killed on Friday, while a local party leader of Saran district was shot dead in Chhapra. Earlier, an LJP leader Brijnathi Singh was shot dead in Patna. The BJP has given 72-hour ultimatum to the Nitish Kumar government to arrest the criminals. BJP vice-president Visheshwar Ojha was killed on Friday evening in an

Dharwad, Feb 12: The body of Lance Naik Hanumanthappa Koppad was laid to rest with full state honours, after thousands of people bid an emotional farewell to the Siachen braveheart at his native village of Betadur in Dharwad district of north Karnataka today. Full throated chants of "Hanumanthappa amar rahe" and patriotic slogans rent the air as the mortal remains of Hanumanthappa was buried at a

Belagavi, Feb 12: More than two months after the arrest of a Muslim youth by Belagavi police on suspicion of links with terror outfits, the interrogation has failed to yield any leads, according to a senior police officer. Additional Director- General of Police (ADGP- Law and Order) Alok Mohan has admitted that no information came out in the interrogation of a person arrested while he was

Udupi, Feb 12: The Udupi District Mahila Congress Committee will organise a district-level women Congress workers’ convention at the Town Hall here on Saturday. Addressing presspersons here, Veronica Carnelio, president of the District Mahila Congress Committee, said that nearly 1,500 women party workers from across the district are expected to participate in the convention. The convention would