Karnataka

Mangaluru, Dec 6: 26-year-old Mahesh, who had sexually assaulted a 19-year college student in Moodbidri two years ago, has been sentenced to seven years of rigorous imprisonment here. The VI Additional District and Sessions Court judge DT Puttarangaswamy pronounced the judgement on Saturday. He also ordered Mahesh to pay a fine of Rs. 13,000, of which Rs. 10,000 should be paid to the girl

Manipal, Dec 6: Udupi Superintendent of Police K Annamalai has expressed concern over increasing number of chain snatching cases in the district. Addressing media persons here, he said that women wearing gold ornaments should be careful while walking on the roads. The snatcher who wanted to snatch the chain would drive once on the road to check the woman and what she was wearing. It was only

Mysuru, Dec 6: A Facebook post helped a techie from Mysuru bring his wife back from the flood-affected Chennai. The techie couple reached the City safely on Saturday. Vinay Kumar works as an environmental engineer in Bengaluru while his wife Vishnu Priya is a mechanical engineer in Chennai. Following the deluge, Kumar had lost contact with his wife for over five days. He could not travel to

Bengaluru, Dec 6: The Congress is facing the heat of rebellion ahead of the upcoming elections to the Karnataka Legislative Council from the local bodies scheduled for December 27. At least two party leaders, who were aspiring to contest the polls, have threatened to enter the fray as rebel candidates. Sitting Congress MLC, B T Dayanand Reddy, declared on Saturday that he would contest the polls

Manipal, Dec 6: Archana Jaivittal MJ of Asare, a home for the specially challenged, run by Archana Trust and Manipal University, has been conferred the National Award for the Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, 2015 under the category - Role Model Awards. According to a press release issued by the Manipal University here on Saturday, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented the award at

Mangaluru, Dec 5: The police have launched a manhunt for an alleged rapist after an unwed woman gave birth to a child at a government hospital in the city. The 28-year old “rape victim” hailing from Veerakamba village in Bantwal taluk, who had reportedly denied abortion, had been admitted to the Lady Goschen Govt Hospital for delivery on Friday. She gave birth to a healthy baby boy. Following the

Mangaluru, Dec 5: The presence of mind of a manager on thwarted a major robbery bid at a finance firm in the city. However, the five member gang of robbers managed to escape. Muthoottu Mini Finance at Kulai here was targeted by the robbers armed with pistol on Saturday. It is learnt that the gang came in a Maruti Omni and parked the vehicle on the other side of the highway. Initially, three

Mangaluru Dec 5: As part of Aam Aadmi Party’s Bribe-Free Karnataka campaign, the Dakshina Kananda unit of the party will be conducting a Bribe-Free Mangaluru campaign on Monday, Dec 7. Dayanand Kotian, President-Forum for Justice, will inaugurate this campaign at Sub Registrar office in the city at 10 a.m. In a release issued here the party has requested all Mangalureans to get their work done in

Kalaburagi, Dec 5: The sleuths of the Internal Security Wing continued questioning three journalists, including the editor of a local Urdu daily in Kalaburagi on Saturday at an undisclosed location in Kalaburagi. However, senior officials have clarified that they are yet to establish or find any substantial information or evidence against the three, who were picked up after the arrest of 21-year

Mangaluru, Dec 5: No individual or organisation in Dakshina Kannada is authorised collect donation for the flood-affected people in Chennai, clarified A.B. Ibrahim, the Deputy Commissioner of the district. In a release issued here, he said that it has come to the notice of the government that some organisations and individuals have launched an initiative to collect donations. The Tamil Nadu