Karnataka

Chennai, Oct 26: Madras High Court has a solution for curbing sex offences against children- castration. A Madras HC judge has suggested that the Central government consider castration as an additional form of punishment for child sex abusers. “Traditional laws are not stringent enough to yield any desired positive result. Suggestion of castration looks barbaric, but barbaric crimes should

Bengaluru, Oct 26: The much-awaited reshuffle of the Siddaramaiah-led Cabinet is likely to take place soon as Digvijaya Singh, as the State incharge of the party’s affairs, is scheduled to hold talks with leaders from the State on Monday. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is scheduled to arrive in the national capital on Monday. Digvijaya Singh will hold a meeting with him, along with KPCC?president G

Bengaluru, Oct 25: Here the surprise news about the ‘Bigg Boss 3 Kannada’ comes out. NC Aiyappa, one of the squad members of the Coastaldigest.com cricket team for Amaco Mangalore Premier League has entered the much awaited TV reality show which was started on Sunday at Colors Kannada Entertainment TV Channel. NC Aiyappa Abhinaya Chakravarthy Sudeep is hosting the programme as like earlier two

Hubballi, Oct 25: SR?Hiremath, the leader of Samaja Parivartana Samudaya (SPS) said that the government was colluding with land mafia in the Joy Ice Cream case. He told reporters that Additional Advocate General A?G?Shivanna had not filed a written submission, though the High Court had given adequate time. Shivanna wrote to government officials suggesting that the land sold by Joy Ice Cream to

Mangaluru, Oct 25: As many as eight tourists including women have been saved from drowning by the lifeguards and surfers at Panambur beach in two incidents. Yatish Bykampady, chief executive officer of PBTDP said the two instances of near drowning happened almost at the same time and the role played by the surfers too was vital on a day that saw the beach register footfalls in excess of 35,000

Bengaluru, Oct 25: Samana Manaskara Havyaka Vedike - a group of Havyaka Brahmins associated with the decades-old Ramachandrapura Mutt on Saturday came out in the open to mount pressure on pontiff Raghaveshwara Bharathi, accused of raping two women disciples, to step down from his position. “The truth is out in the open, which has shamed all those who are associated with the Mutt. The seer has no

Mysuru, Oct 25: Three suspected thieves including a prominent seer of a mutt have been arrested in connection with the theft of a silver chariot. Vidyamanohar Tirtha Swami, the pontiff of Sosale Vyasaraj Mutt, his mother Srimathi and Pramod, his disciple are the arrested. The trio was arrested by the district police on the charge of misuse of silver articles, including the silver plating of a

Bengaluru/Mysuru, Oct 25: A day before Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s scheduled meeting with his political bosses in New Delhi, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president G Parameshwara met former chief minister S M Krishna, sparking off speculations in the party circles. Parameshwara, who is vying for the deputy chief minister post, met Krishna at his residence on Saturday morning, before

Kasaragod, Oct 25: A 52-year-old man was arrested on Saturday on the charge of sexually abusing his minor daughter. His minor son was also arrested on the same charge. The duo, residing at Azad Nagar in Mogral Puthur village, were arrested under provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, and produced before the district sessions court, specially constituted to try

Kasaragod, Oct 25: Providing yet another breakthrough in the daylight robbery of Rs.5.13 crore worth gold and cash from the Kudlu Service Cooperative Bank branch here, the police have nabbed a prime accused in the case from Virajpet town of Karnataka’s Madikeri district. The special investigation team probing the case nabbed Mujeeb, 30, a resident of Chawki in the district, on Saturday, said