Karnataka

Srinagar, Oct 8: Independent MLA Sheikh Abdul Rashid was today thrashed by some BJP legislators in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly for throwing a beef party here, triggering an uproar from the opposition which staged a walkout. The manhandling of the MLA, who had thrown a beef party at the MLA hostel here yesterday, came on a day the Assembly is scheduled to take up a bill on the ban on the meat

Bengaluru, Oct 8: Two BPO staffers were stripped, beaten up and robbed in their office van on way to their workplace by three men travelling in another car in Mico Layout in southeastern Bengaluru. Police recently arrested three suspects based on the description given by the victims and the CCTV camera footage. For the BPO staffers, the incident unfolded like a nightmare. Apart from the driver

Mangaluru, Oct 8: Two female child labourers were rescued by the officials from a house at Mallikatta junction in the city on Wednesday. The team of officers from the Labour department, District Child Protection Unit and Childline jointly carried out the operation. The team went to the house after they were tipped off about the two young girls doing household chores. The officials found that the

Lucknow, Oct 8: Tension prevailed in Malipur area in Uttar Pradesh's Ambedkar Nagar district after locals torched a truck allegedly carried cows and assaulted a Muslim youth. Police sources here said the truck was on its way to the neighbouring Sultanpur district on Wednesday morning, when it collided with a tractor-trolley near Salahpur village. Violence The crowd that gathered at the spot turned

Bengaluru, Oct 8: The Bruhanmath of Chitradurga will present the prestigious Basavashri award to the late M.M. Kalburgi for his achievements in the field of Kannada literature and research. The litterateur had followed the ideals of Basavanna throughout his life and made sustained efforts to bring changes in society, Shivamurthy Muruga Sharanaru of the mutt said on Wednesday. He said that this

Mangaluru, Oct 7: An elderly man was stabbed to death by a miscreant at Ambikanagar, Kavoor on the outskirts of the city on Wednesday night. The deceased has been identified as Mohammed (55), son of Hasanabba. He was a scrap dealer by profession and a resident of Kavoor. The circumstances leading to his murder are not known. According to sources, he was stabbed by an unidentified person when he

Bengaluru, Oct 7: Karnataka government today voiced its displeasure over Chief Minister Siddaramaiah not being invited for an IT event attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and German Chancellor Angela Merkel,asking the BJP leader was this his concept of strengthening federal structure. The ruling Congress also hit out Modi, asking, "Is this Cooperative Federalism which PM talks about?" An

Bengaluru, Oct 7: The CID has sought the cancellation of bail granted to Raghaveshwara Bharathi, the head of Ramachandrapura Mutt, who has been accused of rape. The seer had missed the date with the CID for medical examination last week. The CID said since the pontiff was not co-operating in the investigation, his bail should be cancelled. The CID filed the application before the 51 Additional

Bengaluru, Oct 7: The Central Food Laboratory (CFL), Kolkata, has found traces of aluminium and monosodium glutamate (MSG) in Maggi samples from Karnataka. According to the report submitted by CFL to the State Health department, it found 0.119 ppm of aluminium in the samples tested. The State Health department is however yet to ascertain what the permissible limit for aluminium is from the Food

London, Oct 7: An Indian woman employee at the London office of IT major Wipro has filed a 1 million pounds compensation case of sexual discrimination, unequal pay and unfair dismissal against the firm. She alleged she was subjected to a "deeply predatory, misogynistic culture" and forced into an affair with a married boss at the Bangalore-headquartered firm's UK division. The 39-year-old told an