Karnataka

Bengaluru, May 22: Dejected over failing in the second PU exams, Swathi D, a 17-year-old girl committed suicide by jumping from the 10th floor of an apartment in Whitefield under Kadugodi police limits on Thursday. Swathi was a resident of Prestige Shantiniketan apartment and a student of Gopalan PU College in Hoodi. The security on rounds noticed Swathi lying in a pool of blood and informed her

Mumbai, May 22: Amid a public outrage, the Mumbai Police booked leading diamond conglomerate Hare Krishna Exports Pvt. Ltd. on Thursday for discrimination and denying a young man a job because he was a Muslim. The Maharashtra government has said it will order an investigation. “Thanks for your application. We regret to inform you that we hire only non-Muslim candidates,” was the reply he received

Mangaluru, May 21: In a heart rending tragedy, two teenage brothers were drowned in Netravati River at Sujir Malli near Pudu village in Bantwal taluk on Thursday. The deceased are Muhammed Sahil (15) and his younger brother Muhammad Suhail (12), residents of Sujir Malli village. Muhammad Suhail & Muhammed Sahil Elder brother was a Class 9 student and the younger one was a Class 6 student at Holy

Bengaluru, May 21: Parents and students continued to protest against the alleged discrepancies in the II PU exam results on Thurday. Students said they have been given extremely low marks as a few of them were arrested by the police. They even complained that many of the private websites which have been authorised to announce the results, showed different marks. They urged the government to

Mangaluru, May 21: A 16-year-old boy riding pillion died as a result of a car-scooter collision at Deralakatte junction on the outskirts of the city on Thursday. Mohammed Shafeeq, aged 12, a native of Kalkatta Batyadka is the deceased boy. He had come to help at his uncle's electrical store at Deralakatte during his summer vacations. The accident occurred when Shafeeq was plying towards

Mumbai, May 21: A young MBA graduate was declined employment in a leading diamond export company allegedly on the grounds that he was a Muslim. The issue has snowballed into a controversy with the National Commission for Minorities saying it will conduct an inquiry if there is any truth in the matter. Management graduate Zeshan Ali Khan applied for an opening in the company on May 19. However, the

Mangaluru, May 21: Unidentified miscreants have completely damaged a stall located on the seashore at Mogaveera Patna, Ullal, on the otskrits of the city late in the night on Tuesday. The damaged stall belonged to Ismail, a resident of Kaiko in Ullal. The area had witnessed a series of communal attacks and immoral policing in recent days. The miscreants have taken out the items that had been

Mangaluru, May 21: A middle aged fruit dealer was illegally confined in a police station in the city and allegedly tortured by the police for four hours. 49-year-old Maqbool Ahmed from Padubidri has been admitted to a private hospital in the city with severe injuries. One of his fingernails was allegedly pulled off by cops at Urwa Police Station on Tuesday. According to Maqbool’s brother in law

Bengaluru, May 21: The State government has declared a holiday under Negotiable Instruments Act in jurisdictional gram panchayat limits on May 29 and June 2 to facilitate the electorate to exercise their franchise during the panchayat polls. According to an official notification, employees in public sector and private industries, commercial establishments, educational institutions, and daily

Bengaluru, May 21: Nikhil Gowda, son of former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy and Anitha, is all set to marry his girlfriend, he has been dating for a while. Swathi M Gowda is the daughter of film producer K C N Mohan and director Poornima Mohan. She is the granddaughter of K C N Gowda, one of the top Kannada film producer, exhibitor, financier, and distributor. Swathi’s father, Mohan said that