Karnataka

Udupi, May 11: The Udupi District and Sessions Court has adjourned the hearing in the Manipal gangrape case to May 26. T.S. Jituri, Public Prosecutor, said that the court had issued summons to three witnesses for examination by the defence counsel on Friday. But these witnesses were not examined. The court then adjourned the hearing to May 26, he said. It may be recalled that a medical student of

Bengaluru, May 11: The Karnataka State Commission for Backward Classes is exploring the possibility of introducing an online system to enable people who have been left out of the caste census to upload information about them. Principal Secretary to Backward Classes Welfare Department Shalini Rajneesh said the Commission is scheduled to hold its meeting on Monday to discuss among others allowing

Waynad, May 10: The lone woman minister in the Congress led UDF Ministry in Kerala, P K Jayalakshmi, today married a farmer in a traditional Hindu tribal ritual. The much-talked about wedding of the minister, handling the portfolio of Welfare of Scheduled tribes and Youth Affairs, was held at her ancestral home at Mambayil near Valadu here as Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, Opposition leader V S

Mysuru, May 10: Controversial Kannada novelist and Sangh Parivar ideologue S L Bhyrappa, who was recently appointed as the National Research Professor by the Union Ministry of Human Resources Development (HRD), was felicitated by Vice-Chancellor of English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, Sunaina Singh, at his residence in Mysuru on Saturday. According to a statement issued by Ali Raza

Mangaluru, May 10: The annual convocation of Mangalore University scheduled for May 29 has been postponed to June 17. This follows the model code of conduct for the gram panchayat elections that comes into effect on Sunday, sources said. The elections in Dakshina Kannada would be conducted on May 29. As the university is located under the of Konaje gram panchayat, those candidates, who would

Mangaluru, May 10: The Mangaluru city police have arrested four persons and seized cash, electronic gadgets and vehicles worth Rs 21.20 lakh following a raid on a cricket betting syndicate in the city on Saturday. The police have identified the arrested as Rajesh (32) from Anandnagar Akashbhavan, Sreejith Shetty (27) from PL Compound, Prajeeth (27) from Shivanagara Pandeshwar and Prashanth (33)

Udupi, Mar 10: A person died after being knocked down by a speeding private bus at Uchila village near Padubidri. The deceased has been identified as Kalandar, who had stopped his motorcycle and was talking on a mobile phone, when the reckless driver hit him. According to the police, the bus, going from Mangaluru to Udupi, overtook another bus and veered to the left and knocked down Kalandar. The

Hyderabad, May 10: In a shocking incident, a student was allegedly killed during a WWE-style fight by a group of teenagers who tried to project it as a road accident. Police have arrested seven boys, all minors, and decided to exhume the body of Mohammed Nabeel for autopsy. The incident occurred in Panjesha in the old city of Hyderabad early on May 3 but came to light on Sunday after the family of

New Delhi, May 10: The Left parties should not have withdrawn support to UPA-I government on the issue of Indo-US nuclear deal, says CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on the steep decline of the communists eversince. Instead, they should have withdrawn support on issues like price rise as the people could not be mobilised on the nuclear deal issue in the 2009 general elections.However

Mangaluru, May 10: A day after the Medical Superintendent of Government Lady Goschen Hospital in the city was transferred, a few staff of the hospital demanded her reinstatement. Medical Superintendent Shakuntala was relieved of her charge on Friday as part of action against alleged negligence at Lady Goschen which resulted in the death of a woman. Health and Family Welfare Minister U T Khader had