Karnataka

Mumbai, May 8: In a huge relief to Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, the Bombay High Court today suspended his 5-year sentence in the 2002 hit-and-run case and granted him bail pending his appeal against conviction. The term of interim bail was to expire today. "He has been on bail for a long time and his liberty was not curtailed. Normally, in such cases, the appeal is admitted and an accused is

Bengaluru, May 8: U T Khader, Minister for Health and Family Welfare had urged the union government to cut down taxes levied on medical devices and equipments imported from other countries. Inaugurating the two-day third annual health care IT India summit organised by Fleming India Management Services Private Limited in the City on Thursday, he said that he would formally write to the Centre in

Mangaluru, May 8: As many as five members of a Christian family, who had been accused in the past of trying to convert a Hindu girl, have converted to Hinduism through a ‘Ghar Wapsi’ programme organized by Hindutva activists near Konaje in Mangaluru taluk. Saraswati (55), a widow and her four children, Raji (25), Rati (23), Rajesh (22) and Rakesh (18) are the five Catholics who underwent

Bengaluru, May 8: Heavy rainfall and lightning that lashed a few districts across the State, has claimed the lives of six persons on Thursday evening. Moderate to heavy rain accompanied by strong wind, thunder and lightning lashed several parts of Shivamogga district claiming the lives of two persons. Harish, (24), a resident of Alavalli in Hosanagar taluk was struck by lightning while working in

New Delhi, May 8: BJP Member of Parliament from Ballia, Bharat Singh has dropped a bombshell in the parliamentary party meeting when he said that Narendra Modi-led government was talking about its achievements at the end of NDA’s one year in power but things were not that visible on the ground. What was worrisome for the party leaders and Union Ministers was that this found resonance in the

Bengaluru/Mysuru, May 8: Meenakshi?Devi, daughter of the erstwhile ruler of Mysore?the late Jayachamaraja Wadiyar, passed away due to multiple organ failure in?Bengaluru on Thursday. She was 65. Devi was undergoing treatment at the Vikram Hospital, as she was suffering from Septicemia, a life-threatening infection in the blood. The end came at around 4 pm.?Pramoda?Devi Wadiyar, the wife of royal

Manipal, May 8: In a fresh case of online fraud, a woman in Udupi has lost Rs 46 lakh trying to get her “gift”. Metilda Hilda D’Souza, a resident of Perampalli near Manipal, in her complaint to Manipal police, stated that she was working in Israel when someone named Taylor Mike befriended her through a social networking site. Taylor told her that he had sent a Christmas gift to her and had paid

Mangaluru, May 7: Communal vigilantism is now openly endorsed by a former district-in-charge minister of Dakshina Kananda, who on Thursday led a group of Sangh Parivar activists which laid siege to a police station in the city demanding the release of a few right wing extremists, who had allegedly indulged in ‘kidnapping’ and ‘immoral policing’. Krishna J Palemar, an influential leader of

Mangaluru, May 7: Mayor of Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) Jacintha Vijaya Alfred and Deputy Mayor Purushotham Chitrapura were felicitated at an interaction programme organised by Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), Mangaluru at the chamber building here on Thursday. On the occasion, a memorandum was submitted to the Mayor to take serious cognizance of civic issues such as increase in

New Delhi, May 7: Against the backdrop of criticism over minority issues, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asserted that his government "will not tolerate or accept" any discrimination based on caste, creed and religion and that there was no place for "imaginary apprehensions" on rights of minorities. The Prime Minister also came out strongly against controversial remarks made by some BJP leaders