Karnataka

Chandigarh, Mar 14: The Haryana Government has imposed a complete ban on the sale of beef in any form and proposed to provide for 10 years rigorous imprisonment for cow slaughter, but ruled out equating it with murder. "The ban also covers canned beef which was legal during the tenure of previous government," according to an official release quoting Animal Husbandry Minister O P Dhankar issued

Mangaluru, Mar 14: The medical report of the three-and-half-year-old girl, who was allegedly raped by a school van driver, near Thokkottu, on the outskirts of the city, has confirmed the sexual abuse charges, police sources said. The nursery student of Mangalore One School, owned by a former police officer, had revealed that she was sexually assaulted by Madhukar Shetty (40), the driver of van in

Nadia, Mar 14: A septuagenarian nun was allegedly gangraped by robbers in Nadia district on Saturday morning triggering blockade of road and rail tracks as West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee ordered a CID probe into the incident. According to authorities of the local convent school in Ranaghat sub-division, the gang broke into the convent after 12:30 AM and three-four of them raped the

New Delhi, Mar 14: A Delhi Police team today visited the residence of Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi to enquire about an incident in which some policemen had sought details of his appearance in a case of alleged profiling. A team, led by Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (New Delhi) Jatin Narwal, visited Gandhi's Tughlak Lane residence to enquire about the incident and the sequence of

Mangaluru, Mar 14: A kidney patients’ conference at St Sebastian Hall in the city on World Kidney Day-2015, marked the end of two-month long kidney health awareness campaign held in Dakshina Kananda district. Releasing the special bulletin ‘Kidney Vaarthe’, Health and Family Welfare Minister U T Kadar said that the government and private partnership is necessary to tackle kidney deceases. He said

Madinah, Mar 14: Expatriates who are caught with expired residency visas will be immediately deported unless there is viable legal excuse, Director General of the Passport Department Maj. Gen. Suleiman bin Abdulaziz Al-Yahya told local media. If expatriates do not renew their visa out of negligence, regulatory procedures will be applied against them, without hesitation, Al-Yahya stressed. The

Mysuru, Mar 14: A case of assault has been booked against Superintendent of Mysuru district police Abhinav Khare. “A FIR has been registered at the Nazarbad police station against Superintendent of Mysuru district police Abhinav Khare based on a complaint given by T.C. Rajendra, a resident of Yadavgiri in the city,” said a senior police official. The complainant has alleged that the Superintendent

Mangaluru, Mar 14: The Customs officers on Friday arrested Deepak Nachalda Wadhwa (43), a resident of Thane, for alleged illegal smuggling of 472.5 grams of gold into the Mangaluru International Airport. A release said customs officers checked Deepak Nachaldas Wadwa soon after he landed by the Jet Airways flight from Dubai. The officers found Deepak concealing gold bars and rectangular gold

Kasaragod, Mar 14: A 58-year-old man was burnt to death in a wild fire at Kallakatta, some 10 km from Kasaragod town. The charred body of Robert Lobo, a resident of Kollanganam here, was traced by the locals around 6.30 a.m. on Friday, after a search was launched to locate the missing man. E.V. Rajashekaran, Additional Sub-Inspector at the Vidyanagar police station said, the tragedy occurred on

New Delhi, Mar 14: Janata Dal (United) president Sharad Yadav came under sharp criticism on Friday for speaking in awe of the “bodies” and dancing skills of “dark-skinned” South Indian women during a discussion in the Rajya Sabha. Yadav’s comments, which triggered a controversy among politicians and on social media, came during a discussion on the Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill on Thursday