Karnataka

Belagavi, Mar 5: Belagavi South MLA Sambhaji Patil received an extortion call, with the caller asking the legislator to pay Rs four lakh to five lakh. Following this, the legislator registered a police complaint on Wednesday. Patil said that the caller, who identified himself as Ravi Pujari, asked him for the money. The call has been traced to Australia. The caller twice called the landline phone

Bengaluru, Mar 5: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was today admitted to a naturopathy institute on the city outskirts for a 10-day treatment of his persistent chronic cough problem and other ailments. The AAP leader, who landed at the airport around noon accompanied by his parents, drove straight to Jindal Nature Cure Institute on Tumkuru Road on city outskirts. Kejriwal would undergo

Mangaluru, Mar 5: In a bid to overtake, the reckless driver of a speeding bus rammed into two vehicles leaving several persons injured at Kolnad near Mulky on the outskirts of the city on Thursday. Even there were no reports of casualties, at least three persons were in a critical condition after the accident. The owners of all the three vehicles suffered huge losses. The accident led to a major

Dubai, Mar 5:The 10-month-old Gulf Air passenger, Rishi Priya Binoy, who died mid-air during a flight from Kochi to Manama, Bahrain, was buried in her hometown, Ampalloor Trichur, on Wednesday morning, leaving the family members and the expatriate community in deep sorrow. The baby’s body was repatriated in a Gulf Air flight form Abu Dhabi via Manama to Kochi at around 3.30am on Wednesday and the

Mumbai, Mar 5: Muslims will not get the five percent reservations in Maharashtra government jobs as announced by the erstwhile Congress-NCP government just before Assembly polls last year, it was officially announced in Mumbai on Wednesday. The State Government has not re-promulgated the lapsed ordinance providing for reservation for Muslims in government and aided educational institutions in the

Udupi, Mar 5: A case has been registered against a miscreant for hurting the sentiments of Indians by threatening to burn the Constitution of India during a panel discussion on a local television channel. The accused has been identified as Elloor Subrahmanya Rao, a Sangh Parivar activist. He made the controversial statement during a panel discussion on a local television channel on Monday on the

New Delhi, Mar 5: Despite several success stories, Indian women continue to be bogged down by the dual problems of violence and denial of access to resources, remaining largely deprived of the coveted status of "equality", activists say. Some of these activists feel that women in the country remain "second-grade" citizens who have made little progress despite constitutional guarantees of equality

Mangaluru, Mar 5: One of the accused arrested by police in connection with a communal clash occurred last week at K C Road junction on the outskirts of the city, has been admitted to District Wenlock Hospital after being allegedly subjected to police brutality. The person alleged to be assaulted has been identified as Aslam (40), a resident of K C Nagar. Several people including three policemen

Udupi, Mar 5: The Udupi district police should take immediate precautionary measures in the light of the Hindu Samajotsav being organized in the city on March 9, said Karnataka Komu Sauharda Vedike. A release issued by the Udupi district unit of KKSV, stated that there was a possibility of peace and order getting disturbed in the district due to the Samajotsav being organized in the pretext of

Mangaluru, Mar 5: As many as 38 youth including teenagers have been acquitted by a local court here the official discharge of duty and rioting. A total of 48 activists of Students Federation of India, including 10 minors, were booked on November 1, 2012, for a black flag demonstration. The demonstration was held in protest against Karnataka’s then BJP government’s move to shut down Kannada-medium