Karnataka

Bengaluru, Nov 25: IGP Gopal B Hosur and ADGP Alok Mohan are among the winners of President's Medal this year. A total of 47 senior IPS officers from across Karnataka will be awarded the President's Medal on November 26 at the Raj Bhavan. The Bravery Award The Bravery Awards will be given to Gopal B Hosur, Inspector-General of Police, Home Guards and Civil Defence (Bengaluru); G.R. Patil, Deputy

Mangaluru, Nov 25: Veteran Congress leader and former union minister B Janardhana Poojary has exhorted the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to fulfill the responsibilities of a husband and give justice to the latter's wife. Addressing media persons in the city on Tuesday the outspoken politician, who had earlier strongly condemned Mr Modi for not revealing marital status while filing affidavit for

Mangaluru, Nov 25: Well-known orthodontist-cum-artist Dr Akhter Husain has bagged international recognition for his spending photos that depict the culture of Tulu Nadu. The Mangaluru based artist's photo titled Boota Kola, spirit worship' won the honourable mention' prize under people and culture category of Moscow International Foto Award (MIFA) for 2014. MIFA is a new exciting photography

New Delhi, Nov 25: Controversies seem to keep dogging Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani. Even before the "no German in classroom" fire could be doused, the minister's visit to an astrologer has once again pushed her into headlines. Ms Irani recently met a Rajasthan-based astrologer who reportedly predicted she would eventually become President of the country. According to sources

Ahmedabad, Nov 25: Taking the Gujarat administration by surprise, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's wife Jashodaben has sought details through a Right to Information application about the security arrangements that she and other family members of the PM are entitled to as per protocol. Jashodaben Modi turned up at the office of Mehsana district superintendent of police on Monday and submitted a RTI

Mangaluru, Nov 25: A Canada-based NRI has lost Rs 1.13 crore from his account with a bank in Manipal after hackers made their way into his email account and got the money transferred to two of their accounts overseas, according to a complaint lodged with the police. The fraud was committed after hackers made their way into the NRI's personal email ID and sent mails to the Manipal Branch of

Mangaluru, Nov 25: A young migrant worker from Bihar was killed and 19 others were injured, five of them seriously, in a collision involving a bus and a van at Pullur, in Kasarogd district on Monday. Sonu (22) hailing from Bihar succumbed to his injuries at the Government Wenlock Hospital in Mangaluru, the police said. Five workers, all from Bihar, who were critically injured, are being treated at

Bengaluru: Nov 25: The central division of the Bengaluru city police has registered a case against Sri Rama Sene chief Pramod Muthalik and other extremists under Section 107 of the Criminal Procedure Code for threatening to take law into their hands during upcoming “Kiss of Love” event in the city. According to Section 107, when an executive magistrate receives information that any person is

Bengaluru: Nov 25: A former chief test pilot and project director of Tejas light combat aircraft was found murdered inside his duplex villa at a gated community at Huskur Gate, off Hosur Road, on the outskirts of the City on Monday morning. Parvez Hamilton Khokhar, 70, a retired air commodore with the Aircraft and Systems Testing Establishment, was found dead in his bedroom. He was working for

New Delhi, Nov 24: Muslims, Dalits and Adivasis — three of the most vulnerable sections of Indian society — make up more than half of country's prison population, according to the latest data released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) on Prison Statistics India for the year 2013. Although the proportion of these three communities in India adds up to about 39%, their share amongst