Karnataka

Mangalore, Dec 10: The administration should ensure that an environment is created in the society where each citizen can live with honour, relief and happiness, said chairman of Law Commission, Karnataka and former chairman of Karnataka State Human Rights Commission Nadoja Dr Justice S R Nayak. Delivering the inaugural address in a programme marking the celebration of the UN Human Rights Day 2014

New delhi, Dec 10: The 309 section which criminalises attempt to commit suicide will be deleted from the Indian penal Code, Parliament was told on Wednesday. The Central government's decision to remove Section 309 (attempt to Commit suicide) of IPC from the statute book was conveyed by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary in a written reply to Vivek Gupta in the

Kasargod, Dec 10: Two youth, said to be Sangh Parivar activists, from Mysuru district have been arrested in Kerala while transporting explosives in a vehicle towards Kannur city. The arrested have been identified as Vishakanta (28) and Rajesh (26), residents of Hunsur taluk in Mysuru district. It is said that they used to take part in the activities of Sangh Parivar in their hometown in the past

Bengaluru, Dec 10: Former Lok Sabha member HT Sangliana's daughter, Rachel, was allegedly attacked by two women in a supermarket here on Sunday. Sangliana, who hails from Mizoram and is a decorated Bengaluru supercop as well as former deputy chairperson of the National Commission for Minorities, dismissed the incident as a minor one. City police officers said as both parties haven't filed a

Mangaluru, Dec 10: A gang of miscreants belonging to Sangh Parivar have brutally assaulted a cattle trader and his helpers at Bilalsuradi village near Belthangady, on the outskirts of the city. The trader Hussain Malebettu and his aide Rukmayya, both aged around 50 years have been hospitalized after the attack. Source said that a 50 member group, wielding rods and clubs, suddenly arrived and

Bengaluru:Dec 10: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Tuesday claimed that it had conclusive evidence that 14-year-old Nanditha, a girl from Thirthahalli, Shivamogga district, who died under mysterious circumstances in October, had committed suicide by consuming a poisonous substance containing phosphorous. The CID submitted an interim report to the State government and ruled out

Mangaluru, Dec 10: Deputy Commissioner A B Ibrahim has promised that the State government would reimburse medical bills of those injured in the clashes on Friday night in Ulaibettu and subsequent untoward incidents neighbouring areas. Mr Ibrahim who met the injured at three hospitals in the city said that the district administration would take stern action against the culprits regarding Ulaibettu

New Delhi, Dec 10: The government may award Bharat Ratna to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his 90th birthday on December 25. Many BJP MPs have conveyed to the government that the party's first prime minister should be conferred the highest civilian honour. The topic figured at BJP's parliamentary meet on Tuesday too. Vajpayee led the first NDA government as the 11th Prime Minister

Mangaluru, Dec 10: A 25-year-old man has been sentenced for the remainder of his life for raping and murdering a 22-year old teachers' trainee near Baltila village in Bantwal taluk. The VI Additional District and Sessions Judge S H Pushpanjali Devi ordered Satish to undergo rigorous life imprisonment for the remainder of his life. Apart from directing Satish to pay a compensation of Rs. 30,000 to

Bengaluru, Dec 10: Lokayukta Justice Y Bhaskar Rao has declared that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator from the Bangalore South constituency, M Krishnappa, should not continue to hold his post as the œLokayukta is satisfied that allegations against him are substantiated . Krishnappa, a second-time MLA, was accused of illegal denotification of 36 guntas of land in Survey No 103/1 and 39