Karnataka

Bengaluru, Nov 2: The state home department is not accountable for cases of sexual assaults on children at schools, according to Karnataka Home Minister K J?George. Speaking at a public interaction meeting in the city, he said: “We should not blame the police for such things as such cases have occurred inside the school premises where police cannot enter without permission.” In most such incidents

Thirthahalli, Nov 2: A tense atmosphere prevailed in Thirthahalli twon of Shivamogga district following the death of Nandita, a class 8 student, who allegedly consumed poison under mysterious circumstances earlier this week. 14-year-old girl breathed her last at a hospital in Manipal on October 31. Even though the case remained mysterious, the incident led to undeclared shutdown of the town on

Mysuru, Nov 2: Two female elephants were electrocuted in Bandipur-Chamarajanagar border outside the forest on Friday night. The elephants were on their way back to the forest when the tragedy took place. They were electrocuted when they came in contact with sagging high-tension live wire in a field owned by one Mathew near Savarana Nagar on the Karnataka-Tamil Nadu border. Both the elephants were

Bangalore, Nov 2: Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers Ananth Kumar has expressed anger over the increasing rape incidents in schools in Bangalore and the failure of the government to protect children. The minister was speaking to reporters at the Yeshwantpur railway station on Saturday, during the flagging of new trains. “The government needs to stop blaming the school managements or the

Kasargod, Nov 2: Providing a much-needed breakthrough in the murder of Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) activist P Muralidharan near here, police have taken into custody two RSS-BJP workers in the sensational case. Prime accused Sharathraj and his accomplice Dinesh were rounded up by a special police team investigating the case, near Dharmasthala in Karnataka on Saturday. The two are

Mangaluru, Nov 1: Hindu Jagarana Vedike member Manoj (40), an accused in cases of murder and extortion was booked uneder Goonda Act (The Karnataka Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Drug offenders, Gamblers, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders and Slum Grabbers Act, 1985). Manoj, a resident of Surthakal, is the fourth person against whom Mangaluru Police Commissioner R Hithendra on

Bengaluru, Nov 1: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said he had approached Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking that a constitutional amendment be made so that Kannada can be the medium of instruction for all primary classes. Inaugurating the Rajyotsava celebrations at the Sri Kanteerava Stadium in the City on Saturday, Siddaramaiah said that he was hopeful of a positive response from Modi. This, even

Bangalore, Nov 1: The All India Sunni Jameyatul Ulema general secretary Sheikh A P Aboobakar Ahmed Musliyar has demanded political reservation for Muslims in Karnataka. Musliyar told reporters here that he would submit a memorandum in this regard to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in Mangalore on Sunday. Siddaramaiah and Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy are said to attend a mega rally being

Bengaluru, Nov 1: Karnataka's capital Bangalore on Saturday shed its colonial name to become Bengaluru along with 11 other cities across the state, renamed in the native Kannada language. The renaming of India's tech hub and other cities coincided with Karnataka's 59th formation day. An official said: "The state government late Friday notified that Bangalore and 11 other cities across the state

Mangalore, Nov 1: As many as 30 achievers of various fields were conferred with Dakshina Kannada Zilla Kannada Rajyotsava Prashasthi on Saturday. Senior correspondent of Hosadigantha Kannada daily Guruvappa N T Balepuni (journalism), social activist Hilda Rayappan (social work) were among those how received the award at Rajyotsava ceremony held in Nehru Maidan. Dakshina Kannada district in charge