Karnataka

Bangalore, Sep 13: Karthik Gowda, who appeared before police on Friday after evading them for two weeks, was grilled for more than 10 hours regarding the complaint filed by an actress accusing him of kidnapping, marrying by force and raping her. The son of railway minister DV Sadananda Gowda was quizzed by police at their interrogation centre in Madiwala from 11 am. The questioning went on till

Islamabad, Sep 12: The 10 Taliban militants who tried to kill Pakistani teenage activist Malala Yousufzai for her outspoken views on girls' education in the country's troubled northwest in 2012 has been arrested, the army announced today. Malala, then 15, was shot in her head by Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) gunmen in October 2012 in northwestern Swat valley. She has since recovered from the

New Delhi, Sep 12: At a time when some BJP leaders are raking up the controversial 'love jihad' issue, home minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said he had "no idea" about it. What is love jihad? was his prompt reply with a smile when he was asked about his views on it. Many BJP leaders including Lakshmikant Bajpayee and Yogi Adityanath have raised the issue ahead of the assembly polls in Uttar

Dammam, Sep 12: In a good news for expatriates in Saudi Arabia, Air India Express has increased the baggage allowance to 40kg for next ten days, for its passengers from Dammam International Airport.“The free baggage allowance on Air India Express flights Ex-Dammam has been increased to 40 Kgs per passenger from September 12 to September 22,” stated a press release issued by the Dammam office of

Belgaum, Sep 12: A tense atmosphere continued to prevail in the city on Friday following three days of communal clashes and endless rumours. On Thursday several incidents of stone pelting and vehicles being set on fire were reported in the communally sensitive areas of the city like Chavat Galli, Khanjar Galli, Darbar Galli and Khade Bazaar. Prohibitory orders were clamped up temporarily and more

Yavatmal,Sep 12: Bollywood actor Salman Khan was on Thursday booked by the police here for allegedly hurting the religious sentiments of a community. The actor was booked under IPC Section 295A (acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class) on the basis of a complaint lodged by Mohammad Asim Mohammad Arif, a city resident, police said. According to the complainant, Khan's NGO Being

Udupi, Sep 12: The officials of District Crime Intelligence Bureau (DCIB) in Udupi have managed to nab five suspects in connection with the coldblooded murder of history-sheeter Pitty Nagesh. The arrested have been identified as Vishwanath Korankarapady, Guruprasad Alveoor, Santosh Nandagokula, Munna and Zakir Kukkikatte. It is learnt that the police arrested Guruprasad first and then arrested

Bangalore, Sep 12: Union Minister Sadananda Gowda's son Karthik, who has been accused of rape and cheating by an actress, appeared before the police in Bangalore today in connection with the case against him. He was granted anticipatory bail on Monday. A court in Bangalore had last week issued an arrest warrant against him but the police said they were not able to question him or even find him. On

Kasargod, Sep 12: The prime accused in the killing of RSS leader K T Manoj in Kannur last week has surrendered in a court. According to police, Vikraman arrived at the Kannur first class magistrate's court on a two-wheeler around 11.30 a.m, forced his way into the court and surrendered. The court later sent him to 14 days police custody. Manoj and his friend Pramod were last week attacked by a

Vangal, Sept 12: Kiran Laxman Salunkhe used to buy jewellery during religious festivals, but sliding gold prices have led the young Indian farmer to break with his family's traditional investment. This year Salunkhe has deposited his hard-earned savings at the bank for the first time in a decade and bought farmland. "I bought jewellery when gold price was 32,000 rupees (per 10 grams) last year