Karnataka

Kundapur, Jul 23: The bandh jointly called by various like-minded organisations demanding speedy probe in the mysterious death of 17-year-old student Rathna Kottari from Byndoor was largely successful in the taluk of Kundapur on Wednesday. The bandh saw good response in the entire taluk including the interior areas of Kundapur. All shops in the taluk remained closed in view of the bandh, including

Washington, Jul 23: The FBI encouraged and sometimes even paid Muslims to commit terrorist acts during numerous sting operations after the 9/11 attacks, a human rights group said in a report published Monday. "Far from protecting Americans, including American Muslims, from the threat of terrorism, the policies documented in this report have diverted law enforcement from pursuing real threats,"

Mangalore, Jul 23: Konkani Kutam Bahrain will confer the 13th Konkani Kutam Award -2014 to Cyril G Sequeira, popularly known as CGS Taccode', for his immense contribution to the cause of Konkani language and literature. A voluntary forum for promoting Konkani language and culture, Konkani Kutam Bahrain will present the award to the recipient at a ceremony held on Saturday at St Sebastian Platinum

Bangalore, Jul 23: Police have arrested the chairman of school in Bangalore, where a 6-year-old girl was allegedly raped earlier this month by the school's skating instructor. Rustom Kerrawala, the chairman of Vibgyor High, has been taken into custody today for further investigation of his knowledge of the rape in his institution. Though the accused, Mustafa, has been arrested, activists and

New Delhi, Jul 23: In what can only be termed as gross misuse of power and a startling reminder of how our politicians abuse power, at least 11 members of Parliament belonging to the Shiv Sena forced a Muslim catering supervisor, who was fasting for Ramadan, to eat a chapati at the new Maharashtra Sadan in New Delhi last week IRCTC, the Indian Railways subsidiary catering for Maharashtra Sadan

Padubidri, Jul 23: Demanding better facilities to the 17 Koraga families whose land was acquired by Suzlon Energy Ltd in Padubidri, a mass jatha and protest was held in front of the Padubidri gram panchayat office here on Tuesday. Members of the Koraga community along with the local units of Dalit Sangharsha Samiti, DYFI and like-minded organisations took part in the mass jatha that began from

Hassan, Jul 23: A seven-month pregnant woman delivered a baby boy in a KSRTC bus while on her way to a hospital near Madihalli in Arakalgud taluk in Hassan district. Sunitha, wife of Puttaraju, resident of Madihalli, delivered the baby with the assistance of women passengers. Later, the mother and baby were shifted to the district hospital in Hassan. Rathna, Sunitha's mother, told presspersons

Vaishali, Jul 23: A 32-year-old journalist working with Rajya Sabha TV mysteriously fell to death from the balcony of her eighth floor flat at a housing society in Vaishali late on Monday. Police have not ruled out murder. The death was discovered around 11.45pm by her husband, the police said. She was rushed to Max Hospital at Patparganj in Delhi, where doctors declared her brought dead. The

New Delhi, Jul 23: Spurt in rape cases in Karnataka rocked Lok Sabha on Tuesday with BJP members from the state asked the Centre to seek a report from the Congress government on the issue. Raising the issue during Zero Hour in Lok Sabha, BJP MP Shobha Karandlaje claimed that 50 cases of rape incidents were reported in the State in the past 15 days. Accusing the state government of not taking

Kasaragod, Jul 23: A 19-year-old student of the Government Industrial Training Institute (ITI) here was killed and his classmate seriously injuried when their motorcycle collided head-on with a car at Kuniya, near Periye, onTuesday.The accident took place around 12 noon in front of the Cherumba mosque when the students tried to overtake a vehicle and collided with a car coming from the opposite