Karnataka

Bangalore, Jul 18: The Karnataka High Court on Thursday ordered issue of notices to the five newly nominated members of the Karnataka Legislative Council on a petition questioning their nomination. Justice Ashok B. Hinchigeri passed the order on a petition filed by the former MLA S. Rajendran. Notice has been issued to V.S Ugrappa, K. Abdul Jabbar, Jaimala, Ivan D'Souza and Iqbal Ahmed Saradagi

Kiev, Jul 18: A picture of what is believed to be MH 17 was apparently posted by a Dutch passenger of the Malaysian flight shot down in Ukraine on Thursday. In a Facebook post, Cor Pan, who was said to be going on a beach holiday to Malaysia, added a caption that roughly translates as, "if the plane disappears, this is what it looks like." The photo is tagged "near Schiphol airport" and appears to

Udupi, Jul 18: Udupi district Superintendent of Police Boralingaiah said that the postmortem report of the 17-year-old girl, whose decomposed body was found near Byndoor in Udupi district on July 12, has not confirmed rape. Addressing the media persons at Kundapur on Thursday, SP said that police were investigating the case from all the angles. The preliminary report suggests that the girl was not

Mangalore, Jul 18: Seeking justice for Rathna Kothari who was found dead under mysterious circumstances, members of All Colleges Students' Union gathered in front of the Mahatma Gandhi statue at Lalbagh in Mangalore and orgainsed a candle light vigil for the victim Thursday evening. Three days after the 17-year-old girl was reported missing, her decomposed body was found in the woods at Thoodalli

Kollam, Jul 18 In what can be called a height of superstition, a self-styled “Muslim” exorcist tortured a young woman to death in Karunagappally in Kerala's Kollam district while trying to exorcise the jinn (spirit) that he said had got into her body. The incident took place last weekend and the exorcist, Sirajuddin, a native of Adikkattukulangara in Alappuzha district, has been absconding since

Beltangady, Jul 18: Four persons arrested in moral policing case in which a Muslim boy and his fiancée being assaulted by a gang of Sangh Parivar activists were remanded in judicial custody on Thursday. Gopal (32), a resident of T B Cross in Laila in Beltangady, Ajith Kumar (23), a resident of Mani in Bantwal, Suresh Salian (22) from Koosabettu-Valpady in Moodbidri, and Lingappa Naik (37), a

Gaza, Jul 18: Israeli tanks entered Gaza on Thursday night after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered a ground invasion, a major escalation in a ten-day offensive that has already killed more than 250 Palestinians. Witnesses in Gaza reported heavy bombing from jets, warships and artillery stationed along the border, with much of the firing was directed at northern Gaza. Electricity was cut

Bangalore, Jul 18: A medical examination confirmed on Thursday that the six-year-old girl student of Vibgyor High, a school in Marathalli, was sexually abused. Even as the police detained two persons, Bangalore witnessed an outrage with parents accusing the management of hushing up the matter. Though the girl was sexually abused on July 2 by two employees of the school inside a dark room where she

Bangalore, July 17: A 17-year-old seminary student was allegedly raped in Bangalore's north-east suburb Wednesday by three unidentified men, a police official late Thursday. "According to a complaint filed by the victim Thursday, the incident happened Wednesday afternoon when the three accused had barged into the Sisters of Holy Nativity premises at Hennur and forcibly entered her room. After

Kuala Lumpur/Kiev, Jul 18: All 295 people on board a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 were killed on Thursday after it was shot down by “terrorists” over war-torn eastern Ukraine near the Russian border. The plane was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur carrying 280 passengers and 15 crew members. Nearly four months ago, another Malaysia Airlines plane, MH370, disappeared under mysterious