Karnataka

Panaji, May 31: The Goa-based marine engineer booked for anti-Narendra Modi remarks on Facebook today said his post was a reaction to BJP inducting controversial right wing leader Pramod Muthalik into the party, and maintained the issue had been blown out of proportion. Devu Chodankar said he deleted the post soon after Muthalik, chief of Sri Ram Sene, was dropped from BJP following public outrage

Bangalore, May 31: BJP on Saturday demanded resignation of Home Minister K J George accusing him of having lost control of his department and failed to control Law and order in the wake of "shameful" public spat of top police echelon in the city. "The State is witnessing a very disturbing and shameful incident of the top police echelon having a public spat over the last four days. The Chief

Badaun, May 31: Family members of the two teenage cousin Dalit sisters who were gangraped and hanged, today termed the incident as more gruesome than December 16 Delhi gangrape case and demanded that the accused should be hanged publicly. Father of a victim, who was gangraped in Ushait area on May 27 night, said that the incident was "more gruesome than Delhi rape case which rocked the nation." He

Mangalore, May 31: Arriving in Mangalore for the first time after being inducted into the cabinet of ministers, Union Minister for Railways D V Sadananda Gowda said that he would work with honesty and responsibility and work towards bringing innovation in the railway sector in the country, while protecting the interests of the country and the district. Addressing the gathering at a press

Kasargod, May 31: A local court has issued an arrest warrant against Vishwa Hindu Parishad international general secretary Praveen Togadia for delivering a communally provocative speech almost three years ago in Kasargod. Hosadurg court held Mr Togadia 's speech delivered on April 30, 2011 responsible for a communal clash in Kasargod district. The court 's decision to issue arrest warrant comes

Chennai, May 31: Well-known multilingual actress Monika aka Rekha Maruthiraj has embraced the religion of Islam and announced the end of her cinema career. The 26-year-old soft-spoken woman, who now identifies herself as M GRahima, in a press meet announced that Islam gave peace and solace to her life. Monika announced her decision which she claims to be backed by her parents Maruti Raj and Gracy

New Delhi, May 31: In a disgusting development, the Delhi University (DU) was forced suspended five officials for bringing to light the information related to the educational qualifications of actress and union Human Resources Development (HRD) Minister Smriti Irani. Five of the non-teaching staff of the school of open learning have been suspended for revealing the facts, stated an official on

Kasargod, May 31: The police on Friday arrested a youth, accused of hatching a conspiracy to loot around 1.750 kg gold ornaments from an employee of a Thrissur-based ornament manufacturing firm here in May 2007. Abdul Sameer, a resident of Posotte, near Manjeswaram, was arrested by a police team led by Kasaragod CI T P Jacob from his residence. Sameer, who had fled to the Gulf after the incident

Bangalore, May 31: The four Union ministers from the State inducted into the Narendra Modi Cabinet on Friday were unanimous in their opinion that the Centre will not discriminate against Karnataka just because it is ruled by the Congress. Speaking at a well-attended felicitation function at the Palace Grounds organised by the BJP for the 17 MPs elected from the State, the Union ministers - M

Dubai, May 31: An Indian bus driver in the UAE has been sentenced to six months in jail and deportation for inappropriately touching a woman passenger. The Court of First Instance found the defendant guilty of molestation charge, the Khaleej Times reported Thursday. The driver earlier denied the charge saying that he did not intend to touch the woman but it happened by accident. The incident