Karnataka

Mangalore, May 13: Mayor of Mangalore City Corporation Mahabala Marla said that one of his topmost priorities was to ensure basic facilities to the five lakh citizens living in the city, including the floating population of around 2 lakh, as well as complete computerisation of all major sections functioning under the city corporation by the end of his term as the mayor. Interacting with

Mangalore, May 13: Days after launching a legal battle against those who exposed his alleged affair with a married woman, Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel has now found himself in a shameful sex scandal. The RSS backed Mr Kateel has been now accused of separating a woman from her husband and developing illicit sexual relationship with her. Satish Shetty, the estranged husband of the woman

Mangalore, May 13: The Congress government in the state has given a governance of development and social justice to the people of Karnataka in the term of one year after coming to power. The state government is committed to delivering the key election assurances promised in its manifesto, said KPCC general secretary Ivan D'Souza on the completion of one year in office. Addressing a press

Bangalore, May 13: Slamming the performance of the Siddaramaiah government on completion of one year in office, BJP today called it "a withdrawal government" and said it has not even taken off. "...you (government) lied through the Governor's speech which promised to provide free laptops and sanitary napkins on which you later backed off. Governor's address is policy guidelines for the full year

New Delhi, May 13: They may have crossed swords on several occasions over a variety of issues, but senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley today praised Manmohan Singh, saying the Prime Minister's personal integrity was always above board. He also termed him as a "syana aadmi" or a wise man, saying with an element of scholarship, he was always be well read and well prepared on any subject that he dealt

New Delhi, May 13: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was given a standing ovation by his staff at South Block Tuesday during a farewell they hosted for him. It also saw some moist eyes. Around 110 staff of the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) gathered at South Block to give a farewell to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who steps down May 17 after a decade at the helm of the country. "The staff gave the

New Delhi, May 13: As the nation waits with bated breath for the results of the just concluded mammoth nine-stage election, one clear winner is already on display. And that is the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and its radically fresh and welcome electoral strategy. It is of little importance if it can send any member to parliament. To realize the import of AAP's phenomenal rise, one has to for a moment

New Delhi, May 13: A Delhi court has ruled that sex between a husband and wife, "even if forcible, is not rape." The judge's decision, which was made public Saturday, upheld section 375 of the Indian Penal Code, which does not recognize "sexual intercourse by a man with his own wife, the wife not being under fifteen years of age," as rape. Last October, a Delhi woman filed a complaint against a

Mangalore, May 13: A teenage girl has accused her boy-friend of raping her near Kavoor on the outskirts of the city. In her complaint to police, 19-year-old Priyanka (name changed) said that her 22-year-old friend Dileep, sexually assaulted near Kavoor. According to the complaint, Dilip reportedly promised to marry her and sexually assaulted her a few weeks ago. However, later he reneged saying

Mangalore, May 13: Silent and soft-spoken M Ayisha has made Dakshina Kannada district and her community proud by becoming topper in the district and sixth topper in state in SLLC examination 2014 in Kannada medium. She is a student of Alva's Kannada Medium High School, Moodbidri. Daughter of Abdurrahman Musliyar, a Madrasa teacher and agriculturist from Belthangady, Ayisha has secured 612 marks