Karnataka

New Delhi, May 7: The CBI on Wednesday told a special court that no sufficient evidence has been found against former Gujarat minister Amit Shah in the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter killing case. On April 28, Union minister Kapil Sibal had raked up alleged fake encounter of Ishrat Jahan to hit out at Narendra Modi, saying the BJP's PM nominee and Amit Shah were being "shielded" despite existence of

Udupi, May 7: A 28-year-old woman, whose marriage was fixed with a Nonresident Indian allegedly ended her life under mysterious circumstances at Kolambe village of Udupi taluk last night. The deceased is Prajna, daughter of late businessman Prabhakar Acharya, who was shot dead by a gunman outside his jewellery shop near city bus stand in 2005. According to sources close to their family, Prajna's

Mangalore, Apr 7: Dakshina Kannada district in charge minister B Ramanath Rai has assured the people of coastal Karnataka that Siddaramaiah led Karnataka government would denounce Ultra Mega Power Plant at Niddodi. Addressing media persons here, Mr Rai said that all three ministers from Dakshina Kannada have openly opposed the project and the chief minister will understand the concern of the

Bhangarpar (Assam), May 7: Five more bodies were found this morning from two trouble-torn districts of Assam, taking the toll in the violence unleashed by ultras to 41. The bodies, which were recovered from Beki river that flows from Baksa district, are yet to be identified. "Officially, we have not identified the bodies yet but the families have identified them to be from the affected areas,"

Mangalore, May 7: Senior advocate P.P. Hegde has denied his involvement in exposing incumbent Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel's call-gate ahead of Lok Sabha polls. Mr Kateel had filed a complaint against Mr Hegde for illegally collecting his cell phone details during the run up to the polls. Mangalore North Police, who registered a case on Monday, said the MP's complaint alleges that the

Jeddah, May 7: The Passport Department is sending SMS messages to expatriate men and women urging them to give their biometrics and those working for them in order to protect their rights and receive quick services. Col. Badr Al-Malik, director of media affairs and the department's spokesman, said his organization enforced fingerprinting for expat women on March 31. He said the program to register

Bangalore, May 7: Litterateurs and activists favouring Kannada as medium of instruction have urged the State government to file a review petition against the Supreme Court ruling as per which the government cannot impose mother tongue on students as medium of instruction in primary schools, and the matter is left to parents' discretion. In January this year, a ten-member group of authors and

Padubidri, May 7: Hejamady unit Vishwa Hindu Parishad President Keshava Suvarna, accused of molesting a minor girls was thrashed by locals a before being handed over to the Padubidri police. Suvarna, running a fancy store in Hejamady area, showed sexually explicit video clips from his cell phone when the two girls-aged 7 and 6- had come to the shop to buy fancy items. He behaved with them in an

Mangalore, May 6: Mangalore International Airport has been put on high alert following an alert by the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS). In an alert, the BCAS has warned that the terror groups may attack an airport in the South India. Apart from Mangalore, other international airports of South - Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kochi, Chennai and Thiruvananthapuram - have also been put on high alert

New Delhi, May 6: The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the constitutional validity of Articles 15(5) and 21-A of the Constitution in so far as it relates to unaided educational institutions to provide compulsory education for children in the age group of 6 to 14 years. A five-judge Constitution Bench comprising Chief Justice R.M. Lodha and Justices A.K. Patnaik, Dipak Misra, S.J. Mukhopadhaya and