Karnataka

Mangalore, Mar 15: Detailing the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, former Secretary to the Government of Karnataka, Department of Law Robinson D 'Souza said that the legislative act was applicable to a place of work even if there was only one female employee or worker, and repeated violations of the Act could result in the cancellation of

Patna, Mar 15: At least three people, including a girl, have been detained here for threatening to blow up the Bodh Gaya and Vishnupad temples in Gaya district, police said Saturday. Police detained Sunny, Rakesh and a 19-year-old girl from Ranipur-Rasulpur locality in Patna late Friday, Senior Superintendent of Police Manu Maharaj said. "Three of them were detained for interrogation after police

Mangalore, Mar 15: Aam Admi Party 's candidate for Dakshina Kannada constituency, M.R. Vasudeva spent his first couple of days before campaigning meeting religious heads and visiting religious places seeking divine blessings. Mr Vasudeva met Rev. Aloysius Paul D 'Souza, Bishop of Mngalore, Rev. Dr. John Stephen Sadananda, Bishop of Churches of South India and Twaka Ahmed Musliyar, Khazi of

Mangalore, Mar 15: Dakshina Kannada District Election Officer A B Ibrahim said that the district had over 29,000 registered voters enrolled in the voters ' list at present as compared to the figure prior to assembly elections in the state last year. Addressing mediapersons at a press briefing at the taluk panchayat office here on Saturday, he said that the number of registered voters as of January

Bangalore, Mar 15: Unfazed by the criticism of his attack on media, Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday fired yet another salvo, questioning whether the media had the courage to show the "true story" about Narendra Modi's Gujarat. Speaking to reporters before launching his roadshow in Bangalore, he accused the media of not bringing out the "truth" about the Gujarat chief minister

Bangalore, Mar 15: Amidst the speculations over C K Jaffer Sharief 's next political move, former prime minister H D Deve Gowda has said that he would welcome the senior Congress leader with open arms if he wants to join the JD(S). Stating that 83-year-old Sharief and he shared a long-standing political relationship, Mr Gowda said that Congress has forgotten the service of such a leader. “He was

Bangalore, Mar 15: In a first, the state police have booked 50 goondas including those involved in repeated crimes against women, communal violence and land-grabbers under the Goonda Act across the state. Announcing this at a press meet here on Friday, ADGP (law and order) M N Reddi said that crimes against women and moral policing in coastal Karnataka led to police launching a drive against anti

Mysore, Mar 15: Bewildered over widespread protests from local leaders and workers against BJP high command 's decision to field Kannada journalist Pratap Simha from Mysore constituency, the party is considering whether to shift him to other constituency. The central leadership of BJP on Friday sought State leaders' opinion whether to shift Mr Simha from Mysore to Hassan constituency. The state

Udupi, Mar 15: In a shocking development, a 17-year-old teenager has been arrested by police on the charge of sodomising and murdering a five-year-old boy at Pamboor village in Udupi district. Superintendent of Police M.B. Boralingaiah said that the five-year-old had gone to a neighbour 's house to watch television on February 23, when accused Narendra (name changed) met him and took him to the

Helsinki/Mangalore/ New Delhi, Mar 15: After Satya Nadella notched up the top job in US-based Microsoft, it may now be the turn of another Mangalore University graduate to head a Fortune 500 company. Rajeev Suri, the head of Nokia 's telecom network equipment division, is likely to become the Finnish group 's next chief executive following the sale of its handset business to Microsoft, a newspaper