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Bengaluru, Dec 7: The city police have registered a case of extortion and kidnapping after an appeal by the mother of a 12-year-old girl who escaped from a kidnapper and ran to the nearest police station on December 3. In the complaint, the mother said: "My daughter was going to tuition after she came home from school. Some unknown person came to her, who claimed to be sent by me, and showed her

Bengaluru, Dec 7: Senior Congress leader D K Shivakumar on Saturday threatened Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa with "serious action" if his government indulged in "vendetta politics," as he demanded the restoration of allotment of medical college for Kanakapura. In a letter to Chief Minister Shivakumar, who represents Kanakapura constituency, pointed out that the medical college was

Bengaluru, Dec 7: City Central Branch (CCB) Police have nabbed 40 bookies who had indulged in collecting betting money illegally at Bengaluru Turf Club and seized from them Rs 96 lakh betting money on Friday. CCB in a release here said that during surprise raid it was also unearthed that the arrested were also evading payment of GST to the government and collecting betting money on Horses

Bengaluru, Dec 7: Criticising the Union Government for delaying in releasing the state government’s share of GST collection, the KPCC president Dinesh Gundu Rao, had threatened to launch a stir against Central government on the issue. Addressing newsmen here on Saturday, the Karnataka Congress president, Rao said that “by delaying the state’s share of GST collection, the developmental works would

Shivamogga, Dec 7: A special court in Shivamogga on Saturday sentenced a 32-year-old man to 10 years rigorous imprisonment for raping a 7-year-old girl, in a case which goes back to 2014. The convict, Bhaskara, was found guilty under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act) 2012 and also fined Rs 30,000 by the special court judge KB Shivaprasad. The minor victim will also

Hassan, Dec 7: Nearly seven months after registration of a complaint, the cyberpolice in Hassan have arrested one of the miscreants who were uploading morphed photos of unsuspecting girls on websites and later blackmailing them. According to police, the accused, Prashanth Rajashekhar Maaya (24), was arrested on Thursday. He belongs to Kadevu village in Indi taluk, Vijayapura district. He is a car

Wayanad, Dec 7: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who is touring his parliamentary constituency, took out some time off from his busy schedule to sip tea at a stall here on Friday. Accompanied by Congress general secretary KC Venugopal, Rahul was seen chatting with a group of people at the tea stall. Earlier on Friday, the former Congress president addressed a rally where he was helped by a student

Bagalkot, Dec 7: Former Chief Minister and Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Friday criticised Karnataka Chief Minister Yediyurappa over his decision to not to celebrate Tipu Jayanti in the state and said that the BJP leader was acting against only one community. Addressing a gathering at Hosur village, Siddaramaiah said, "Chief Minister Yediyurappa has a hatred for Muslims. I don't know why he

Bengaluru, Dec 6: Karnataka BJP stalwart K S Eshwarappa, who is known for unhygienic communal remarks, this time, has raked up a spicy controversy through a sexist remark. Commenting on the reports of possibility of creation of additional Deputy CM berths after the bypoll results are out, the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Mnister, today invoked the beauty queen Aishwarya Rai. "There is no

Bengaluru, Dec 6: Defending the killing of all four accused in the rape-and-murder of a 25-year-old Hyderabad veterinarian by the police on Friday, Bengaluru top cop Bhaskar Rao termed it as "correct and timely action" given the situation. Had the accused escaped from custody, the police would have been under tremendous pressure, the Bengaluru Police Commissioner said. "During the reconstruction