Karnataka

Bangalore, November 29: The National Investigating Agency is expected to take over the investigation of the bizarre case of 15 Muslim youths, who were arrested by Karnataka police in August on terror charges. “The Union government directed the State government to hand over the case to the NIA a month ago through the Ministry of Home Affairs. The formalities of handing over the case are nearing

Moodbidri, November 29: A mild tension prevailed outside a cinema hall in Moodbidri, when a group of local people raised objections over a youth belonging to one community watching a movie with two girls belonging to other community. It is learnt that a Hindu boy, a Hindu girl and two Beary girls were watching movie together. During the interval of the movie, the group of moral police took the

Kasargod, November 29: Commercial tax officials on Wednesday impounded five vehicles carrying chicken from Dakshina Kannada without valid documents on the National Highway at Periyattadukam in Kasasrgod district. Four trucks and a van were intercepted by sleuths of the Commercial Tax (Intelligence) Department, sources here said. The Kerala State government had enforced restrictions on transporting

Mangalore, November 28: Technology is progressing in a supersonic way, and to support and backup this development the contribution of young generation is very much important, said Rithesh Shetty, Vice President of DK Zilla Panchayath. He was addressing in the inaugural session of High School students science model competition organised by the Department of Karnataka State Education Research and

Kottayam, November 28: Where is the Indian society heading to? Close on the heels of the startling revelation of brutal rape on a 13-year-old-girl by father, brother and an uncle in Kannur, another father has been arrested by Kerala police for raping his minor daughters. The 30-year-old man has been sent to judicial remand for sexually assaulting his two daughters in their home in Kottayam

Mangalore, November 28: Justice M F Saldanha has termed the local court's decision to refuse bail to city based television journalist Naveen Soorinje as “failure of justice” on the part of the subordinate judicial officers. Addressing a press conference convened by People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) Karnataka, here on Wednesday, the former Karnataka High Court Judge stated that the

New Delhi, November 28: There is nothing wrong in bringing the Prime Minister under the jurisdiction of Lokpal as like others he is also a public servant, former Supreme Court Judge and erstwhile Karnataka Lokayukta N Santosh Hegde said today. "What is wrong in the Lokpal having jurisdiction over the Prime Minister? Is the Prime Minister not a public servant? Aren't there cases of corruption

Mangalore, November 28: Within few hours after the incident, police have solved the murder case of a chicken stall worker, whose body had been found near a chicken stall at stall Durganagar, Yekkar on Tuesday. A 32-year-old man identified as Kiran, was arrested by the police in connection with murder of Siddappa from Bhadravati, who was working at a chicken stall. According to the case registered

Kannur, November 28: A day after the father and uncle of a 13-year-old girl in Kannur, Kerala were arrested for allegedly raping her for two years, and her minor brother sent to a juvenile home, police sources say there is pressure on the victim from her extended family to backtrack. The girl is being kept at a women's centre in Thalassery for the last few days. Her mother has not taken a stand on

Sullia, November 28: Two strangers on a motorcycle stabbed a dental student late night on Monday and fled from the scene. Devon, pursuing Bachelor of Dental Science in K V G Dental College here, had been walking towards his hostel at 12 a.m. at night, when two strange men on a Bajaj Pulsar stopped near him and began asking directions to Madikeri. During this conversation, one of the two took Devon