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Dubai, Jan 21: A 26-year-old Indian has been jailed for three months for molesting a maid in the lift of an apartment building here. The Dubai criminal court was told that the juice bar worker, identified by his initials, MR, followed the maid into the lift and molested her while on his way to make a delivery at the apartment building, The National reported on Monday. The maid said the defendant

Bangalore, Jan 21: Five people, including a pregnant woman and a six-year-old boy, were killed on Monday when a Volvo bus in which they were travelling overturned after hitting a median on NH-4 near Hoskote in Bangalore Rural district. The bus, belonging to Rajesh Travels, was on its way to Bangalore from Nellore, via Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh. Around 30 people were injured in the accident, which

Mangalore, Jan 20: In an apparent act of retaliation, a youth was grievously attacked by a group of unidentified people in broad daylight in an attempt to murder incident that took place at Sanna Nagara at Honnakatte Junction near Kulai on the outskirts of the city on Monday. The victim has been identified as 28-year-old Kalandar Shakeel, son of Jakriyabba, a resident of Kulai. The victim, who

New Delhi, Jan 20: Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the Jain community was on Monday accorded minority status by the Central government which will enable them to avail of benefits in government schemes and programmes. The decision to grant minority status to the community of about 50 lakh was taken at a meeting of Union cabinet, a day after Congress vice-presidentRahul Gandhi took up this issue with

Udupi, Jan 20: The day-long Shirva bandh sponsored by Hindutva outfits that gave communal tinge to an alleged molestation of a minor girl by a miscreant on board a moving bus, took a violent turn when a group of pro-Hindutva protesters assaulted two innocent youth for disregarding the illegal bandh. Mohammed Haneef, and Mohammed Asim, the driver and conductor of a private bus, were brutally

Bangalore, Jan 20: A model of two-wheeler ambulance that the government is contemplating to introduce in Bangalore was unveiled on Sunday by the Health Minister U.T. Khader when he came riding it to inaugurate the Pulse Polio programme at Ghousia Hospital here on Sunday. The two-wheeler ambulance has a first-aid kit using which the rider of the vehicle would provided medical care to the patient

Mangalore, Jan 20: Mangalore based activist and freelance journalist Shahida Aslam has been unanimously elected as the new president of National Women's Front. She was the Karnataka state unit president of the organisation. The announcement was made at the third national general council of the organization that was held on Sunday at Malabar House, Puttanathani in Kerala. Ms Aslam, who holds a

Mangalore, Jan 20: Mangalore city police arrested two persons hailing from West Bengal on charges of distributing counterfeit Indian currency notes in Katipalla under the limits of Suratkal police station. The arrested are Sushanth Mandal (20), son of Binoy Mandal, and Sharath Mandal (19), son of Naresh Mandal, both hailing from Maldah district in West Bengal. Addressing mediapersons at a press

New Delhi, Jan 20: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that he was ready to protest for 10 days, and asked people and "honest policemen" to join his demonstration demanding action against five Delhi Police officers. "I have come prepared for 10 days to protest. If there is any chaos during the Republic Day, then the central government will have to be blamed," he told a large number of supporters

Udupi, Jan 20: A tense atmosphere prevailed at communally sensitive town of Shirva in Udupi taluk, where hundreds of people took to the streets on Monday in protest against alleged molestation attempt in a moving bus. Most of the shops remained closed in the town as a result of bandh call given by some pro Hindutva organisations against the incident that occurred on board bus plying from Kaup to