Karnataka

Bengaluru, Dec 18: A gym trainer was arrested on charges of sexually harassing a homemaker when he was drunk. Yelahanka resident Alvin, known as Gym Alvin, 28, was caught when he hugged the woman on the road. She shouted for help and hearing her screams, passersby caught Alvin while he was trying to flee on his bike. “When I spotted her walking alone, I stopped my bike and asked whether I could

Udupi, Dec 18: In a suspected case of murder, a man was found dead in the engine room of the boat at the Malpe fisheries harbour in Udupi district. According to the police, four workers and the boat leader had gone fishing from Malpe on December 10. They returned to the Malpe harbour at around 5 p.m. on December 16 and anchored the boat. Two workers – Maruti from Koppal and Preetam from Odisha

Panaji, Dec 18: Small traditional fishermen from Maharashtraand Karnataka, within a radius of 60km from the Goa border, got some relief with the public health department issuing an order on Monday relaxing the directorate of food and drugs administration (FDA) guidelines for fish import. They will be allowed to sell their fish to traders in Goa provided they transport their catch on light motor

Mangaluru, Dec 17: Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Dr Shivarama Karantha Pilikula Nisarga Dhama (Dr. SKPND), Pilikula for development of Biodiversity Park in the MRPL premises at a cost of Rs 12 crores. M Vinayakumar, group general manager (i/c refinery) signed the MoU on behalf of MRPL. V Prasanna, executive director

Belagavi, Dec 17: The Karnataka government proposes to reduce the duration of service mandated for teachers working in a particular zone seeking transfer, from the present five to three years, Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs Krishna Byregowda informed the Legislative Assembly on Monday. Tabling the Karnataka State Civil Services (Regulation of Transfer of Teachers)(Amendment) Bill in

Belagavi, Dec 17: The Union government has rejected Karnataka Government's proposal to include the people belonging to Kunabi tribe living in Uttara Kannada district, under the Scheduled Tribe list. Replying to a question by Srikanth Ghotnekar (Cong) during question hour, Minister for Social Welfare Priyanka Kharge said that while sending that the Union Ministry of ST development have sought more

Bengaluru, Dec 17: The death toll in the food poisoning incident at a temple in Chamarajnagar district rose to 14 with three more deaths in last two days, Health Department officials said. Meanwhile IGP (Southern Range) Sharath Chandra today said that the laboratory tests have proved that the food distributed at Kichugutti Maramma temple at Sulwadi village was mixed Monocrotophos pesticide

New Delhi, Dec 17: A fresh Bill to make the practice of tripe talaq among Muslims a penal offence was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Monday to replace an ordinance issued in September. Under the proposed law, giving instant triple talaq will be illegal and void and will attract a jail term of three years for the husband. The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2018 would

Belagavi, Dec 17: While the party High Command is yet to take a decision on much delayed Karnataka Cabinet expansion, Congress MLAs, belonging to Muslim community are demanding more representation. Speaking to news agency, former Minister and Congress MLA Tanvir Sait said that “we have seven members who have got elected in the 2018 May Assembly elections and but only two members in the Cabinet”

Dubai, Dec 17: A 13-year-old Indian boy in Dubai, who developed his first mobile application four years ago, also owns a software development company, a media report said on Sunday. Aadithyan Rajesh, a Malayali, was only nine years old when he developed his first mobile application as a hobby to beat boredom. He has also been designing logos and websites for clients. The tech wizard, who started