Karnataka

Mangalore, Jan 29: Home Minister K?J George has stated that as many as 27 buildings, including government and private structures, have been facing terror threat in the State. In a written statement to a question by V?Sunil Kumar (BJP) in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday, the minister gave the names of certain buildings facing threat from various terror groups. However, he indicated that more

Sullia, Jan 29: In a shocking incident, two teenaged boys were arrested on the charges of sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl at Katipalla Vishnunagara of Ajjavara village in Sullia taluk. One of the accused has been identified as Naveen (19). He was arrested by police and remanded in judicial custody. The other accused, a 17-year-old boy, was sent to the remand home. The incident came to

Mangalore, Jan 29: A 36-year-old man from Uttar Pradesh has been arrested by the Bajpe police on the charge of molesting a Malaysian student on board a Mangalore-bound flight. The arrested has been identified as Anku Agarval. The victim, a student at a private dental college in Mangalore complained that Ankur Agarwal “molested” her throughout the journey from Bangalore to Mangalore. Agarwal, a

Mangalore, Jan 28: A group of over 50 representatives of organisations staged a 'rail roko' agitation at the Kankanady railway junction in the city on Tuesday demanding that the state government should axe Nethravathi diversion or Yettinahole project. The group of protestors expressed their opposition to the Yettinahole project by delaying the Yeshwantpur-Karwar train that arrived at the station

Mangalore, Jan 28: A 19-year-old youth who was riding bike was killed after an oncoming lorry rammed into his bike at Ekkur on the outskirts of the city on Tuesday. The deceased has been identified as Muhammad Iqbal, son of P C Imthiyaz, a resident of Pilar in Mangalore taluk. The road mishap occurred when he was moving towards Mangalore from Thokkottu. He suffered head injuries following the

Bangalore, Jan 28: An anonymous e-mail threatening to blow up the Kempegowda International Airport Limited (KIAL) here prompted authorities to step up security. "We have received a bomb threat here yesterday," KIAL said in a statement here. An FIR has been lodged with Bangalore Police, it said adding all airlines and partners have been put on alert. The airport has been on high alert since January

Bangalore, Jan 28: Health Minister U T Khader said the government was considering establishing a physiotherapy council in the State to strengthen research and education in physiotherapy. Speaking at the inauguration of the two-day national physiotherapy conference 'Physio Accord 2014', organised by the Karnataka Physiotherapists recently, Mr Khader said there was a need for a separate

Mangalore, Jan 28: Demanding an end to the mining activity that is currently taking place in a quarry close to Bearys Institution of Technology (BIT), Innoli on the outskirts of the city, students of the institution staged a protest near the mining area on Tuesday. During the protest, students grieved that they were unable to concentrate on their studies as the surroundings had become noisy due to

New Delhi, Jan 28: The Supreme Court today refused to relook into its verdict criminalising gay sex in the country. A bench of Justices H L Dattu and S J Mukhopadhaya, in inchamber proceedings, dismissed a bunch of petitions filed by the Centre and gay rights activists against its December 2013 verdict declaring gay sex an offence punishable up to life imprisonment. In a big setback to the LGBT

Bangalore, Jan 28: A 35-year-old Army man was arrested on charges of sexually assaulting a 14-month-old baby girl at the Para Regimental Centre (PRC) quarters, near Mehkri Circle , on Sunday evening. Dharam Veer Singh, a Naik (corporal) with the PRC located at ML Lines in JC Nagar, was charged with assaulting the daughter of his friend, colleague and neighbour. Confirming the arrest, deputy