Karnataka

Udupi, Jan 7: The trial of the gang-rape of a medical student in Manipal last year began on Monday with the examination of two witnesses at the District and Sessions Court. The medical student of Manipal University from Kerala was abducted in an autorickshaw and gang-raped near Manipal on the night of June 20, 2013. The police arrested three suspects — Yogesh Poojary, Hariprasad Poojary and Anand

Bangalore, Jan 7: The one-upmanship in the State Congress between Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and KPCC?President G?Parameshwara was evident at a party function on Monday with the latter lashing out at two ministers close to the former for leaving the event midway. The event was a huge convention of Scheduled Castes organised by KPCC?SC department at the Palace Grounds in Bangalore. Public Works

Mangalore, Jan 6: Police on Monday booked Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat and hardcore Hindutva preacher Chakravarthy Sulibele for giving provocative speeches and hurting religious sentiments through extremely vulgar and sleazy comments. After reviewing a complaint filed Mohammad Usman, a resident of Gurpur, jurisdictional Bajpe police has booked the duo under

Bangalore, Jan 6: Congress leader Digvijay Singh today said it was the 'right' of Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to have inducted D K Shivakumar and Roshan Baig, whose inclusion has triggered a controversy for being "scam tainted". "The criteria, when anyone is taken in the ministry, it is the right of the Chief Minister (to induct Shivakumar and Baig)," he told reporters after the party's

Mangalore, Jan 6: Principal Secretary of Agriculture Department and district-in-charge secretary Bharat Lal Meena reviewed the progress of developmental programmes which came under the purview of the district administration in a meeting with various department officials at Zilla Panchayat auditorium here on Monday. The issue of the new service bus stand to be constructed at Pumpwell was raised

Mangalore, Jan 6: District-in-charge minister B Ramanath Rai released a book 'Envisioning a Green World' written by Steven David at a press conference at Deputy Commissioner's office here on Monday. The book narrates a public administrator's take on a public interest project of Pilikula Nisargadhama near Moodushedde on the outskirts of Mangalore city. Speaking on the occasion, Mr Rai told

Mangalore, Jan 6: Action Committee Against Mangalore - Hassan - Mysore - Solur Gas Pipeline Project will hold a protest rally in Kaikamba on January 7. Addressing the media persons on Monday Krishna Prasad Rai of the committee said that farmers of six villages have formed an action committee to oppose Mangalore - Hassan - Mysore - Solur Gas Pipeline Project by HPCL. The project is a threat to

Dubai, Jan 6: A 33-year-old tailor has won two luxury cars and 100,000 dirhams in a raffle here. Fasaludheen Kuttipalakkal from Kerala was the winner of the Infiniti Mega Raffle on the second day of the Dubai Shopping Festival 2014, organisers of the festival said. Kuttipalakkal had been trying his luck at the raffle for the past 10 years without success.The good luck was brought to him apparently

Bangalore, Jan 6: A clash between police personnel and Border Security Force (BSF) personnel on Lalbagh premises on Sunday evening led to the detention of 27 BSF jawans. According to the police, some people complained to the private guards posted on the Lalbagh premises about the misbehaviour of a group of allegedly inebriated men near the Kempegowda Tower. The visitors alleged that the group was

Jeddah, Jan 6: The Labor Ministry is studying new proposals to expand the Nitaqat system in its bid to reduce the number of foreign workers and their dependents and create more jobs for citizens with higher salaries. The move includes restricting expats' period of stay in the Kingdom to a maximum of eight years and discouraging them from bringing their families. An expat worker living in the