Karnataka

Mangalore, Dec 27: Four persons have been arrested by Kavoor police in connection with moral policing reported from Pilikula Nisargadhama on Thursday. Kumar, Bipin, Kiran and Ravi, all residents of Vamanjoor and aged around 25 years assaulted two inter-faith students who were strolling in the park on Wednesday at around 6 p.m. The four allegedly belonging to Saffron outfit came by bike and Omni

Bangalore, Dec 27: Public criticism has forced two legislature committees to put on hold their proposed 'study tour' abroad. But, nine members of another legislature committee have already landed in Australia. They are scheduled to visit New Zealand and welcome 2014 in style at a private hotel on the Fiji Islands, where the sun rises first in the whole world. On Thursday, sources in the

Moodbidri, Dec 27: In a brutal incident reported from Kumpapadavu near Moodbidri, a 28-year-old youth killed his father after an argument turned violent on Thursday. The deceased has been identified as Meena Gowda (50). His son Rajesh Gowda who was in an inebriated state allegedly strangled Meena Gowda in a fit of anger at their house between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. After having committed the crime, he

Mangalore, Dec 27: Condemning the alleged kidnap and blackmail of two medical students by a gang last week, the district unit of Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) came down heavily against the failure of the district administration and elected representatives in preventing instances of moral policing and crimes against youth in Dakshina Kannada. Addressing demonstrators in the protest

Udupi, Dec 27: As many as 23 girls of Rukmini Shetty Memorial College, Barkur, who were participating in an NSS camp fell sick and became unconscious under mysterious circumstances on Wednesday night at Vaddarse in Udupi district. Dr Ganesh Kamath of N R Acharya hospital at Koteshwar, who treated the students, said that all the students had suffered “acute panic attack”. “They did not have any

Bangalore, Dec 27: In a bizzare turn of events, the family of an elderly man who died at a City hospital took home the body of another man, a retired lieutenant colonel, and cremated it on Wednesday. On Friday morning, the ex-service man's son came to the Bangalore Baptist Hospital in Hebbal to collect his father's body and was shocked to find that some one else had alrea¬dy taken the body and

Mangalore, Dec 27: Few like-minded organizations came together to discuss and outline a plan of action in a meeting against the backdrop of the alleged kidnap and blackmail of two medical students last week on the outskirts of the city, to prevent further such incidents in the future. In a gathering of few activists from NGOs, organisations and concerned citizens, questions were raised on how to

Mangalore, Dec 26: Minister for Health and Family Welfare U T Khader has urged the police to take stringent action against those involved in the case of kidnapping Medical students from Deralakatte and forcing them to involve in sex before camera. Addressing media persons in the city on Thursday Mr Khader rubbished the allegations made against him by BJP leaders of shielding the accused in the

Bangalore, Dec 26: Unfazed by criticism over its foreign jaunt at a time when the state is hit by drought, a Karnataka Legislature committee today insisted it would go ahead with the visit to Brazil, Argentina and Peru with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah also defending their tour. As the jaunt by a contingent of about 18 MLAs planned for January stirred up a controversy, Siddaramaiah told reporters

Tumkur, Dec 26: In a gruesome accident, a woman and her three children were killed on the spot near Kora in Tumkur on Wednesday. A family of six, including four children, from Tipunagar in Tumkur was going on a motorcycle from the city to Sira town when a canter rammed the two-wheeler on national highway 4 around 3 p.m. The police identified the dead as Razia Banu, her daughters Mehak Banu (9) and