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New Delhi, Aug 19: In a stern warning, the Delhi government has given two weeks to private schools in the national capital to comply with orders of the Delhi High Court to refund excess fee charged from parents. Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and education minister Manish Sisodia, on Friday, said the government had sent out notices to 449 schools to comply with the recommendations a sunder the

Bengaluru, Aug 19: the Karnataka High Court has granted stay on the investigation into the FIR filed against five Hindutva leaders accused of creating riots in Bantwal in Dakshina Kannada district during funeral procession of RSS worker Sharath Madiwala. Justice Aravind Kumar granted stay on the FIR registered against Satyajit Surathkal, BJP backward class morcha state secretary, Sharan Pumpwell

Bengaluru, Aug 19: the Karnataka High Court has granted stay on the investigation into the FIR filed against five Hindutva leaders accused of creating riots in Bantwal in Dakshina Kannada district during funeral procession of RSS worker Sharath Madiwala. Justice Aravind Kumar granted stay on the FIR registered against Satyajit Surathkal, BJP backward class morcha state secretary, Sharan Pumpwell

Madikeri, Aug 19: A video of Congress MLC S Veena Achaiah pushing away the hand of Kodagu district Congress committee former president TP Ramesh who tried to hold her hand during the Independence Day celebrations here, has gone viral creating a new controversy. Achaiah said her family was hurt by Ramesh’s actions and condemned his "mean mentality". Achaiah said her family, after watching the video

New Delhi, Aug 19: The flood situation in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh continued to grim on Saturday as the death toll rose to 170. The flood situation turned critical in 15 districts of the state, affecting millions. If reports are to be believed, the deluge claimed 34 more lives Bihar in the last 24 hours, officials said. A Bihar Disaster Management Department official said a total of 108 lakh people

New Delhi, Aug 19: The flood situation in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh continued to grim on Saturday as the death toll rose to 170. The flood situation turned critical in 15 districts of the state, affecting millions. If reports are to be believed, the deluge claimed 34 more lives Bihar in the last 24 hours, officials said. A Bihar Disaster Management Department official said a total of 108 lakh people

London, Aug 18: An Indian-origin television actress in the UK had a lucky escape when she hid in a restaurant freezer during the terrorist attack in Spain where a van ploughed through pedestrians, killing 14 people and injuring around 100. Laila Rouass, 46, who was on a holiday in the city with her 10-year-old daughter Inez Khan, live tweeted from her hideout as the attack unfolded in the busy Las

New Delhi, Aug 18: A 33-year-old woman working at a five-star hotel in Aerocity here has alleged that she was molested by the security manager of the hotel, the police said today. A CCTV footage of the incident has also emerged in which the accused can be seen trying to pull the woman's sari. The woman alleged that the man had been pressurising her into having a physical relation with him and she

Barcelona, Aug 18: Spanish police hunted Friday for the driver who ploughed a van into crowds of pedestrians on a busy avenue in Barcelona, just hours before a second such assault hit a nearby resort, in twin attacks that left 14 dead and over 100 injured. Police said they killed five "suspected terrorists" during the night and three others were arrested as Spain reeled from the double tragedy in

Madurai, Aug 18: A college student, M. Karthikraja (21), was hacked to death near Viraganoor under Silaiman police station limits around 7 a.m. on Thursday. The deceased, a Dalit, was a second year B.A. (Tamil) student of a city college. A group of youth is said to have assaulted him with lethal weapons like knives and swords along the Vaigai, killing him on the spot. The police said Karthikraja