Mangalore, December 17: In a horrendous crime reported from Sharbatkatte, near Yeyyadi on the outskirts of the city, a four year old girl child was brutally killed by two people, who were engaged in witchcraft and black magic.The victim has been identified as Priyanka, daughter of a Bihari couple Fi

The International Committee of the Red Cross sent evidence to US diplomats about widespread torture by Indian security forces in Kashmir, according to cables obtained by Wikileaks. Visits to detention centres in the region in 2002-04 revealed cases of beatings, electric shocks, sexual abuse and ot

Bangalore - The much awaited World Urdu Conference and World Urdu Mushaira, the first-of-its kind in the history of KARNATAKA will be held Insha Allah on the 29th and 30th December 2010 respectively. CONFERENCE: The Conference will be attended by a galaxy of eminent scholars, writers, poets, social

WASHINGTON/NEW DELHI: India's political princeling and Congress Party heir apparent Rahul Gandhi feels that the "the bigger threat (to India) may be the growth of radicalized Hindu groups, which create religious tensions and political confrontations with the Muslim community," according to a cable b

Mysore - Twenty-eight people, most of them women and children, drowned when a maxi-cab in which they were travelling plunged into the Unabattinakere near Marase Gate on the stretch between Mysore and Nanjangud (on National Highway 212), about 10 km from here, on Tuesday. Five people were rescued

Bangalore, Dec 11 (PTI): Higher Education Minister V S Acharya was today given additional portfolio of Information Technology and Biotechnology, held by Katta Subramanya Naidu, who quit in the wake of an alleged land scam. The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board will now be under Urban Develo

New Delhi,December 11, 2010m (AFP): India's telecom watchdog has called for the licences of operators caught up in what could be the country's largest corruption scandal to be cancelled, a statement said Saturday. The proposal to cancel 38 permits came as the government reeled under fierce attacks

Muzaffarnagar - Vice-chancellor of leading Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband, Maulana Marghoobur Rahman passed away on Wednesday at his native place Bijnor after prolonged illness. He was 99 and bedridden for the past several months, sources at seminary said. His body was brought to Deoband and w

Ratan Tata hits back, drags BJP into 2G scam NEW DELHI: Tata Group supremo Ratan Tata on Thursday termed as "politically motivated" the efforts of the GSM lobbyists, including Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar, saying their endeavour was to embarrass the Prime Minster Manmohan Singh and the rulin

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday ordered the acquittal of three main accused in the case relating to bomb blast at the RSS office in Chennai and directed their release forthwith. The TADA court in Chennai had awarded life imprisonment to them. A Bench of Justice B. Sudershan Reddy and Justi

Varanasi, 7 Dec 2010 (PTI) - An explosion rocked the holy town of Varanasi here this evening leaving at least 20 including some foreign tourists injured. ADG Brij Lal said seven persons were injured of which four have been hospitalised. However, eyewitnesses said at least 20 people were injured, whi

Bangalore, Dec 5, DHNS :In a fresh salvo against the B S Yeddyurappa government, Governor H R Bhardwaj on Sunday accused it of ''deliberately'' trying to create confusion among the public by handing over land scam cases to a judge when the issue was pending before the Lokayukta. "The only forum com

New Delhi -Air travellers can breathe easy ahead of Christmas and New Year festivities as low-cost domestic airlines have slashed their average fares by 20-25 per cent on Sunday following intense pressure from the government. The lowering of tariffs will come as a relief to passengers who were for

The high court on Wednesday sought a reply from the government on whether it has investigated the issues raised in former inspector general of police SM Mushrif's book Who killed Karkare. The division bench of justice BH Marlapalle and justice UD Salvi were hearing two petitions, one by former Bih

New Delhi, Dec 4,2010 (PTI):The CBI today registered a case against unknown persons for hacking and defacement of its official website by people who identified themselves as ''Pakistani Cyber Army''. The CBI registered the case under various sections of Information Technology Act and said efforts w

Bangalore, December 3(UNI): The House Committee probing the misconduct of the 15 opposition party members in Karnataka Legislative Assembly during the first trust vote on October 11 for Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa will submit its report in the next ten days.Appachu Ranjan, legislator fr

Patna: Majority of the 19 Muslim candidates including two women who got elected in the recently held Bihar Assembly election 2010, are new faces, young and highly educated. The average age of the newly elected 19 Muslim MLAs is 45 years. Only five of the 15 Muslim MLAs in the last assembly could win

Bagepalli, December 2, DHNS :Two groups of the same community clashed over a dispute relating to prayers at the Noorani Masjid Mohalla in the town on Wednesday night.A war of words between the two groups in the night took the form of a clash by late night. A youth was stabbed in the incident. He is