BJP, Yeddy Regime to Open 431 Liquor Shops

Bangalore, Jul 2: Good news for tipplers. Those who can’t do without their daily quota of booze and have to trudge long distances, especially in smaller towns or rural areas, need not fret anymore.

The BJP government in Karnataka headed by chief minister B S Yeddyurappa has decided to come to the `rescue’ of the habitual [...]

LGBT Community Rejoices Over homosexuality Verdict

BANGALORE, Jul 3 : As soon as the verdict on Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code was out on Thursday morning, hundreds of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people and their supporters gathered at the United Theological College (UTC) in jubilation.
While the reading down of the law that now decriminalises homosexuality in the [...]

CIC calls for transparency in dealing with RTI pleas

New Delhi, July 2 The Central Information Commission (CIC) has asked the Department of Personnel and Training (DOPT) to ensure maximum transparency while dealing with Right to Information (RTI) applications.
The CIC order came on an RTI application of activist Subhash Chandra Agrawal who had sought the file notings of the decision taken by the government [...]

Child raised by dogs found

Moscow, July 2 (RIA Novosti) The Russian police have found a child who has been raised by dogs, a media report said Thursday.
The police found six-year-old Veronika Tishchenko and three adults dogs in a house in Vyazemsky town in Russia’s Far East some days ago, Ren TV reported.
The girl was unable to speak and had [...]

Man dead in police custody, alleges protesting family

New Delhi, July 2 A Delhi youth arrested in a theft case was killed in police custody, angry family members of the deceased alleged as they blocked vehicular movement in south Delhi and kept the body on the road demanding punishment to the accused cops.
However, police denied the allegation saying the 26-year-old man jumped off [...]

Child Rights Commission constituted

BANGALORE, JULY 2, 209: The State Government on Thursday appointed Nina P Nayak, former chairperson, Karnataka State Council for Child Welfare, as the Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights.
Ms Nayak is from Dakshina Kannada and has been fighting for rights of children over the years. She has also authored several articles and a [...]

Woman poisons daughters, self after fight with husband

New Delhi, July 2 A woman injected her daughters, aged three and four, as well as herself with a poisonous substance after a fight with her husband. While both the girls died, the woman is now in a critical condition, police said here Thursday.
Rupa, a gynaecologist working in Ambedkar Hospital in Rohini, had a bitter [...]

Delhi High Court Legalises Homosexuality

New Delhi, Jul 2: In a historic judgement, the Delhi High Court Thursday decriminalised homosexuality by striking down section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
A bench of Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and Justice S. Muralidhar said that if not amended, section 377 of the IPC would violate Article 21 of the Indian constitution, [...]

Lady principal caught in indecent act

VADODARA: The principal of a school in Fatehgunj, who was allegedly caught in a compromising position with a man in the school premises on Saturday,was relieved from her duties on Tuesday.
According to the parents, who had staged protests against the lady principal’s indecent act, the lady principal has been served a show-cause notice by [...]

Michael Jackson’s doctor is father of his two children ?

Los Angeles, July 1 Rumours about the biological parents of Michael Jackson’s three children have deepened, with Us Weekly saying that a Los Angeles-based dermatologist is the biological father of the late pop star’s two children.
Quoting multiple sources, the magazine reported Tuesday that though Jackson was married to Prince and Paris’ mother, Debbie Rowe, their [...]