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  • Being a woman is not a criteria for granting bail, says Karnataka High Court

    Being a woman is not a criteria for granting bail, says Karnataka High Court

    Bengaluru (IANS). In a major judgement, the Karnataka High Court has denied bail to a woman who stabbed her husband to death, saying that being a woman cannot be a criterion for granting bail.

    The wife is accused of slitting the husband’s throat when he was asked questions about the illegal relationship.

    A bench headed by Justice Mohammad Nawaz gave this order on Monday while considering the petition of the accused Delhi Rani.

    The bench rejected the counsel’s argument that keeping in view that the accused is a woman, she should be granted bail.

    Rani is in judicial custody since September 24, 2022. He challenged the trial court’s order in the High Court, which rejected his bail plea.

    The bench said that Delhi Rani cannot be held innocent because of the injuries she sustained in the incident. Her husband Shankar Reddy was murdered at the residence where Rani and their two minor children lived. The statement of three witnesses has confirmed the illegal relationship of the wife with the second accused in the case. Since Shankar Reddy was an obstacle in the illicit relationship, he was killed.

    After the incident, the accused had injured himself and hid his jewelry to mislead the investigation.

    The police have recovered earrings, chain and night dress of the accused, which have blood stains, the bench said.

    The minor boy had given a statement that after waking up in the morning, he saw his father lying in a pool of blood. Earlier there was a fight between the accused Delhi Rani and the deceased Shankar Reddy.

    The offense is of serious nature and bail cannot be granted merely because she is a woman, the court said.

    Delhi Rani and her husband R. Shankar Reddy was married and has two children. Delhi Rani had an affair. Shankar Reddy worked in Bangalore and his family lived in Andhra Pradesh.

    He shifted his family to Bangalore for the education of his children. The accused and his lover conspired to murder Shankar Reddy. On February 24, 2022, the accused slit Shankar Reddy’s throat while he was sleeping.

    The Yeshwantpur police, which had registered a case of murder against unknown persons, disclosed the matter and arrested Delhi Rani and her lover.

  • Two boys detained for pelting stones at Vande Bharat in Karnataka

    Two boys detained for pelting stones at Vande Bharat in Karnataka

    Davanagere (IANS). Railway officials have detained two minor boys for pelting stones on the Vande Bharat Express train running between Dharwad and Bengaluru cities. The police gave this information on Tuesday.

    Railway Protection Force (RPF) officials said the minors have been kept at the observation home in Chitradurga.

    The boys are residents of SS Nagra and Basha Nagra. The incident is of July 1.

    There were cracks in the window glass of the train in the stone pelting.

    The service of the second Vande Bharat train was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 26 June.

    The incident had raised concerns among passengers and officials. The investigation is on, officials said.

  • Heavy rains disrupt life in Karnataka

    Heavy rains disrupt life in Karnataka

    Mangaluru (IANS). Heavy rains lashed parts of Karnataka throwing normal life out of gear in the state. Coastal areas of Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Uttara Kannada districts have been receiving heavy rains since Monday evening. For the first time this season, the monsoon has now gained momentum.

    Torrential rains in Mangaluru left low-lying areas inundated with water, while traffic was also affected due to water-logging.

    Due to overflowing of rain drains, water has accumulated up to four to five feet in some areas of the city.

    The authorities have declared a holiday for schools and colleges in Mangaluru, Mulki, Moodbidri, Ullal and Bantwal on Tuesday.

    Buses remained off the roads due to floods in many areas, causing inconvenience to commuters.

    The India Meteorological Department has warned of heavy rain in the coastal districts till Wednesday.

  • Two arrested for brandishing sword in moving train in Karnataka

    Two arrested for brandishing sword in moving train in Karnataka

    Dakshina Kannada (IANS). The Karnataka Railway Police has arrested two people for brandishing swords inside a moving train. The arrested persons were identified as Jayaprabhu and Prasad, who were traveling from Goa to Tirunalveli in Tamil Nadu.

    The incident took place on Friday when the Tirunelveli Superfast Express was on its way from Surathkal to Tokuru in Dakshina Kannada district. In a drunken state, they took out swords and started threatening the passengers.

    Due to this, the passengers ran out of the coach fearing for their lives. TTEs KK Srinivasa Shetty and Thimmappa Gowda reached the spot and snatched the swords from their hands.

    The accused were later handed over to the police at Mangaluru Railway Station. Many seats and windows were damaged due to the incident. The swords have been seized by the Railway Police.

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  • Controversy over forcing students to recite Islamic verses in Karnataka

    Controversy over forcing students to recite Islamic verses in Karnataka

    Hassan (IANS). A controversy has erupted in Hassan district after a private school allegedly forced students to recite Islamic verses during Bakrid celebrations.

    Videos of the incident which took place at Gyansagar International School in Channarayapatna city have gone viral on social media.

    Condemning the incident, Hindu activists protested on Friday.

    Many have objected to the management’s decision to make Hindu and Christian students recite verses from the Quran.

    Following the protest, the school management on Saturday assured that such an incident would not be repeated in future.

    Hindu activists alleged that hundreds of children were asked to recite verses from the Quran on the occasion.

    The video also shows a teacher giving a speech.

    It was alleged that the students were made to offer Namaz. The management has clarified that they have not forced the children to recite Quranic verses and ‘Namaz’ has not been offered. This was done to create harmony and integrity.

    The management said, “Only three children from the Muslim community offered prayers, while others sat with closed eyes.” The teachers claimed that the event was organized to celebrate religious festivals. The management clarified, “Not only Bakrid, cultural programs will be organized on the occasion of all festivals of different religions.”

    However, Hindu organizations have called for a ‘bandh’ on Monday over the incident.

  • Distressed by the harassment of teachers, a minor girl died

    Distressed by the harassment of teachers, a minor girl died

    Bengaluru (IANS). Fed up with the alleged harassment by two teachers, a 16-year-old girl student committed suicide at Parvatipura in Karnataka’s Bengaluru Rural district. The police gave this information on Friday.

    The deceased student was a resident of Parvatipura. She was a student of Millennium Public School.

    Police said the girl was depressed after coming home from school on June 20. His parents noticed this, but ignored it. The girl had food and later went to her room. When she did not come out of the room for a long time and did not respond, the parents broke down the door and found her hanging from the ceiling fan.

    Police said, though he was taken to a nursing home, doctors could not save him.

    According to the police, the parents recently came to know about the torture and harassment by two teachers, Nalina and Qamar Taj, from her friends. Both the teachers are alleged to have often scolded and humiliated her over trivial matters.

    A few days before the suicide, the girl was asked to do 100 sit-ups in front of the students in the class. Nalini scolded him in front of the class. She said that she did not want to see his face and he sat on the last bench. On the day Sara committed suicide, both the teachers called her to a separate room and while coming back, the students noticed that she was crying.

    Sara was also allegedly harassed by teacher Qamar Taj’s son Hamin.

    Hamin harasses her by making love proposals and forces her to have a relationship with him. He had told all his friends that he was in love with the girl and would marry her. He also threatened to teach her a lesson if she refused his offer.

    The girl had told her friends that she did not want to live.

    Police said, the parents have mentioned all the facts in the complaint.

    Teacher Qamar Taj is missing since the complaint was lodged. Hosakote police have registered a case.

  • Karnataka High Court dismisses Twitter’s plea, imposes fine of 50 lakhs

    Karnataka High Court dismisses Twitter’s plea, imposes fine of 50 lakhs

    Bengaluru (IANS). The Karnataka High Court on Friday dismissed Twitter’s plea challenging the blocking orders issued by the central government and also imposed a fine of Rs 50 lakh on the microblogging platform.

    The court said that there is no merit in Twitter’s petition.

    A bench headed by Justice Krishna S Dixit also ruled that Rs 50 lakh would be paid by Twitter to the Karnataka Legal Services Authority over a period of 45 days. The bench said Rs 5,000 will be paid for every additional day the payment is delayed.

    The bench said, “Twitter has not given any reason for not complying with the demand of the Central Government for blocking. Twitter is not a farmer or a common man but a billionaire company.”

    Dismissing the petition, the bench said it was convinced by the arguments of the Union of India. The bench also said that it referred to US, Australian and Canadian laws, English decisions and Supreme Court decisions on the wider implications of the tweet.

    The Karnataka High Court on Friday pronounced the order on Twitter’s plea challenging the blocking orders issued by the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on the ground that account-level blocking violates user rights.

    Twitter, in its plea, had said that the blocking orders by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) under the IT Act were showing disproportionate use of powers.

    The micro-blogging platform argued that MeitY had warned of dire consequences for non-compliance of the blocking orders.

    The notice also warned of criminal proceedings and said that this would be the last chance to comply with the orders to block the accounts.

    The Karnataka High Court had issued notice to the ruling Modi-led government at the Center regarding the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology issuing orders to block around 1,100 Twitter accounts.

    A single bench headed by Justice Krishna S Dixit passed the order after senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for Twitter, submitted that if the blocking order continues, Twitter’s entire business will stop. As per the rules, the reason for blocking the accounts has to be given to the micro blogging platform, which is not being done.

  • Tiger attacked a person while sleeping

    Tiger attacked a person while sleeping

    Shimoga (IANS). A man was attacked by a tiger while he was sleeping inside his hut in Marathi village of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

    Ganesh was fast asleep in his hut in Marathi village of Shimoga district in the early hours of Friday, when suddenly a tiger entered the hut. Neighbors who came running on Ganesha’s shout chased the tiger away.

    Ganesh (47) suffered a serious hand injury in the tiger attack. He has been shifted to Kundapura Government Hospital. On the other hand, forest officials have started searching for the tiger on information.

    This area is situated in the backwaters of Sharavati in Sagar taluk. Since the incident, the people of the area are scared to step out of the house.

  • Daughter killed for having affair with Dalit youth in Karnataka

    Daughter killed for having affair with Dalit youth in Karnataka

    Kolar (IANS). In Karnataka’s Kolar district, a man killed his daughter over her relationship with a Dalit youth. The police gave this information on Wednesday.

    According to the police, the boy committed suicide after hearing about the incident.

    The deceased have been identified as Keerti, 20, and Gangadhar, 24, residents of Bodagurki village.

    Kirti belonged to the Gola (Yadav) community.

    Police said they were in a relationship for a year and Gangadhar had also approached the girl’s father Krishna Murthy for marriage.

    But Keerthi’s parents did not approve of their relationship and asked her to stop meeting.

    On Tuesday, Keerti and her father had a heated argument over the issue and in a fit of rage, he strangled Keerti to death.

    Police said that when Gangadhar came to know about Kirti’s death, he jumped in front of the Lalbagh Express train when it was passing through the village.

    Kamasamudra police have registered a case in this regard and started investigation.

  • Two elders killed for Rs 485, three arrested

    Two elders killed for Rs 485, three arrested

    Mysore (IANS) : Three people, including a minor, have been arrested for allegedly killing two elderly people. Police said the crime was committed for Rs 485.

    Police said that all three committed the crime to raise money for drugs. After the double murder, the accused had extorted Rs 485 from the deceased. Hunsur police arrested all three and sent two of them to judicial custody. Whereas, the minor was sent to the remand home.

    Both the adult accused have been identified as Abhishek and Tauseef Ahmed Khan. Police said the deceased have been identified as 70-year-old watchman Venkatesh and his friend Shanmug. The three accused killed both of them.

    Police told that Tausif was addicted to drugs and was also a drug smuggler. He was close to the other two accused and killed the two men working in the wood factory. After this, the accused took away Rs 485 from him. Shanmuga was mentally challenged and was living with Venkatesh.

    The accused attacked them with an iron rod and killed them both. The police got clues from the CCTV footage and arrested the accused. Police said the accused confessed that they killed the two elderly people for some money.