Los Angeles  : Actress Amanda Seyfried says she was not afraid of nudity in “Lovelace”, but the violence and beatings in the biopic scared her. “Lovelace” is a biopic on porn star Linda Lovelace. “It was a risky role to play, I suppose, but the nudity didn’t scare me. I was more afraid of some […]

Mangalore : The students of Human Rights of Cell of Canara First Grade College staged a protest in front of DC Office on Jan 19, Saturday demanding the central government to take measures to prevent the violence on women. The protestors stated that India is most democratic state in the world where the constitution has […]

Mangalore : An awareness programme on violence against women and measures to check the same, was held at St Agnes  College auditorium on January 5, Saturday.  A protest rally was also organised and there were  various programmes like dance, skits debates  highlighting the violence against women and measures to prevent them. Advocate and CWC Chairperson  […]

Mangalore : Speaking at the monthly SC/ST grievancemeeting held in the commissioner’s office on June 24, Sunday Dalit leader GirishKumar complained that even after informing the police about the youngsters planningto kill some of the residents of a Dalit colony in Chombugudde in Ullal, they have not taken any action. He also said that the […]

Bangalore:  The Bharath Bundh call given by NDA and its ally parties on May 31, Thursday condemning the petrol price hike has resulted in violence in Bangalore and other districts of the state. In Roopena Agrahara some miscreants set ablaze four BMTC buses on the night of May 30, Wednesday itself resulting in suspension of […]

Islamabad : A suicide bomb attack outside a mosque in Pakistan’s restive northwestern tribal belt today killed 25 people and injured over 40 others, police said.  A suicide bomber, who was on a motorcycle, detonated his explosive vest outside the mosque in the crowded Kurmi Bazar at Parachinar, the main town of Kurram tribal region, […]

Udupi: Speaking to pressmen at Hotel Kidiyoor here while attending a Nagamandalotsava (on snake worship), Ashok Singhal, Vishwa Hindu Parishat’s international mainstay blasted the proposed bill on Communal Violence-2011, Known as Prevention of Communal and Targeted Violence Act-2011 with across to Justice and Reparations(Compensation), which he called anti-Hindu Primarily and was not acceptable for VHP, […]

Damascus : At least 200 people were killed and hundreds wounded in Homs in the most brutal government crackdown till date in the 11-month old uprising in Syria, activists have said. Two main opposition groups, the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the Local Coordination Committees claimed that the death toll was over 200 […]

Mangalore : The All India Christian Council (AICC) in association with Karnataka Missions Network (KMN) organized a Christian’s conference at Shanthi Kiran in Bajjodi, on November 7, Monday. During the conference, they condemned the repeated attacks on churches in city, Subrahmanyam Swamy’s statements against minorities and his opposition of the communal violence prevention bill. Justice […]

Raipur: Six policemen were killed and five injured Friday when armed Maoists attacked a 16-member contingent in a forested village of Chhattisgarh’s violence-hit Bastar region, a police officer said. ‘The armed rebels attacked our jawans who are drawn from the District Force (DF) in a planned manner,’ Additional Director General of Police Ramniwas, who heads […]