Alleging the indifferent attitude of the Karnataka State government towards the Idiga community, Telangana Excise Minister V. Srinivas Goud expressed anger over the delay in fulfilling the long-pending demand of lifting ban on toddy tapping. Addressing a press conference in Kalaburagi on Thursday, Mr. Goud said though the Idiga community people had organised a series of agitations, their demands had …
The Bombay High Court upheld the death penalty awarded to a 30-year-old watchman who was accused of raping and killing a three-year-old girl. The HC’s decision came on a day when it commuted the death sentence of three men convicted in the Shakti Mills gang-rape case. The division bench of Justices Sadhana Jadhav and Prithiviraj Chavan confirmed the death penalty …
