The right of autonomy over one's body is often denied to the fairer sex and they are bullied, discriminated against, isolated and persecuted for making choices about their bodies and lives, the Kerala High Court said on Monday while discharging a women's rights activist charged in a POCSO case.

Bengaluru: Actor and BJP Rajya Sabha MP Jaggesh has objected to Karnataka minister M B Patil's warning to Chakravarthy Sulibele urging the latter to not stay away from activities that disturb the peace and harmony of the state asserting that he would land in jail in he continues his right-wing agenda to peddle hate in the state. Jaggesh questioned MB Patil over his remarks and condemned his statement.

Mandya: Five persons were seriously injured when a car in which they were traveling overturned on a flyover on the Bengaluru-Mysuru highway near Chikkamandya on the outskirts of the city on Monday evening.

Moodbidre: In a tragic incident, a student at Alva's College was killed on the spot when a private bus collided with his bike at Handelu on the Karkala National Highway.

New York: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has said that the BJP and RSS are "incapable" of looking at the future and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is trying to drive the Indian car by only looking in the rearview mirror which will lead to "one accident after another."

Indore: A 37-year-old drug addict has been arrested for allegedly killing his eight-year-old daughter by crushing her head with stones in Indore city of Madhya Pradesh, police said on Monday.

Bengaluru: The Karnataka government on Monday rolled out the 'Gruha Jyoti' free electricity scheme, which is one of the five poll guarantees that the ruling Congress had promised in its election manifesto, and it will be implemented from July 1.

New Delhi: The Congress on Monday accused the BJP-led Centre of playing with the lives of railway passengers by not focussing on their safety and security and hit out at the railways for seeking a CBI probe, saying the agency is meant to investigate crimes and not train accidents.