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The allegations made in the complaint and the charge-sheet depict “not consent but submission extracted under duress” and that the petitioner must face a full-fledged trial, said Justice M. Nagaprasanna

Cases have been registered

The trigger for Bordoloi was the alleged humiliation by State party president Gaurav Gogoi over the selection of candidate for the Laharighat Assembly constituency

Amid confusion over the internal reservation among Scheduled Castes, and reduction of overall reservation to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes from 56% to 50% for recruitment to 56,432 posts, the Karnataka State Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes held deliberations with senior officials, former KPSC functionaries, and community representatives

Mr. Modi said he and the UAE President agreed on the importance of ensuring safe and free navigation through the Strait of Hormuz

Excise Minister R.B. Thimmapur informed the Legislative Assembly that the government is considering revising the Karnataka Excise Act, 1965, and introducing a new law to curb the illegal sale of liquor

The signatories allege that the Congress leader and other MPs organised a protest on the steps of Parliament despite the Speaker’s direction against any such demonstration within the premises

Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao has said that redeployment of gynaecologists and anaesthetists from community health centres in rural areas with lesser deliveries to taluk hospitals was done in an effort to reduce neonatal deaths after an audit of neonatal deaths in different areas of the State

Acknowledging that there were some problems related to the supply of certain medicines at primary health centres in the State, Health and Family Welfare Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao, however, told the Legislative Council that the drugs were not in short supply at State-run hospitals at the district and the taluk level