Gender-based discrimination remains pervasive even though the State has seen a significant increase in women in higher education, particularly in health education, Health Minister Veena George has said.
The second Additional District and Sessions court, Mangaluru, on Monday, sentenced 52-year-old Alphonse Saldanha to life and imposed a fine of ₹2 lakh on finding him guilty of murdering Vincey alias Vincent D’souza and his wife Helen D’souza in Elinje Village of Mangaluru taluk in April 2020.