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Mangaluru, Mar 20: Thundershowers hit parts of Sullia and Puttur taluks of Dakshina Kannada yesterday, causing damages in remote areas. A powerful lightning strike killed a man and injured two others near Punchttaru village in Sullia taluk of the coastal district. The deceased has been identified as Dhananjaya (35), a resident of the same village. The injured are his sister, Bhavani, and a

New Delhi, Mar 20: The Congress on Monday warned the BJP against making any attempts to fan communal tensions in Karnataka over granting minority status to the Lingayat community. "If the BJP tries to fan communal tensions, such attempts will be dealt with as per law," Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala told reporters here. He said the Karnataka government had followed all the due

The BJP on Monday slammed the Karnataka government for its decision to recommend separate religion status for Lingayats, accusing Chief Minister Siddaramaiah of "playing with fire for vote back politics". Party general secretary in-charge of Karnataka P Muralidhar Rao accused the state's ruling Congress of practising a "divide and rule" policy. "Congress carrying 'Divide and Rule' legacy of

Bengaluru, Mar 19: The Janata Dal (Secular) today issued a whip to all its MLAs in Karnataka to vote for the party candidate B M Farookh in the March 23 biennial election to the Rajya Sabha from the legislative assemblies. The whip was issued by JD(S) Karnataka unit chief H D Kumaraswamy to 30 party MLAs and 7 rebel MLAs who were already suspended by the party. It also directed the party MLAs to

Mangaluru: Bejai Kapikad area in the city was cleaned on Sunday as part of Ramakrishna Mission’s Swacchata Abhiyan. It was the twentieth week’s drive. The drive was flagged off at 7.30 am in front of Indian Oil Petrol Pump at Kapikad Bejai by Dr Dhanesh Kumar K U, Principal, Nitte College of Physiotherapy and world renowned magician Kudroli Ganesh in the presence of Swami Jitakamanandaji. Speaking

Kuwait City, Mar 19: Police here are looking for a Kuwaiti accused of torturing his Indian domestic worker. The Indian woman had a deep cut on the head and bruises on the hands and arms, a report in Al Rai daily cited police officials as saying. The woman was taken to a hospital by the accused's sister who came to the victim’s rescue while she was being tortured, The Times Kuwait reported on

Bengaluru, Mar 19: The Karnataka State Cabinet on Monday decided to recommend to the Centre to accord "religious minority" status to the politically and economically powerful Lingayat community. The meeting chaired by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah accepted the recommendations of the seven-member expert committee headed by retired Karnataka high court judge H N Nagamohan Das. There was a discussion

Hubballi, Mar 19: Rambhapuri Mutt seer Prasanna Renuka Veerasomeshwar Shivacharya Swami on Monday warned of waging a religious war if the Congress government recommended granting of minority religion status to Lingayats. Speaking to reporters he said: "We've clarified our stand that Veerashaiva and Lingayat are one and the same. Members of the expert panel, headed by retired high court judge H N

Kannada activist and Vatal Paksha leader Vatal Nagaraj has announced that Kannada organisations, along with Dalit and farmers’ organisations with a regional perspective, would form Karnataka Praja Samyukta Ranga and field candidates in the Assembly elections. He said he would hold discussions shortly with farmers’ and Dalit organisations who have concern and commitment for the development of

Panaji, Mar 19: The image of Goa seems to be changing to a 'monsoon destination', from being a popular summer hot-spot till now for vacationers. This is so because there has been a 60 percent rise in the number of visitors to the coastal state during the rainy season last year, a Goa tourism official said. Till sometime back, the state, known for its scenic beaches, used to receive foreign