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Mangaluru, Jan 7: Thousands of mourners on Sunday evening attended the funeral prayers of Ahmed Basheer, who breathed his last earlier today four days after he was attacked by a gang of trouble mongers in the city. 47-year-old Basheer was laid to rest at the burial ground located near the Muhiuddin Juma Masjid at Kuloor-Panjimogeru on the outskirts of the city after Magrib prayers. On January 3

Chikkamagaluru, Jan 7: Karnataka Home Minister Ramalinga Reddy regretted on Sunday that all murders in the state were being a communal colour. Speaking to media persons here, Mr Reddy said political parties and leaders were responsible for the violence in Dakshina Kannada district. “Whenever a Hindu is murdered, BJP leaders claim that the person belongs to Bajrang Dal and that the killers are

Mangaluru, Jan 7: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday visited the families of Deepak Rao and Ahmed Bashir, who died after attack by two separate gangs of communal hatemongers. The CM was on a day-long visit to Dakshina Kannada to inaugurate development works in Belthangady, Puttur, Moodbidri, and Mangaluru. After completing the last programme in Moodbidri, he drove to the residences of Rao, who

Mangaluru, Jan 7: Deepak Rao, who was hacked to death by trouble mongers earlier this week, used to earn Rs 11,000 salary per month. However, his mother has received more than Rs 50 lakh as compensation from government, politicians and well wishers in just three days. A gang of miscreants had hacked 32-year-old Deepak to death in broad daylight at his hometown Katipalla in Mangaluru on January 3

Bengaluru, Jan 7: In a shocking incident, three manual scavengers suffocated to death while clearing blocked manhole at ND Sepal apartment at Somasundarapalya in HSR Layout in Bengaluru on Sunday. The deceased identified as Madegowda, Narayanaswamy and Srinivas, all aged between 30 to 35 years, were residents of Bandepalya. Lack of safety measures at the premise has been blamed for the mishap. A

Bengaluru, Jan 7: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday sought to know from his Karnataka counterpart Siddaramaiah if the latter considered himself a Hindu. If so, then why does Siddaramaiah promote beef-eating?; the UP CM questioned. Adityanath was addressing a well-attended BJP Nava Karnataka Nirmana Parivartana rally at Vijayanagar, Bengaluru on Sunday. Adityanath said,

Mangaluru, Jan 7: Dr Shivaram Karanth Biological Park at Pilikula on the outskirts of the city is on high alert after the sudden outbreak of bird flu in Bangaluru and some other parts. H Jayaprakash Bhandary, director of the park, said that the chicken feed to animals in the park has been banned for four days as a precaution. Visitors to the zoo now have to dip their feet in a disinfectant

Mangaluru, Jan 7: Abdul Hakeem Kuloor, the brother of Ahmed Basheer, who passed away at a hospital on Sunday four days after he was attacked by communal hatemongers at Kottara Chowki in the city, has urged people not to disrupt peace. “When my brother Basheer was alive everyone respected him. This is time to pray for his soul. No one should try to disrupt peace. There will be no procession,” said

Mangaluru, Jan 7: Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner Sasikanth Senthil has said that the family members of Basheer, who lost his battle for life on Sunday, will get Rs 10 lakh compensation. Basheer was attacked by a gang of communal hatemongers on January 3 at Kottara Chowki in the city. He passed away at a hospital on Sunday. In a release, the DC said that the family will get Rs 5 lakh from

Mangaluru, Jan 7: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has expressed deep condolences to the family members of Basheer, who succumbed to his injuries on Sunday four days after he was attacked by hatemongers in the city. Interacting with reporters on arrival at the helipad in Belthangady on the outskirts of the city to launch a few development projects, the CM said that the murders of Deepak Rao and Basheer