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Mangaluru, Oct 13: Expressing confidence that police will take necessary action against those involved in sale and consumption of cannabis in the coastal region, Dakshina Kannada district in-charge minister B Ramanath Rai has said that the cops also need full cooperation of people in tackling the menace. He was speaking to reporters in the city after a meeting with Inspector General of Police

A hardline Hindutva leader has indirectly advised the Hindu father of Akhila aka Hadiya, who embraced Islam and married a Muslim man in Kerala, to go to jail after murdering her instead of allowing her to lead life with her Muslim husband. “Had I been the father of Akhila (Hadiya), I would have torn her veil, thrown it into fire and separated her head from her body”, wrote C P Sugathan, state

Bengaluru, Oct 12: The Karnataka High Court on Thursday reduced serial killer 'Cyanide' Mohan Kumar's death penalty to life imprisonment in the rape and murder case of one Anita of Kolimane in Bantwal taluk. The division bench of judges Ravi Malimath and John Michael Cunha modified the death penalty judgement passed by the trial court. They directed the prison authorities to not release Mohan

Astrologer Narendra Babu Sharma of Brahmanda fame on Thursday predicted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will have a perilous journey ahead. Speaking to the media during the opening ceremony of Haasanamba Temple in Hassan, the junior-artiste-turned-senior astrologer said: “It's really bad time for the people, who have Scorpion as their zodiac sign. There is a real threat for their life

Bengaluru, Oct 12: Narendra Babu Sharma, a junior artiste-turned-astrologer, who gained popularity through astrological TV programmes, has predicted that JD(S) Karnataka state president HD Kumaraswamy would become the chief minister of the state. Speaking at the opening ceremony of Haasanamba Temple in Hassan, the self-styled spiritual guru, said that the state will witness another coalition

The Hajj operations from Mangaluru and a few other Indian airports are likely to be stopped, at least temporarily, as a fresh Hajj Policy drafted by a ministry of minority affairs committee has explicitly recommended reducing the embarkation points for the pilgrimage from 21 to nine. The five-member panel appointed by the by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led union government to draft a new

Udupi, Oct 12: Members of the Hindu Jagrana Vedike (HJV) and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) staged a dharna in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s office here on Wednesday against what they termed as “anti-Hindu” policies of the Congress-led State government and against the arrest of leaders and activists of Hindutva groups. In a memorandum addressed to the Governor and submitted at the Deputy

Bengaluru, Oct 12: Three months after he was forced to tender apology for exposing the ‘suitcase culture’ of Janata Dal (Secular), Prajwal Revanna, son of senior JD(S) leader H D Revanna has raised voice against the “bucket culture” (sycophancy) in the party. The semi-rebel grandson of former prime minister and JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda has also indirectly expressed his desire to contest from

Mangaluru, Oct 12: In a gruesome accident, a two-wheeler rider was crushed to death under the wheels of a truck at Thokkottu junction on the outskirts of the city on Thursday morning. The deceased has been identified as Saleem (30), a resident of KC Road. The ill-fated two-wheeler was following a speeding truck that was moving towards Talapady from the city. When the truck driver suddenly reduced

Bengaluru, Oct 12: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, state Congress president G Parameshwara and other party leaders will meet AICC vice-president Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi on Thursday to apprise him of the party’s preparation for the 2018 Assembly election. The party has been facing the heat from AICC general secretary in charge of Karnataka K C Venugopal on the lacklustre response to the Mane Manege