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Mangaluru, Oct 8: A gang of miscreants, armed with machetes and other weapons, attacked two Muslim youths at Bajal on the outskirts of city on Thursday. According to sources Hafiz and Ejaz were watching a volleyball match when over a dozen miscreants attacked them without any provocation. Local residents rushed both the victims to a hospital for emergency treatment. The motive behind the attack is

New Delhi, Oct 8: The Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party on Sunday took a dig at the NDA government over a report that the company owned by Amit Shah’s son recorded a massive 16,000-times increase in turnover over in the year following the election of Narendra Modi as prime minister and the elevation of Shah to the post of party president. The Opposition parties have sought answers from Prime

Bengaluru, Oct 8: BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa on Saturday accused Chief Minister Siddaramaiah of trying to mislead SCs, STs, and other backward classes on increasing reservation in employment and education to 70% ahead of the Assembly election. Addressing the executive committee meeting of BJP OBC wing, he said the fact that the chief minister has promised to increase the reservation a few

Puttur, Oct 8: Hindu Jagaran Vedike leader Jagadish Karanth has temporarily been barred from attending any public meetings in Puttur taluk or making any provocative speeches. The Judicial Magistrate First Class court here on Saturday granted conditional bail to Karanth. The in-charge JMFC court judge on September 30 had granted him interim bail following his arrest by Dakshina Kannada district

Bantwal, Oct 8: A female leopard was found dead at Pudu village in Bantwal taluk of Dakshina Kannada on Saturday. The leopardess, about two-year-old, was found in a wire trap (snare) laid on the fence of a farm land near a railway track at about 8.30 a.m. B. Suresh, Range Forest Officer, Bantwal, said that the animal could have died of internal injuries owing to the tightening of the snare in its

Belagavi, Oct 8: Karnataka Home Minister Ramalinga Reddy has said that the State government has planned to increase the minimum tenure of police officers to two years from one year, in accordance with the Supreme Court judgment in Prakash Singh vs Union of India case. Speaking to presspersons after reviewing the progress of police officers from the Belagavi range at the office of the Inspector

Mysuru, Oct 8: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s elder sister Chikkamma (76) passed away on Friday due to age-related ailments. The chief minister paid his last respects at Chikkamma’s house in Devegowdanahundi in the taluk on Saturday. Chikkamma was undergoing treatment at BGS Apollo Hospital in the city. Siddaramaiah said his elder sister was married to Sannegowda of Devegowdanahundi. “I had visited

Mumbai, Oct 8: Indian women above 45 years will not need a male relative to accompany them for Hajj as per recommendations of the Hajj review committee for a new Hajj policy. Minority affairs minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Saturday said that women will be allowed to perform Hajj without a 'Mehram' (a male relative by blood) in a group of four or more. The Centre has also decided to abolish the

Mangaluru, Oct 8: A high school student attempted suicide by jumping off the fourth floor at Adumaroli area in the city around 5.45pm on Saturday. Police said the Class 9 boy left a suicide note hinting at his inability to score marks in exams. The boy also reportedly indicated he was under the influence of the Blue Whale challenge but police are yet to verify it. According to doctors, his

Bengaluru, Oct 7: Members of a Kannada outfit protesting against private schools for demanding donations today vandalised the official bungalow of the state Primary and Secondary Education Minister Tanveer Sait, following which all 22 of them were arrested. Karnataka Rakshana Yuva Sene workers assembled from various parts of the city outsideSait's residence and raised slogans against him, police