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Bengaluru, Oct 7: Hardline Hindutva outfit Sanatan Sanstha on Saturday claimed that it was being defamed in connection with the murder of senior journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh. "There must be proof of the crime. Just because someone is missing does not mean he or she has committed the crime," Sanatan Sanstha spokesperson Chetan Rajhans said. Five members of the Sanatan Sanstha are suspected of

A committee of experts appointed by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led union government to examine the India’s Hajj policy has now drafted a proposal which includes abolishing subsidy for the pilgrims and allowing women devotees above 45 to travel in a group of at least four without a male. The proposed Hajj Policy 2018-22, by a panel headed by former secretary Afzal Amanullah, also recommends

Mumbai, Oct 7: Film director and writer Kundan Shah died at his residence on Saturday morning after suffering a cardiac arrest. He was 69. Kundan Shah directed films like 'Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro', 'Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa', 'Kya Kehna', and 'Dil Hai Tumhara'. 'Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro', which was his directorial debut, won him the prestigious National Film Award. Shah introduced Indian cinema and television to

The heavy toll of lighting deaths in the rural and coastal areas of the Karnataka has prompted the state government to import lightning sensor systems from United States of America. According to sources, the Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre (KSNDMC) has issued orders to procure 12 sensors to be installed in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Mysuru and other districts of Karnataka. The

Bengaluru, Oct 7: Reiterating that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed to crack the killing of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh will solve the case soon, Karnataka Home Minister Ramalinga Reddy on Saturday said that the cops are just a few steps away from catching the culprits. Speaking to media persons in Hubballi on Saturday, he said the SIT formed specially for the case is a short

Kasaragod, Oct 7: The Kerala state government has Kerala rejected the claims made by the Centre's National Investigation Agency (NIA) in the Supreme Court that the Hadiya case, involving conversion of a Hindu woman to Islam and her marriage to a Muslim man, is part of a “pattern” of religious conversions and radicalisation happening in the southern State. In fact, Pinarayi Vijayan-led CPI (M)

Mangaluru, Oct 7: Narcotic menace is spreading to rural areas in Dakshina Kannada district because some of the Congress leaders are supporting drug mafia, according to BJP leader and local MP Nalin Kumar Kateel. Addressing media persons in the city the MP said that that ganja was found with 10 school students in Savanur village in Puttur taluk recently. It indicated its percolation from the city

Kasaragod, Oct 7: The agrarian economy of the Kasaragod district has been severely affected and there has been a visible lull in business volumes. Buses plying on the bustling eastern belt of the district are largely empty, hitting hard the business volumes while cash transactions have come down drastically as a fallout of demonetisation, said K.R. Balraj, State secretary of the Bakers Association

Bengaluru, Oct 7: Bharathi Shankar, chairperson of Karnataka State Women’s Development Corporation has stirred a controversy by saying that women were raped at "unwanted parties, but not at jatres (melas)". She was speaking at a panel discussion on women's safety during the launch of 'A Billion Eyes' campaign by B.Pac and Bangalore City police. The campaign calls upon bystanders to intervene when

Bengaluru, Oct 7: The Karnataka BJP has welcomed holding simultaneous polls for Lok Sabha and assemblies. The Election Commission of India had informed the Centre that it will be “logistically equipped” by September 2018 to hold simultaneous polls. BJP state spokesperson S Suresh Kumar told reporters in Bengaluru on Friday that parties across the political spectrum can hold a comprehensive