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Mangaluru, Sept 22: Dakshina Kannada district police has finally registered a case against Hindu Jagaran Vedike leader Jagadish Karanth for his extremist rant against Puttur Rural Police Sub-Inspector Abdul Khader. The development comes after Karnataka home minister R Ramalinga Reddy took Dakshina Kannada SP C H Sudheer Kumar Reddy to task for failing to take action against a hatemonger who

Aligarh(UP), Sept 22: A local woman BJP leader purportedly slapped a girl here for being friendly with a youth from the minority Muslim community, a video of which went viral on social media. The youth in question was arrested on charges of "obscenity" in public place and released later on bail, according to police officials. According to sources, the boy and girl did not even touch each other

Bengaluru, Sept 22: The body of an Income Tax officer's son was found near a lake today, 10 days after he was apparently kidnapped, and police said they have arrested four people including a friend of the victim. The decomposed body of 19-year-old Sharath Kumar was found buried near Ramohalli lake on the outskirts of Bengaluru, police said. Police believe the abductors killed the teenager because

Bengaluru, Sept 22: The Akhila Bharata Veerashaiva Mahasabha on Thursday trained its guns on Lingayat seer Mate Mahadevi, in the backdrop of the Supreme Court upholding the state government’s ban on her book on 12th-century reformer Basavanna. Her book 'Basavana Vachana Deepti' was banned because she changed Basavanna’s pen name from ‘Kudalasangama Deva’ to ‘Linga Deva’. Many more books containing

New Delhi, Sept 22: The National Green Tribunal on Thursday reserved its order on a plea by environmentalist K N Somasekhar, challenging the legality of the Karnataka government’s Yetttinahole project on utilising 24 tmcft of water from Netravati river to meet the drinking water needs of the parched districts in central Karnataka. The bench headed by Justice Jawad Rahim wrapped up the hearing

Bengaluru, Sept 22: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa should focus more on development of North Karnataka rather than looking at the region as a vote bank, JD(S) vice president and MLA N H Konareddy said on Thursday. Addressing a press conference in Bengaluru, Konareddy, who represents the Navalgund constituency in Dharwad district, said both Siddaramaiah and

Ballari, Sept 22: Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha announced on Thursday that flights would be introduced from the airport at Vidyanagar, Sandur taluk, to Bengaluru, Goa and Mumbai soon. He was speaking after inaugurating flight services to Hyderabad under the UDAAN scheme. A total of 30 new airports would be opened in the country in the days to come as part of the scheme

Mangaluru, Sept 21: A Doha-bound Air India Express flight from Mangaluru carrying 170 passengers was forced to return to Mangaluru International Airport due to a technical glitch, about 45 minutes after getting airborne. The aircraft made an emergency landing safely at the airport and there was no harm to any passenger or crew, an Air India Express official said. The aircraft is being inspected by

Bengaluru, Sept 21: Denying its involvement in the coldblooded murder of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh, Goa-based hardline Hindutva outfit Sanatan Sanstha, demanded an “unbiased probe” into the case and said their volunteers (sadhaks) would “co-operate with any probe as required by law. “Don’t suspect us. No one from Sanatan Sanstha involved in this murder,” said the organization’s national

Puttur, Sept 21: The inaugural function of Diamond Jubilee Celebrations of St Philomena College Puttur was held on Thursday in college quadrangle. Minister for Forest, Ecology and Environment and District in Charge Mr. B Ramanatha Rai in his inaugural address said, ‘Today, education has become the right of every citizen. However, in India less than 20 percent of the population can afford to have