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Bengaluru, Sept 13: Journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh and noted Kannada scholar MM Kalburgi were possibly killed with the same weapon, a 7.65 mm country-made pistol, preliminary findings of the Forensic Sciences Laboratory have suggested. "Given our wherewithal, we could establish an 80% similarity in the weapon used in the two crimes," the ToI quoted a source having access to the preliminary

New Delhi, Sept 12: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Tuesday said his organisation does not support trolling and aggressive behaviour on the net as it amounts to “hitting below the belt.” He was speaking at an interactive session in New Delhi with foreign diplomats from more than 50 missions. “Trolling amounts to hitting below the belt. We do not support those who display such aggressive nature. We do

Bengaluru, Sept 12: Thousands of fans of slain journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh including progressive thinkers, writers and rights activists came together on Tuesday to protest the coldblooded murder of one of the most fearless journalists the country has ever produced. Sporting black badges that read - #IAmGauri - the protesters took out a rally from the Sangolli Rayanna Railway Station to the

New Delhi, Sept 12: The government is moving ahead with linking Aadhaar with mobile SIM cards and all unlinked phones will be deactivated after February 2018, said informed sources. The sources said Aadhaar mobile linkage is being done as per the orders of Supreme Court passed in February this year in Lokniti foundation case and all SIM cards have to be verified with Aadhaar within a year from the

New Delhi, Sept 12: Kerala priest Tom Uzhunnalil has been rescued from the captivity of the Islamic State. He was abducted from Yemen in 2016. Sources said the priest, who is currently in Muscat, will be flown to Kerala on Tuesday night. He was rescued after efforts by the Oman foreign ministry and Yemeni officials. “Tom Uzhunnalil expressed thanks to God Almighty and appreciation to His Majesty

Bengaluru, Sept 12: Former Naxal leaders Sirimane Nagaraj and Noor Sridhar have denied the possibility of the role of left-wing extremists (Naxals) in Gauri Lankesh’s murder. They said that Naxalites were being blamed to “bury the truth”. “Since all suspicions point towards the Hindu right-wing, investigation should begin from them,” they said. At a press conference here on Monday, Mr. Sridhar

Kasaragod, Sept 12: A man was killed and his wife sustained critical injuries while their two sons had miraculous escape after the motorbike they were travelling in got involved in a mishap in the early hours on Monday. The incident occurred around 1.30 a.m. at Sithangoli, near Puthige panchayat. The man, Ameer (31), lost control after the vehicle skidded while crossing a road hump when they were

Mangaluru, Sept 12: Food and Civil Supplies Minister U T Khader has urged the Karnataka home minister Ramalinga Reddy to order a high level comprehensive probe in to the arrest of a journalist in connection with alleged desecration of Quran during a police raid in Bantwal taluk recently. Mr Khader, told media persons in Mangaluru that he raised the issue of arrest of Imtiyaz, reporter of Vartha

Mangaluru, Sept 12: Sleuths of Kankanady Town Police Station in Mangaluru have arrested a north Indian youth for allegedly opening a fake Facebook account in the name of a woman and using it to post obscene and scurrilous photos and messages on the page. T R Suresh, city police chief named the accused as Toranlal Ravte, 23 of Nandgoan district in Chhattisgarh, presently residing at Yeyyadi in the

Bengaluru, Sept 12: A bomb threat received on the Namma 100 hotline of the Bengaluru City Police turned out to be a hoax. After the call, the bomb squad checked the Vidhana Soudha as well as the Nehru Planetarium on Monday afternoon. According to the police, the call came around 12.50 p.m. from a man who claimed to have information about bombs being placed in the Vidhana Soudha and the planetarium