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Mangaluru, Sep 7: Even as millions of Kannadigas are in shock over the killing of journalist and anti-Hindutva activist Gauri Lankesh, hundreds of saffron activists from across Karnataka have gathered in this coastal city for a political cause. Even though the police had granted permission to hold protest meet at Nehru Maidan as part of BJP’s Mangaluru Chalo only for three hours (between 11 a.m

Mangaluru, Sept 7: The first two batches of Hajj pilgrims that had undertaken pilgrimage from this coastal city this year returned on Thursday. Carrying 158 pilgrims, the first flight landed at the Mangaluru International Airport at 8:30 a.m. marking the start of the return of pilgrims from Dakshina Kannada, Kodagu, Udupi, Hassan and Chikmagalur districts, flown on Government subsidy from

Mysuru, Sept 7: BJP leader and Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha has sought police protection following an alleged threat to his life from a Twitter user. In a letter to the Mysuru City Police Commissioner, Mr. Simha said a Twitter user by name Ananthamurthy B had given death threat to him following journalist Gauri Lankesh’s murder. Mr. Simha has asked the police to arrest the Twitter user and take

New Delhi, Sept 7: The Centre will issue the final rules for "no fly list" (NFL) on Friday. Once implemented, one will need to give number of any of the following IDs — Aadhaar, driving licence, passport or Pan number — while booking a domestic ticket. Election Commission voter ID card might also be acceptable but a final call on this is yet to be taken. For international travel, passport number

Bengaluru, Sept 7: As many as 13 youths from Karnataka have been reportedly stranded in Kuwait after their travel visas expired. Among them 12 are from Bidar district and one from Vijayapura district. The youths - promised jobs as building construction workers - are now left without employment and are unable to return home because of this. The matter came to light after Gautham Chandrappa of

New Delhi, Sep 7: The use of mobile phones while driving claimed the lives of 2,138 people in 2016 and Uttar Pradesh has topped the list with most number of people breaking laws. Uttar Pradesh is followed by Haryana. Maharashtra reported 172 deaths due to use of mobile phones while driving while Delhi reported only two. According to a report released by transport ministry, faulty speed-breakers

Mangaluru, Sept 6: The police have allowed the BJP to hold a public meeting for three hours, from 11 am to 2 pm at Nehru Maidan in Mangaluru on Thursday. However, permission has been denied for the proposed rally from Ambedkar Circle (Jyothi Circle) to the DC Office, Mangaluru Police Commissioner T R Suresh said. In the wake of denial of permission for the proposed bike rally by BJP Yuva Morcha

Mangaluru, Sept 6: Seeking CBI inquiry into the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh, senior Congress leader B. Janardhana Poojary on Wednesday questioned the efficiency of the intelligence wing of the State government. Addressing presspersons, the former Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president said that it appeared that the murder was pre-planned. He questioned why police have not been able

Bengaluru, Sept 6: The leader of opposition in Assembly Jagadish Shettar has urged the state government to handover the probe into the killer of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). It is worth mentioning here that Gauri Lankesh, who was a trenchant critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi led government and Sangh Parivar, had portrayed CBI as a puppet in

Udupi, Sept 6: The police stopped Mangalaru Chalo motorcycle rally by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders and workers in Kundapur, Hemmady and Hebri in Udupi district on Wednesday. The police took the leaders and workers of the party into preventive custody and later released them. Sanjeev M. Patil, Superintendent of Police, said that a motorcycle rally with 75 motorcycles was attempted at