In The News

Mangaluru, Feb 27: Condemning the comment made by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Chief Mohan Bhagwat accusing Mother Teresa of indulging in religious conversion, members of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and representatives of various organisations on Thursday staged a protest in the city. CPI (M) activist K. Yadava Shetty said that the RSS has been for several years accusing Mother

Bengaluru, Feb 27: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday slammed the railway budget for not announcing new projects for Karnataka and not reducing train fares. Describing it as a “derailed” budget, he said people were disappointed that the fares were not reduced. The Railway Ministry has saved an estimated Rs 18,000 crore to Rs 20,000 crore on account of sliding oil prices in the international

Shivamogga: Feb 27: Minister for Forest, Environment and Ecology B Ramanath Rai has said that the government would denotify the land identified to rehabilitate the Sharavathi Hydro Electric Project victims. He was speaking at a review meeting of the rehabilitation for the Sharavathi Hydro Electric Project victims, at the Zilla Panchayat here on Thursday. He said the State government had issued

Mangaluru, Feb 26: The district unit of Sri Rama Sene has assured full support to the organisers of Virat Hindu Samajotsav scheduled to be organized at Nehru Maidan here on March 1 by Vishwa Hindu Parishad. Addressing a press conference here on Thursday, Anand Shetty Adyar, regional president of the organisation said that the members of the outfit had held discussions with Vishwa Hindu Parishad

Mangaluru, Feb 26: Minister for Women and Child Welfare Umashree called upon the people of Dakshina Kannada district to uphold communal harmony. Addressing media persons at District Congress Committee office in the city on Thursday, the minister lamented over increasing communal clashes and violence in various parts of the state. She said that India was a secular state, and if secularism was

Mangaluru, Feb 26: Minister for Women and Child Welfare Umashree paid a visit to the district Congress office here on Thursday during her visit to the city and addressed members of the women’s wing of the party. Summarizing the welfare programmes in the state for women and children, she said that the state government had implemented several programmes for women and children through various

Bengaluru, Feb 26: Two people have been killed in Bengaluru when a water tanker ploughed through a group of pedestrians. The incident occurred when the breaks of the water tanker failed. Five people were walking on a footpath when the mishap occurred. Two people were killed and three others sustained injuries. The deceased have been identified as Arpita (19) and Anand(25). The incident took place

Udupi, Feb 26: One of the prime objectives behind organizing Hindu Samajotsavs and inviting hardliner Praveen Togadia for public speeches is promotion of harmony in the society, according to Vishwa Hindu Parishad. Even though Bengaluru police prevented Mr Togadia from entering a VHP convention venue earlier this month, he is scheduled to address four gatherings in across Karnataka including in

Shivamogga, Feb 26: The prohibitory orders enforced in Shivamogga in wake of the communal clash that erupted following the rally taken out by the Popular Front of India (PFI) last week will be extended till March 2, according to Deputy Commissioner V P Ikkeri. In the wake of the violent incidents that took place during the rally held on February 19, prohibitory order was clamped in the city limits

Mangaluru, Feb 26: A tense atmosphere has prevailed in parts of Mangaluru taluk after a communal clash and arson attack on shops belonging to Muslims in the wee hours of Thursday. Property worth lakhs of rupees have been destroyed as 22 small shops located near Thokkottu junction have been gutted in fire. Irfan’s plastic materials shop, Aida Bayi’s vegetable store and flower store, Ibrahim’s