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New Delhi, Dec 12: Stirring a new controversy in the middle of a row over religious conversions, Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik has said a Ram temple should be built in Ayodhya soon as "it is the wish of Indian citizens." "The Ram Temple should be built as soon as possible, this is what the people of this country want and their wishes should be fulfilled," Mr Naik, 80, said at an event at Awadh

Dec 12, 2014: The Supreme Court today passed a stay order on the 'Made Snana' ritual that was earlier allowed by the Karnataka High Court. While the defendants' lawyer argued that 'Made Snana' is an age old practise and it should be allowed, SC dismissed the argument citing that untouchability is also an age old tradition and we must not encourage it. Stay on the controversial 'Made Snana' ritual

Mangaluru, Dec 13: Karnataka State Minorities Commission Chairperson Balkish Banu has said that the Commission has directed the district administration and police to submit a detailed report on the communal flare-ups reported in Ulaibettu and adjoining areas in the last few days. Speaking to mediapersons here on Friday, she said that the Commission will also submit a report to the State government

Belagavi, Dec 12: Use of mobile phones in the Karnataka Assembly was banned today, a day after the House was rocked by chaos over a BJP member watching a zoomed in picture of Priyanka Gandhi during proceedings. Speaker Kagodu Thimappa suspended Prabhu Chavan, BJP legislator whose act caught on TV camera triggered a storm, for a day, and pulled up Housing Minister M H Ambareesh and Congress member

Belagavi, Dec 12: Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council K.S. Eshwarappa always garners attention through his impulsive remarks. He did it on Thursday in the Council again. When the House resumed after the first adjournment, Mr. Eshwarappa was speaking on what he termed œdouble standards  of the Congress. However, an interruption by Law Minister T.B. Jayachandra made him lose temper

Bengaluru, Dec 12: The Union government has argued in Karnataka High Court to allow to conduct Kambala in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts with some restrictions. On the other hand, the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) has strongly opposed the traditional slush track buffalo race saying that forcing the buffaloes itself amounted to œcruelty . AWBI counsel C.K. Nandakumar argued that the

Mangaluru, Dec 12: A 28-year-old man was stabbed on his back reportedly by two unidentified men at Katipalla on Thursday evening. The victim, Tauseef, a resident of Kana is recuperating at a private hospital. Jurisdictional Surathkal police said the two motorcycle-borne men stabbed Tauseef when he was returning home in the evening on a motorbike. He was returning from a gymnasium in Kaikamba. Two

Mangaluru, Dec 12: Dozens of activists of Congress party in city staged a protest against the alleged œinappropriate  behaviour of Prabhu Chavan, the BJP MLA from Aurad, in the Legislative Assembly in Belagavi. Addressing the protestors, in front of District Congress office, here, Congress district Congress in-charge president Ibrahim Kodijal said the conduct of the BJP MLA showed the lack of

Mangaluru, Dec 12: Controversial swami and Hindu Mahasabha chief Pranavananda has been booked for abusing Muslims and using derogator words against Karnataka Health and Family Welfare minister U T Khader last week. Pranavananda, who had visited Gurupur on the outskirts of the city on December 7, had issued apparently provocative statements and called the minister a œloafer . He also said that

Mangaluru, Dec 11: In the backdrop of communal unrest arising among people from different communities in Ulaibettu and other areas, Mangaluru North MLA Moidin Bava appealed to citizens not to heed false rumours spread by rumour-mongers with the intention of escalating the situation further. Briefing media persons at a press conference here on Thursday, he said that in view of the unabated untoward