Karnataka

Mangaluru, Oct 26: A court of Judicial Magistrate First Class in Sullia on Thursday remanded Hindutva chauvinist Chaithra Kundapura and six of her associates to judicial custody till November 3 in connection with the Wednesday’s assault on Hindu Jagarana Vedike leader Guruprasad Panja at Kukke Subramanya. The associates of Chaithra are Sudin, Vinay, Manikanta, Nikhil, Harish Kharvi and Harish

Mangaluru, Oct 26: The activists of Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) staged a protest in front of Bajpe police station on the outskirts of the city on Thursday, demanding action against a police officer who had allegedly assaulted a Muslim woman recently. The woman identified as Salika, 40, a resident of Ganjimutt near Kaikamba, is being treated at a private hospital here. According to

Alappuzha, Oct 25: Sister Anupama, who was at the forefront of protests demanding the arrest of rape accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal was on Thursday heckled and asked by some people to leave the cemetery where the funeral of a key witness in the rape case was going on. Kuriakose Kattuthara, a priest who had also testified against Mulakkal, had been found dead under mysterious circumstances in

Bengaluru, Oct 25: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday conducted searches at two locations here in connection with a foreign exchange contravention case against human rights watchdog Amnesty International India, officials said. They said the searches are being conducted under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) and the central probe agency is looking for documents. The ED, they

Bengaluru, Oct 25: Sri Bharati Thirtha Swamiji, head of Sri Sri Jagadguru Shankaracharya Mahasamsthanam in Sringeri located in Chikkamagaluru district of Karnataka, has appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to restore Sharada Peeth in POK, which is currently in ruins, and enable pilgrimage by Indians to the holy shrine. In a letter written to Mr Modi, the Sringeri seer has stated that eighth

Bengaluru, Oct 25: A 19-year-old boy was charred to death after his motorcycle rammed a truck carrying LPG cylinders near Devanahalli, northeast Bengaluru, on Wednesday. The deceased, Somu alias Somashekar, was a resident of Bhattaramarenahalli, Devanahalli, and a private firm staffer in Devanahalli Town. He was riding to office when the accident occurred at 8.30am, police said. “Somashekar was

Subramanya (DK), Oct 25: A day after a local leader of Hindu Jagarana Vedike (HJV) was assaulted allegedly by the aides of Chaithtra Kundapura, a firebrand figure of ‘Hindutva’ over a religious controversy, a massive protest was held on Thursday at Subramanya, a temple town in Sullia taluk of Dakshina Kannada district. Guruprasad Panja, Sullia taluk secretary of HJV was hospitalised on Wednesday

Bengaluru, Oct 25: Adichunchanagiri mutt’s supremo Sri Nirmalananda Swami on Wednesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah in New Delhi. The meeting coming days before the bypolls here and months before the general elections in 2019 has evoked much curiosity in political circles and led to many interpretations. A few months ago, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath

Bengaluru, Oct 25: Claiming that Israel is a natural hub of innovation because of the presence of thousands of start-ups, and the most scientists and engineers per capita globally, Dana Kursh, the Consul General (South India) of the Jewish regime said that her country is ready to share its practices with India. Speaking to media persons in Bengaluru, she said: “Now, India too is becoming an

Bengaluru, Oct 25: A senior executive of a multinational IT company in the city has been arrested by the Central Crime Branch in connection with a 15-year-old murder case. Tarun Jinraj, who was wanted for killing his wife in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad in 2003, was working with Oracle (Bannerghatta Road) under a fake name ‘Praveen Batle’ and used to take night shifts to keep a low profile, said a senior