Karnataka

Manjeshwar, Aug 6: A Communist Party of India (Marxist) activist was stabbed to death at Mangalpady near Uppala of Kasaragod district, last night by a gang of miscreants allegedly belonging to Sangh Parivar. The deceased has been identified as Aboobakar Siddiq (21), a non-resident Indian, who had recently returned from Qatar on vacation. He was an activist of CPI(M) The victim is son of Azeem, a

Bengaluru, Aug 5: Prominent film personality M Bhaktavatsala passed away in the city on Sunday morning, owing to age-related ailments. He was 84. Bhaktavatsala entered the film industry in the 1960s quitting a job in HMT. He became a film producer, distributor, actor, critic and activist. Popularly referred to as ‘Bhakta’ by his peers, Moola Bhaktavatsala, son of Moola Rangappa, was a

Bengaluru, Aug 5: JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda today relieved his son and Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy from the post of party's state unit chief, replacing him with adaguru H Vishwanath, who belongs to the backward Kuruba community. The decision to appoint Vishwanath is seen as an apparent move to widen the social base of JD(S), which is considered a party of Vokkaligas. Kuruba is the

Bengaluru, Aug 5: Two city-based realtors, reported missing since June 27, were killed allegedly by three youths over a suspected financial transaction, the police said on Sunday. Balaji and Prasad Babu, both in their mid 40s went missing on June 27 following which their families had lodged a complaint with the Girinagar police station. The youths, in their late 20s, have been arrested in this

Bengaluru, Aug 5: A delegation representing the Karnataka NRI Forum Jeddah, led by its president Mohammed Saifuddin Sami recently met Siddaramaiah, former chief minister and the incumbent chairman of the coordination committee of government of Karnataka, and discussed burning issues of expats from the south Indian state in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The delegation also comprised of Peter Ronald

The violence against religious minorities has been on the rise during last few years. Many a reports tell us not only about the overall rise in the violence but also about the portents of violence orchestrated in the name of Mother Cow and nationalism in recent times. It has increased the insecurity among the religious minorities to no end; leading to ghettotization, which has started affecting

Mangaluru, Aug 5: A man and his girlfriend have been awarded life imprisonment by the VI additional district and sessions court for killing the latter’s ex-boyfriend. Judge D T Puttarangaswamyalso slapped a fine of Rs 25,000 each on both the convicts. On failure of payment, they will be bound to further serve two months of simple imprisonment. Of the total Rs 50,000, Rs 40,000 will be handed over

Udupi, Aug 5: A teenage boy has committed suicide in Udupi district just because his parents ignored his demand to purchase a smartphone for him. The incident took place at Kakkunje village, which comes under Kota police limits in Udupi district on Friday. According to the Kota police, Prateeksha (17), son of Basava Kulal, had seen his friends use smartphones in college. He urged his parents to

Udupi, Aug 5: Women voters outnumber male voters in all four urban local body jurisdictions – Udupi City Municipal Council (CMC), Kundapur Town Municipal Council (TMC), Karkala TMC, and Saligrama Town Panchayat – which will go to the polls in the district on August 29. Addressing presspersons here on Friday, Deputy Commissioner Priyanka Mary Fancis said there were 98,500 voters (50,430 women, 48

Bengaluru, Aug 5: JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda and KPCC president Dinesh Gundu Rao held talks on Saturday on the possibility of the two parties forging an alliance for the upcoming urban local body (ULB) elections. Rao visited Gowda at his residence - this was the first time the two met after Rao took charge as KPCC president - and discussed strategic places where the parties could join hands