Karnataka

Jul 20: Facebook Inc's WhatsApp is launching a test to limit forwarding messages that will apply to all users, the messaging app said on Thursday, after Indian authorities sought curbs on spread of rumours that have led to violent incidents. Mob lynchings triggered by false incendiary messages in India, WhatsApp's biggest market with more than 200 million users, led to authorities calling for

Bengaluru, Jul 20: Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council K. Srinivas Poojary has urged the government to hand over the investigation into encroachment of Wakf properties to CBI within 15 days. The BJP leader warned that his party would launch a state-wide agitation if the chief minister H D Kumaraswamy-led government failed to take such a step. “During the discussion on tabling the

Mangaluru, Jul 20: A local court here has convicted two persons and acquitted six others in connection with the nine year old murder case of notorious criminal Santosh alias Candle Santhu. Santhu, a resident of Balthile House, had gone to the Rajarajeshwari temple in Polali on the outskirts of the on February 18, 2009 when the murder took place. His sister, Lathika, who was walking down the road

Bidar, Jul 20: Two more persons would have succumbed to the mob fury at Murki over child lifting rumours, but for the swift action of the police. Mohammed Azam (28), a software engineer from Hyderabad was killed in an accident triggered by the rumours on July 13. Mohammed Afroz, a resident of Handikera in Kamalangar taluk, had invited his three friends - Salam (who works as a constable in Qatar)

Bengaluru, Jul 19: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara on Thursday said the Congress-JD(S) coalition government in the southern state will complete its five-year term at any "cost" and "compromise". "A new government has come. Many people may have anxiety as this is a coalition government -- what will happen, how things will happen. "I want to give one assurance that at any cost, at any

Udupi, Jul 19: The doctors of Mainipal’s KMC hospital, where Shiroor Mutt chief pontiff Lakshmivara Teertha Swami breathed his last today, have not ruled out the possibilities of poisoning. P Latavya Acharya, Dewan of Shiroor Mutt, had earlier said that the seer had food with college students who were planting saplings in 15 acres of mutt premises at Shiroor village, about 24 km from Udupi, on

Udupi, Jul 19: Hours after the suspicious death of Shiroor Mutt chief pontiff Sri Lakshmivara Teertha swamiji, his advocate has revealed that the former had expressed fears to his life has he had decided to go against other seers of the Ashta Mutt (eight mutts). Speaking to news channel advocate Ravikiran Murdeshwar said that nearly a month ago the seer had visited former’s office and had

New Delhi, Jul 19: The Reserve Bank on Thursday said it will soon issue new Rs 100 notes in lavender colour having the motif of ‘Rani ki vav’ – a stepwell located on the banks of Saraswati river in Gujarat’s Patan. "All Rs 100 banknotes issued earlier will also continue to be legal tender," the central bank said while announcing the issue of the new Rs 100 notes. The base colour of the note is

Hassan, Jul 19: The movement of heavy vehicles on the recently upgraded Shiradi Ghat stretch of National Highway 75 has been temporarily prohibited. Hassan Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri stated that only light motor vehicles would be allowed on the stretch as the road work is incomplete. The construction of guard-wall and shoulders along the stretch is not yet done. If the heavy vehicles were

New Delhi, Jul 19: The government has finally admitted that the claims about the exodus of Hindu families from Deoband in western Uttar Pradesh, were mere pre-poll lies. Union Minister Hansraj Gangaram Ahir, while replying to a written question related to the alleged incidents of exodus of Hindu families and steps taken by the government to check such incidents, on Wednesday said, “A report in