Karnataka

Rubbishing the claims that the decision to grant a separate religious status to the Lingayat community was Congress’ political agenda, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday reiterated that the “Lingayat faith as a religion is an old one”. The clarification came after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in the Opposition camp in the state, accused the Congress of striving to garner the

In a bizarre protest, two female students of a teachers training college in Kerala’s Kozhikode posted their topless pictures on Facebook recently after their professor criticised the new generation women for not dressing properly and asked them not displaying their chests like "slices of watermelon". Though Facebook has taken down the pictures and blocked the two girls from the social networking

Following the Karnataka Cabinet’s decision to recommend religious minority status for Lingayats, activists of two groups — one welcoming the decision and the other opposing it — clashed in Kalaburagi on Monday. Members of the Jagatika Lingayat Mahasabha (JLM), who have been on an indefinite agitation for the past couple of weeks demanding religion status for Lingayats, began to celebrate at Jagat

R.V. Deshpande, Minister for Large and Medium Industries, said that Karnataka was at the forefront in the entire country as far as industrial growth and generating employment was concerned. Speaking after laying the foundation stone for the establishment of an one million ton steel plant in Hosapete taluk by Sandie Manganese & Iron Ores (SMIORE) Ltd, he said that Congress government was committed

Mangaluru, Mar 20: Three staff of Moodbidri based Alva’s Education Foundation have been arrested by the police for allegedly thrashing several II Pre University students after dragging them from their hostel rooms. The arrested have been identified as Rajesh, Nagesh and Khader K who are working as wardens and student welfare officers at the hostel located in Pushpagiri and managed by the

Bengaluru, Mar 20: The state BJP on Monday accused the ruling Congress of trying to divide society by according separate religion status to Lingayats. "This is a devious and sinister design on the part of the Congress government ahead of the elections...The BJP stands for the united society consisting of Veerashiva and Lingayats as both are same and there is no difference at all in any respect,"

Mangaluru, Mar 20: Thundershowers hit parts of Sullia and Puttur taluks of Dakshina Kannada yesterday, causing damages in remote areas. A powerful lightning strike killed a man and injured two others near Punchttaru village in Sullia taluk of the coastal district. The deceased has been identified as Dhananjaya (35), a resident of the same village. The injured are his sister, Bhavani, and a

New Delhi, Mar 20: The Congress on Monday warned the BJP against making any attempts to fan communal tensions in Karnataka over granting minority status to the Lingayat community. "If the BJP tries to fan communal tensions, such attempts will be dealt with as per law," Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala told reporters here. He said the Karnataka government had followed all the due

The BJP on Monday slammed the Karnataka government for its decision to recommend separate religion status for Lingayats, accusing Chief Minister Siddaramaiah of "playing with fire for vote back politics". Party general secretary in-charge of Karnataka P Muralidhar Rao accused the state's ruling Congress of practising a "divide and rule" policy. "Congress carrying 'Divide and Rule' legacy of

Bengaluru, Mar 19: The Janata Dal (Secular) today issued a whip to all its MLAs in Karnataka to vote for the party candidate B M Farookh in the March 23 biennial election to the Rajya Sabha from the legislative assemblies. The whip was issued by JD(S) Karnataka unit chief H D Kumaraswamy to 30 party MLAs and 7 rebel MLAs who were already suspended by the party. It also directed the party MLAs to