Karnataka

Shravanabelagola, Jan 29: Vice president of the Non Resident Indian (NRI) Council Arathi Krishna said on Sunday that NRIs would be given an opportunity to take part in special 'abhishekas' during the Bahubali Mahamasthakabhisheka on February 21 and 22. Mahamastakabhisheka, the anointing ceremony to the 57-foot tall monolithic statue of Lord Bahubali at Shravanabelagola, is performed once in 12

Bengaluru Jan 29: At least four innocent people suffered injuries in a pile-up caused by BJP leader and Union minister Anant Kumar Hegde's car in North Bengaluru on Sunday evening, but instead of attending to the victims, he just drove off to the Kempegowda International Airport, an eyewitness said. The accident occurred at Dorekaval gate on National Highway 207 near Devanahalli around 6.30 pm

Mangaluru, Jan 28: Even though Muslim community have openly condemned the murder of Deepak Rao, a Hindu youth, Vishwa Hindu Parishad has openly endorsed the killing of Ahmed Basheer, an innocent Muslim man who was hacked to death on January 3 in Manglauru by communal goons. Speaking at a function to release a book, Hadedavvana Shaapa, here on Sunday, Dakshina Kannada district president of VHP

Mangaluru, Jan 28: Congress leader and former Mangaluru Mayor K Ashraf, who had quit and rejoined the party several times in the past, this time, has openly threatened to join Janata Dal (Secular) and bid adieu to the national party forever. Mr Asrhaf, who is currently holding the post of the vice-president of the state unit of the minority cell of the Congress, told coastaldigest.com on Sunday

Bantwal, Jan 28: In a tragic incident, two youngsters got washed away while swimming in the Netravati river at Thumbay in Bantwal taluk on Sunday. They deceased have been identified as Sawad (30), son of Sulaiman from Thumbay and Ramlan, son of Ibrahim from Maripalla. The dead bodies were fished out by the fire-fighters after an hour long effort. According to sources, the victims were part of a

Award winning Bollywood actress and thinker Swara Bhaskar has come down heavily on acclaimed director Sanjay Leela Bhansali for the glorification of sati and jauhar in his film, Padmaavat. In an open letter published in The Wire on Saturday, the 29-year-old alumnus of Jawaharlal Nehru University, took particular offence to the film’s purported finale, in which Deepika Padukone’s Rani Padmavati

Bengaluru, Jan 27: Veteran Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member K Rahman Khan has brushed aside the reports that he had been approached by the JD(S) leaders seeking his defection to the regional party. Recent media reports had claimed that JD(S) had held talks with the former Union Minister for Minorities Affairs to strengthen the party in Muslim circles. Stating that there had been no

Anand B Singh, BJP MLA from Vijayanagara constituency, tendered his resignation for his post in the Legislative Assembly on Saturday. Mr. Singh met Speaker K.B. Koliwad at the Inspection Bungalow at Ranebennur in Haveri district, which is the native place of the latter, and submitted the resignation letter. Mr. Koliwad told presspersons that since Mr. Singh has tendered his resignation voluntarily

Bengaluru, Jan 28: A group of educated youth belonging to Karnataka for Employment (KFE) set up a pakoda stall in front of the BJP’s office in Bengaluru this weekend. They were dressed in blue and protesting against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s comment in a recent TV interview that those selling pakodas should also be deemed employed. When asked about his 2013 promise of creating one crore jobs

New Delhi Jan 28: In a case showing how craze for social media likes could land one in serious trouble, a management guru and writer of several books from Karnataka faced charges of forging letters of President and Prime Minister and posting those on his Facebook account. The Supreme Court has dismissed his plea for anticipatory bail in view of misdemeanour alleged on his part. "Why you do have to