Karnataka

Mangaluru, Jan 18: The police have seized 10.25 kg ganja and a scooter used to transport the contraband by two accused persons. However, the accused managed to escape during the police raid. A communiqué here said that the Assistant Commissioner of Police (South) got information that Mohammed Aziz alias Abdul Aziz and Mohammed Imtiyaz were on a two-wheeler selling the contraband around

Multilingual actor Prakash Raj on Thursday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP chief Amit Shah and Union Minister Anant Kumar Hegde saying they were not Hindus. “They say that I am anti-Modi, anti-Amit Shah, anti-Hegde. According to me, they’re not Hindus,'' Raj said at the India Today Conclave South in Hyderabad. “When Gauri Lankesh was killed, some people celebrated her murder. These were

Mangaluru, Jan 18: The valedictory function of the two-day Mangalore Physiocon-2018 was held in Town Hallon Thursday. Ganesh Roa, Chairman, Karavali Group of Institution, was the chief guest. He explained how he had overcome his difficulties with help of Physiotherapy when he was suffering from osteoarthritis. The guest of honour was Dr Kauthara Suliaman Al Busaidi, HOD Sultan Kaboos University

The Central BJP government decision to abolish the subsidy given to Hajj pilgrimage is purely communal in nature, said Elyas Muhammad, national general secretary of Social Democratic Party of India. He said, subsidy is not only being given to Hajj pilgrimage but to lots of other Hindu pilgrimages too. Elyas said that the subsidy being given to Hajj pilgrimage is nothing but an eyewash. While Hajj

Ruled out any sort of electoral alliance with the JD(S) ahead of looming assembly polls, Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal, who is the BJP election in-charge of the state on Thursday said that the saffron party would get clear majority. "The BJP will come to power on its own by winning 150 seats in the polls. We will not have any sort of alliance with any party, particularly the JD(S)," Goyal

Belagavi, Jan 18: A doctor-cum-professor was arrested by the Belagavi police on charges of setting fire to 11 cars parked on the road side in the city. The accused, Dr Amit Gaekwad (37), is an assistant professor in the Belagavi Institute of Medical Sciences, and has a postgraduate degree in medicine. He hails from Kalaburagi and has been a resident of Belagavi for 10 years now. Gaekwad was caught

Udupi, Jan 18: Vidyadheesha Tirtha Swami, the chief pontiff of Palimar Mutt on Thursday ascended the prestigious ‘Paryaya Peetha’, also called the ‘Sarvajna Peetha’, at the 800-year-old Sri Krishna Mutt/Temple. The Palimar seer took charge from the outgoing Paryaya seer, Vishwesha Tirtha Swami of Pejawar Mutt, who completed his record fifth Paryaya. For Palimar seer this is the second Paryaya. The

Bengaluru, Jan 18: In a major blow to Janata Dal (Secular) ahead of looming Karnataka Legislative Assembly polls, two of its legislators on Thursday resigned as MLAs and expressed their wish to join Bharatiya Janata Party. Lingasagur MLA Manappa Vajjal and Raichur City MLA Dr S Shivaraj Pati submitted their resignation letters to Legislative Assembly Secretary (in charge) S Murthy, as Speaker K B

Mangaluru, Jan 18: The authorities have suspended a woman pilot pending enquiry after she was found to be an inebriated state just before the scheduled take off of a Dubai-bound SpiceJet flight at Mangaluru International Airport on Wednesday. According to sources, the 35-year-old Turkish woman, who was supposed to fly the aircraft found to be reeking of alcohol and was made to undergo breathalyzer

Mangaluru, Jan 18: A city-based photojournalist belonging to reputed Kannada daily newspaper has been booked for hurting the sentiments of Muslims by posting a provocative message on a WhatsApp group. The Bantwal police said that they have registered a case against Sudhakar Yermal based on a complaint lodged by Moonis Ali, a Councillor of Bantwal Town Municipal Council. Ali, in his complaint said