Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jan 8: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday mocked Chief Minister Siddaramaiah over his Uttar Pradesh counterpart's visit to the state, saying every time Yogi Adityanath visits Karnataka, the former starts talking of Hindutva. BJP leader Arvind Limbavali said such is the impact of Adityanath that if the latter starts visiting Karnataka more often Siddaramaiah will start chanting

Mudigere, Jan 8: The police have arrested a local leader of BJP’s Yuva Morcha on charges of abetting suicide of a college student in Mudigere of Chikkamagaluru district. 20-year-old Dhanyashree, who belongs to Hindu community, had committed suicide on Saturday after group of Hindutva chauvinists barged into her house and created ruckus accusing her of flirting with Muslim boys. “We have listed

In a shocking revelation, former chief minister and Janata Dal (Secular) state president H D Kumaraswamy has said that a local leader of Bharatiya Janta Party in Mangaluru had involved in the coldblooded murder of Deepak Rao. 32-year-old Deepak Rao was hacked to death by a gang of four miscreants on January 3 at Katipalla in Mangaluru. The police have managed to catch four persons who had directly

New Delhi, Jan 8: Saudi Arabia has given its nod to India's plan to revive the option of ferrying Haj pilgrims via sea route to Jeddah, Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said in a statement today. Naqvi made the comment after the signing of annual Haj agreement between India and Saudi Arabia in Mecca. "Saudi Arabia has given its nod to revive the option of sending pilgrims by sea route

Manama, Jan 8: Congress President Rahul Gandhi had a “euphoric reception” on his arrival at the Kingdom of Bahrain on Monday. The Congress soon took to Twitter and said that this was the party president’s first foreign visit after his takeover. The members of Global Organisation of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) received the Congress scion at the airport with open arms and smiles. Fans and well

Puttur, Jan 8: Amidst rumours of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee searching for a ‘better’ candidate for Puttur constituency, Chief minister Siddaramaiah has dropped hints giving ticket to sitting MLA Shakuntala Shetty in the upcoming assembly elections too. "It is your duty to ensure Shakuntala Shetty's victory once again," Siddaramaiah told a packed crowd in Puttur, where he unveiled

Mangaluru, Jan 8: In an apparent bid to disrupt peace in the region miscreants caused damages to a mosque and a couple of buildings owned by Muslims at Natekal village under the limits of Konaje police station on the outskirts of the city. The local police have arrested two persons on Monday in connection with the incident. The have been identified as Jayaraj and Nithin, natives of Sullia. Both

Mangaluru, Jan 8: Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Monday paid a visit to former minister B A Mohideen who is undergoing treatment at a private hospital in the city. The CM who arrived in Dakshina Kannada on Sunday to inaugurate various developmental projects initiated by the state government spent the night in Mangaluru. In the morning, before leaving the city, Siddaramaiah headed to the

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 8: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has shot off a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi against the move to shift the proposed Coast Guard Academy in Kannur district to Mangaluru in Karnataka. The Centre should drop such an "unjustified move" that is against Kerala's interests, Vijayan said in a letter to Modi. The state government has already transferred 164 acres

New Delhi, Jan 8: After an ugly spat over the unfurling of the national flag in Kerala on August 15, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat is all set to hoist the tricolour again in the left-ruled state on Republic Day. Bhagwat will be in Kerala to attend a three-day Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) camp, to be held in a school near Palakkad town from January 26. He will hoist the flag in the school. "The