Karnataka

Hubballi, Jan 8: The bandh call given by the various Dalits' welfare organistations has hit the normal life in Hubballi-Dharwad on Monday. Business establishments, schools and colleges remained closed. The bandh was called in the protest against the rape of dalit girl in Vijaypura, Union Minister Anant Kumar Hegde's statement on constitution and the Bhima-Koregaon incident in Maharashtra. The

Bangalore, Jan 8: Five employees of a bar-cum- restaurant were charred to death when a major fire broke out at Kumbaara Sanghabuilding in Kalasipalya here in the early hours today, police said. The incident occurred at 2:30 AM at Kailash Bar and Restaurant when the employees were asleep. Police identified the victims as Swami (23), Prasad (20), Mahesh, all residents of Tumakuru, Manjunath (45)

Mangaluru, Jan 8: 50-year-old Prabhakar, a resident of Akash Bhavan locality in the city left shell-shocked after hearing the death news of his best friend and neighbor Ahmed Basheer on Sunday. 48-year-old, Basheer, who was running a fast food restaurant near Koattara Chowki for past one year breathed his last on January 7 at a hospital, four days after a gang of four miscreants attacked him with

Mangaluru, Jan 7: Thousands of mourners on Sunday evening attended the funeral prayers of Ahmed Basheer, who breathed his last earlier today four days after he was attacked by a gang of trouble mongers in the city. 47-year-old Basheer was laid to rest at the burial ground located near the Muhiuddin Juma Masjid at Kuloor-Panjimogeru on the outskirts of the city after Magrib prayers. On January 3

Chikkamagaluru, Jan 7: Karnataka Home Minister Ramalinga Reddy regretted on Sunday that all murders in the state were being a communal colour. Speaking to media persons here, Mr Reddy said political parties and leaders were responsible for the violence in Dakshina Kannada district. “Whenever a Hindu is murdered, BJP leaders claim that the person belongs to Bajrang Dal and that the killers are

Mangaluru, Jan 7: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday visited the families of Deepak Rao and Ahmed Bashir, who died after attack by two separate gangs of communal hatemongers. The CM was on a day-long visit to Dakshina Kannada to inaugurate development works in Belthangady, Puttur, Moodbidri, and Mangaluru. After completing the last programme in Moodbidri, he drove to the residences of Rao, who

Mangaluru, Jan 7: Deepak Rao, who was hacked to death by trouble mongers earlier this week, used to earn Rs 11,000 salary per month. However, his mother has received more than Rs 50 lakh as compensation from government, politicians and well wishers in just three days. A gang of miscreants had hacked 32-year-old Deepak to death in broad daylight at his hometown Katipalla in Mangaluru on January 3

Bengaluru, Jan 7: In a shocking incident, three manual scavengers suffocated to death while clearing blocked manhole at ND Sepal apartment at Somasundarapalya in HSR Layout in Bengaluru on Sunday. The deceased identified as Madegowda, Narayanaswamy and Srinivas, all aged between 30 to 35 years, were residents of Bandepalya. Lack of safety measures at the premise has been blamed for the mishap. A

Bengaluru, Jan 7: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday sought to know from his Karnataka counterpart Siddaramaiah if the latter considered himself a Hindu. If so, then why does Siddaramaiah promote beef-eating?; the UP CM questioned. Adityanath was addressing a well-attended BJP Nava Karnataka Nirmana Parivartana rally at Vijayanagar, Bengaluru on Sunday. Adityanath said,

Mangaluru, Jan 7: Dr Shivaram Karanth Biological Park at Pilikula on the outskirts of the city is on high alert after the sudden outbreak of bird flu in Bangaluru and some other parts. H Jayaprakash Bhandary, director of the park, said that the chicken feed to animals in the park has been banned for four days as a precaution. Visitors to the zoo now have to dip their feet in a disinfectant