Karnataka

Mangaluru, Jan 7: Abdul Hakeem Kuloor, the brother of Ahmed Basheer, who passed away at a hospital on Sunday four days after he was attacked by communal hatemongers at Kottara Chowki in the city, has urged people not to disrupt peace. “When my brother Basheer was alive everyone respected him. This is time to pray for his soul. No one should try to disrupt peace. There will be no procession,” said

Mangaluru, Jan 7: Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner Sasikanth Senthil has said that the family members of Basheer, who lost his battle for life on Sunday, will get Rs 10 lakh compensation. Basheer was attacked by a gang of communal hatemongers on January 3 at Kottara Chowki in the city. He passed away at a hospital on Sunday. In a release, the DC said that the family will get Rs 5 lakh from

Mangaluru, Jan 7: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has expressed deep condolences to the family members of Basheer, who succumbed to his injuries on Sunday four days after he was attacked by hatemongers in the city. Interacting with reporters on arrival at the helipad in Belthangady on the outskirts of the city to launch a few development projects, the CM said that the murders of Deepak Rao and Basheer

Mangaluru Jan 7: Nearly four days after he was brutally attacked by a gang of communal hatemongers without any provocation at Kottara Chowki in the city, 47-year-old Basheer passed away at a private hospital on Sunday. Basheer had sustained deep injuries in his head and chest in the attack. Medical sources said that he did not show any sign of recovery in four days and breathed his last at 8: 10 a

Bengaluru, Jan 7: BJP leader Shobha Karandlaje on Saturday said that the Congress party should reimburse to the government the expenses incurred by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to organise the rallies and programmes undertaken as part of Navakarnataka Nirmana Yatra. Shobha said the chief minister's yatra was more of a political event than a tour to highlight the government's initiatives. She said

Bengaluru, Jan 7: JD(S) state president H D Kumaraswamy has been forced to put off his ambitious grama vastavya (village stay) programme, following strict advice from doctors, who have asked him to slow down his pace of poll campaign. Kumaraswamy, who underwent a second heart surgery September 2017, is still highly prone to chest infections. In fact, soon after he undertook his first grama

Dharwad, Jan 7: Rationalist Dr M M Kalburgi's family has filed a petition before the Supreme Court, pleading that a committee headed by a retired judge of the court be formed to probe his murder. They want an investigation by a team of experienced officials led by an ADGP-rank officer. They said the ongoing investigation was getting delayed and was going nowhere. Dr Kalburgi family has filed the

New Delhi, Jan 6: Karnataka is one of the states which has witnessed an increase in the gross enrolment ratio (GER) in the higher education sector in the last three years and reached 26.5, higher than what has been recorded at the national level, according to a government report. India witnessed a 2.5% increase in the GER in higher education sector in 2016-17 over that recorded in 2014-15, the All

Bengaluru, Jan 6: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday said the "fight" in the upcoming Assembly polls in the state would be between two ideologies, communalism and secularism. "It's not between Siddaramaiah versus BJP, it is not between me versus Narendra Modi... it is not between Siddaramaiah and Yeddyurappa; it is between two ideologies- Congress versus BJP," he told reporters in

Mangaluru, Jan 6: The central crime branch of Mangaluru City Police has arrested four persons in connection with the murder attempt on Abdul Basheer (47) in the city. The arrested have been identified as Srijit (25), Sandesh Kotyan (22) of Kasargod, Kishan Pujari (21) and Dhanush Pujari (22), residents of Mangaluru. All are said to be supporters of Sangh Parivar. Mangaluru Police Commissioner T R