Karnataka

Mangaluru, Jan 4: After the cops thwarted a planned funeral procession through the city on Thursday morning, by secretly transporting slain youth Deepak Rao’s dead body in an ambulance to the victim’s house, the Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada took the responsibility of convincing the agitating mob to allow the family members to conduct the last rites peacefully. Earlier, angered over the

Mangaluru, Jan 4: In a serious allegation, BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa has accused a senior Congress leader and state minister of having a hand in the murder of Deepak Rao, who hacked to death by miscreants at Katipalla in Mangaluru yesterday. Addressing a press meet before the Parivartana Yatre on Thursday in Ballari, the former chief minister held Dakshina Kannada district in-charge

Mangaluru, Jan 4: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said that Bharatiya Janata Party and communal forces are responsible for the the violence in Dakshina Kannada. “They are disturbing peace. There is no need of any Minister’s resignation”, he told presspersons in response to BJP leaders’ demand for resignation of Ministers in view of violence in Dakshina Kannada. He told presspersons at the helipad

Mangaluru, Jan 4: The situation in parts of Mangaluru taluk remained volatile for a second day running, with thousands of activists of BJP, VHP and Bajragng Dal gathering in Katipalla and imposing bandh in Surathkal and surrounding areas on Thursday in protest against the murder of Deepak Rao, who was hacked to death yesterday by four miscreants. The police on Thursday morning aborted the funeral

Mangaluru, Jun 4: Even though the police managed to catch four accused in connection with the murder of Deepak Rao at Katipalla on Wednesday, the trouble mongers attacked two persons belonging to Muslim community with lethal weapons without any provocation in two different places of Mangaluru taluk. Basheer (45), a resident of Akashbhavana area in the city, who was on his way to his home after

Mangaluru, Jan 4: Even though Hindutva groups such as Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal had planned to take out a funeral procession of Deepak Rao, who was hacked to death yesterday, the police foiled their bid by secretly transporting the mortal remains in an ambulance to the house of the victim at Katipalla on the outskirts of the city on Thursday morning. When the saffron activists came to

Bengaluru Jan 4: JD(S) state president H D Kumaraswamy promised to provide free healthcare service, free bus and Metro passes and increase the old-age pension for senior citizens if his party is voted to power in the coming Assembly elections. Participating in an interaction with senior citizens in Bengaluru, he also assured to ensure allotment of residential plots at an affordable price to people

Mangaluru Jan 4: The New Year hasn’t brought good tidings for airlines operating from Mangaluru International Airport. From December 31, the runway length has been reduced by 120 metres. The development comes months after the Airport Authority of India decided to postpone the Airport’s runway expansion plan. It means that of the 2,450m of runway available, only 2,330m will be available for safety

Bengaluru Jan 4: Aadhaar seeding of ration cards has helped weed out 8.5 lakh bogus cards, Food and Civil Supplies Minister U T Khader said on Wednesday. Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru, he said that the Food and Civil Supplies department has saved around Rs 450 crore in the last few months after the removal of such cards. He said that due to the prevalence of such cards, each fair price shop

Mangaluru, Jan 3: The Mangaluru city police commissioner and additional district magistrate T R Suresh has promulgated prohibitory orders under Section 35 of Karnataka Police Act in Mangaluru City Police commissionerate limits for 24 hours. The development comes after the coldblooded murder of a youth at Katipalla area of Mangaluru taluk on Wednesday. A tense atmosphere prevailed in the region