Karnataka

Bantwal, Jan 3: Dakshina Kannada district police has managed to arrest three persons in connection with the alleged murder attempt on Keshava, who is also an accused in a murder case. Keshava, who is out on the bail, was attacked with lethal weapons by motorbike-borne men on December 27 at Kalladka town of Bantwal taluk. Keshava, sustained deep injuries on the forehead in the attack, is recovering

Mangaluru, Dec 3: A tense atmosphere prevailed in Surathkal, Katipalla and surrounding areas in Mangaluru taluk after a youth was hacked to death by miscreants in broad daylight on Wednesday afternoon. Soon after the murder, the activists of various Hindutva groups started spreading provocative messages on social media and WhatsApp groups. They claimed that the murdered youth, Deepak Rao, was a

Mangaluru, Jan 3: Within two hours after a youth was hacked to death on Wednesday at Katipalla in Mangaluru taluk, the police managed to nab four accused after intercepting their car. The arrested have been identified as Naushad, Pinky Nawaz, Rizwan and Nirshan. They are being interrogated at an undisclosed location, a top police officer said. Deepak Rao (32) was murdered by a gang of miscreants

Bengaluru, Jan 3: The Karnataka government is not apprehensive of releasing the caste census and it would be done at an appropriate time, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister T B Jayachandra has said. "The caste census data is now the property of Backward Classes Commission.

Davanagere, Jan 3: State BJP President B S Yeddyurappa alleged that MLC Basavaraj Horatti 'is indulging in selfish politics, by using the issue of separate religion status for Lingayats, to his advantage'. Speaking at the Renuka Mandir, here in the city on Wednesday, Yeddyurappa said that Horatti was making confusing statements by stating that BJP MLAs support the demand for separate religion tag

Hyderabad, Jan 3: Introduction of Value Added Tax (VAT) by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) would adversely affect a majority of Indians working there and reduce their remittances, said a former diplomat. "I would say 70 to 80% of Indian community there will be adversely affected," said Talmiz Ahmad, the former Indian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Oman and the UAE. The size of the

Mangaluru, Jan 3: A youth was hacked to death by a gang of miscreants in broad daylight at Katipalla in Mangaluru taluk on Wednesday afternoon. The victim has been identified as Deepak Rao aka Deepu (32), a resident of Katipalla’s Kaikamba area. Police said Deepak had worked with private company agency which was owned by a Muslim. Since most of the customers were from minority community, Deepak

Gadag, Jan 3: Condemning the stand taken by Goa state Congress over the Mahadayi river water sharing dispute, BJP workers called for a bundh in Nargund, Gadag district, on Wednesday. The activists staged a protest by blocking the highway and burning tires. They forced shops to shut down. Due to the roadblock, free flow of traffic on Hubballi-Vijayapura national highway was totally disrupted. Tight

A 30-year-old man from Andhra Pradesh, who claims that Bollywood actress and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is his mother, has urged her to spend rest of her life in her birth place Mangaluru along with him. According to Sangeeth Kumar who adds Rai after his first name, Aishwarya Rai had given birth to him six years before she took the world by storm by winning the Miss World crown in

Udupi, Jan 3: P B Acharya, Governor of Nagaland, has hailed Vishwesha Tirtha Swami of Paryaya Pejawar Mutt and Dharmasthala Dharmadhakari D Veerendra Heggade as the icons of the country. He was speaking as the chief guest at a function to felicitate Heggade on his completing 50 years as Dharmadhakari of Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala at Rajangana here. The Rashtra Ratna Prashasti was conferred on Dr