Karnataka

To register their protest against the recent rape and murder of a Dalit girl by so called Hindu activists in Vijayapura district, a complete bandh was observed in Kalaburagi on Thursday. The bandh call was given by Dalita Sanghatanegala Samanvaya Samithi. The voluntary support of organisations from all walks of life – Dalit groups, trade unions, farmers’ organisations, women’s groups, student

Chikkamagaluru, Dec 28: Journalist-turned-activist Teesta Setalvad has obliquely called upon the activists in Karnataka to take a political plunge in the upcoming elections. Speaking after inaugurating a two-day event organised by Karnataka Komu Souharda Vedike to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the organisation on Thursday, she said that she was seeing a ray of hope after recent Gujarat

In a blood-curdling incident, a just-born infant abandoned in a garbage bin, was done to death by a stray dog in Chikkaballapur city of Karnataka on Thursday morning. People who noticed the dog carrying away the infant rescued it from the canine and rushed to the general hospital, but in vain. As the infant was severely wounded, it succumbed. Currently the infant's body is at the hospital's morgue

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has warned the Bhartiya Janta Party, Hindutva groups and Ambedkar baiters that there would be a revolt in the country if they tried to change the Indian Constitution. Speaking after inaugurating projects at Sira, Tumakuru, he said changing the Constitution, sowing seeds of contempt between people of different faiths and creating unrest in society was the BJP's

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government’s decision of ordering withdrawal of cases against him among several other cases has triggered a controversy. The order came a day before the Uttar Pradesh Criminal Law (Composition of Offences and Abatement of Trials) (Amendment) Bill, 2017 was tabled in the state assembly on December 21. The Bill proposing abatement of certain

Udupi, Dec 28: An elderly man was killed and his driver son injured after a speeding van rammed into a stationary van after overtaking a scooter at Varambally coming under the Brahmavar police station limits in Udupi district on Wednesday. According to the police, the complainant, Sheikh Muddasar, was going on his motorbike from Uppinakote to Brahmavar, when the van driven by Mohammed Irfan

Union Minister Anant Kumar Hegde on Thursday tendered an apology in the Lok Sabha for his statement on changing the Constitution, even as he maintained that his comments were "put out of context". Soon after the House met, Hegde, said: "I deeply respect the Constitution, Parliament and Babasaheb Ambedkar. The Constitution is supreme for me, there can be no question on it, as a citizen I can never

Bantwal, Dec 28: In an apparent bid to disrupt peace in the region, unidentified miscreants pelted stones at a mosque in a communally sensitive village in Bantwal taluk last night. All the window panes of the mosque located at Veerakambha near Kalladka have been damaged in the attack. The incident came to light when people visited the mosque early on Thursday morning for Fajr prayers. The managing

Panaji, Dec 28: Days after Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar softened his stand on Mahadeyi water dispute, senior counsel Atmaram Nadkarni has said that giving water to Karnataka for its drinking needs was never an issue, but the proposed construction of dams by the latter to divert water was the bone of contention. Nadkarni, who is defending Goa before Mahadeyi Water Dispute Tribunal, said the

Mangaluru, Dec 28: With the New Year's Eve just around the corner, the coastal city of Mangaluru is set to embrace 2018 with celebrations and parties and the police is taking all precautionary measures to maintain law and order. On the other hand Hindutva groups that believe that New Year bash is a Western and Christian culture, have warned the party organisers and revellers against displaying