Karnataka

Udupi, Dec 27: The renovated church building of the 129-year-old St Mary’s Orthodox Syrian Cathedral is set for consecration and inauguration at Brahmavar in Udupi district on January 11 and 12. Fr. Noel Lewis, Assistant Vicar of the cathedral, said that the cathedral was founded in 1889 by the saintly and revolutionary Bishop Alvares Mar Julius and nurtured by Fr. R.Z. Noronha. The church had its

Mangaluru, Dec 27: Forest, Ecology and Environment Minister B Ramanath Rai has promised to extend support for the construction of Beary Bhavana in Mangaluru, to promote Beary literature and cultural activities. Speaking at Beary Samskrithika Sambhrama (Beary cultural extravaganza) organised to felicitate newly inducted President of Karnataka Beary Sahitya Academy here on Tuesday Rai recalled that

Bengaluru, Dec 27: A small-time politician in Karnataka has announced a bounty of Rs 1 crore to anyone who would chop off Union Minister Ananth Kumar Hegde's tongue for his controversial remarks against Indian constitution. According to reports, the Rs 1-crore bounty was announced by former Kalaburagi zilla panchayat member Gurushant Pattedar on Tuesday. Giving reasons why he chose to make such a

Belagavi, Dec 27: The police have arrested two youth on charges of raping a woman who had gone out to the field for defecation in a village in Hukkeri taluk on Monday. The arrested have been identified as Shivanand Yaragatti (25) and Naveen Kumar Kamble (29). Both are said to be Hindutva activists. The miscreants lay in wait for the woman to come out of her house at night. They then closed her

Mangaluru, Dec 26: Tension prevailed in Dakshina Kannada district’s communally sensitive town of Kalladka after a notorious criminal was attacked with lethal weapons by motorcycle-borne men on Tuesday evening. The injured has been identified as Keshava, one of the several accused in the cold blooded murder of Abdul Jaleel Karopady, then vice-president of Karopady Gram Panchayat in Bantwal taluk

Amidst uproar over encroachments of the Wakf properties across India, a huge building has illegally come up on a Wakf land worth several crores of rupees in the heart of the city of Mangaluru in coastal Karnataka. Shockingly, the local administration too has helped a politician’s family to construct the illegal building on the land belonging to the historic Kutchi Memon Masjid in the city. In fact

Chikkaballapur Dec 26: Home Minister Ramalinga Reddy said, in reality, it is the BJP that is creating mischief in Karnataka today. "The BJP is a drama troupe headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP National President Amit Shah from Delhi. The BJP members in the state are actors. They are enacting this play with the upcoming elections in mind," the minister alleged. Speaking to reporters on

Mudigere, Dec 26: Panic gripped the residents of Uduse village and surrounding areas in Mudigere taluk of Chikkamagaluru district after a tiger strayed into human habitation and attacked a farmer. The Forest Department has begun efforts to capture the wild animal after it attacked Anne Gowda, a farmer on Monday morning outside his house in Uduse. Gowda suffered injuries on his back when the animal

Bengaluru, Dec 26: After authorities denied permission for porn star-turned-Bollywood star Sunny Leone’s show in Bengaluru during New Year celebrations, the organisers have decided to postpone her event at least for two months. Citing security concerns, the city police refused permission to 'Sunny Night NYE 2018' where actor Sunny Leone was scheduled to perform in the intervening night of December

Koppal, Dec 26: "Who is Anant Kumar Hegde to change the Constitution? When he became a union minister, he swore by the Constitution and took office; and now he says that they will change the Constitution. I condemn this statement by Hegde," said Higher Education Minister Basavaraj Rayareddy. Speaking to reporters in Koppal on Tuesday, Rayareddy said that Hegde was 'unfit to continue as a Central