Karnataka

Udupi, Nov 16: Vishwesha Tirtha Swami of Paryaya Pejawar Mutt has called upon all Hindus to take part in the upcoming Dharma Sansad and the Hindu Samajotsava in large numbers. “Hindus should be proud of their religion. All members of the Hindu religion, including Dalits, should participate in the Dharma Sansad and the Hindu Samajotsava,” he said. He was speaking after flagging off the Sudharma

Indor, Nov 16: Akhil Bhartiya Hindu Mahasabha leaders on Wednesday organized a special yagna in memory saffron terrorist Nathuram Godse who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi, the father of the nation and symbol of non violence. The Mahasabha members gathered at Arya Samaj temple on jail road early in the morning and 'paid tributes' to Godse to commemorate his death anniversary. Mahasabha state general

Belagavi, Nov 16: The protest by private doctors near the Suvarna Soudha in Belagavi entered the fourth day on Thursday. Members of a few district units of the Indian Medical Association participated in a relay hunger strike, demanding that the government defer tabling the amendments to the Karnataka Private Medical Establishments Act. The doctors are demanding removal of clauses such as setting

Belagavi, Nov 16: Demanding inclusion of their community in the Scheduled Tribes list, members of various Kuruba organisations tried to storm the Suvarna Soudha here with sheep and goats on Wednesday. They shouted slogans against the State government and said that the successive governments had neglected the community that was among the most backward in the State. They said that their demand for

Bengaluru, Nov 16: A Public Interest Litigation has been filed in High Court of Karnataka, seeking direction to the state government to make arrangements for medical service during the state-wide medical strike by doctors that begins from Thursday. On Thursday over six hundred private clinics will be closed and 22,000 doctors from across the state will go on strike as mark of protest against the

Belagavi, Nov 16: Communal violence broke out at Khadak Galli, Chavat Galli and the surrounding localities of the city on Wednesday night even as the winter session of the state legislature is in progress at the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha here. Groups from both sides threw stones, damaged houses and set vehicles on fire. Residents' screams were heard till Khade Bazaar and shop owners downed their

Udupi, Nov 16: A citizen from Oman has been duped with a fake letter of admission with regard to an educational course in Manipal here. Superintendent of Police Sanjeev M. Patil said here on Wednesday that Murthad Nadim Al Rawahi (21), an Oman national came to Manipal University for admission to B.Com course. He came to Manipal on a student visa. The authorities of the university came to know that

Bengaluru, Nov 15: In a shocking incident, a 17-year-old girl was kidnapped and gang-raped for 10 days at a lodge in Whitefield in Bengaluru by her male friend from Udupi and three of his friends. The Whitefield division police finally rescued the girl and arrested the four men. The arrested are Raghavendra (26), native of Udupi, and his friends Manoranjan Das (52) from West Bengal, who was

Manglauru, Nov 15: PACE group, which heads P A College of Engineering, Mangaluru, and 13 other educational institutions across the globe, has entered the Guinness book of world records for ‘the largest human image of a boat’. Revealing this at a press meet here on Wednesday M Abdul Salam, CEO of PACE group said that the event was held on November 14, on behalf of Children's Day at India

Manglauru, Nov 15: The old parallel road underbridge at Padil on Mangaluru-Bengaluru National Highway would be closed for repairs after a week as the new bridge was commissioned on Wednesday, according to Nalin Kumar Kateel, MP. Speaking after inaugurating the new underbridge built using box-pushing technology at a cost of Rs. 16.50 crore, including road works, he said that the repair of the old