Karnataka

Mangaluru, Sept 11: Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel’s recent attempt to threaten a cop inside a police station in the coastal city during BJP’s ‘Mangaluru Chalo’ rally on September 8 has sparked an online campaign against him. Suhail Kandak, chairman of MakeA- change Foundation started an online petition on change.org urging the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take action against Mr Kateel

Mangaluru, Sept 11: A youth was arrested by the Puttur police in Dakshina Kannada district for allegedly posting an objectionable photo of Deyi Baideti, a revered spirit of Tulu Nadu, on social media. The arrested has been identified as Abdul Haneef (25), a resident of Eshwarmangala near Puttur. A driver by profession, Abdul Haneef was accused of posting the image which shows him touching the

Bengaluru, Sept 11: Thousands of fans of slain journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh are expected to participate in the ‘resistance convention’ being organized by the ‘Gauri Lankesh Hathya Virodhi Horata Vedike’ on Tuesday at Central College Grounds in Bengaluru. According to organizers, about 50,000 people, including religious heads of various sects and progressive seers will participate in the

Mangaluru, Sept 11: A youth died at a hospital here after he allegedly consuming a poisonous substance in his house at Koila village of Puttur taluk on Saturday. The deceased is Nagesh Kumbar (30) a member of Koila Gram Panchayat. According to Kadaba police, Kumbar was admitted to a hospital in Mangaluru on Saturday morning and breathed his last in the evening. The police said they are yet to know

Allahabad, Sept 11: Irked by recent controversies surrounding self-styled godmen, the Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad, the top body of Hindu sadhus, today released a list of 14 "fake babas" and demanded a crackdown on "rootless cult leaders" by bringing in a legislation. Giving out the list, which includes names like Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, Rampal, Asaram and his son Narayan Sai, the parishad's

Udupi, Sept 11: Five new sophisticated bus stands in the temple town at a cost of Rs 50 crore in the next one year, according to Udupi district in-charge minister Pramod Madhwaraj. He was speaking after laying the foundation stone for the JnNURM bus stand, built at a cost of Rs 4 crore. The minister said that a service bus station will be constructed in 3-acre land at Bannanje at a cost of Rs 35

Hubballi, Sept 10: A suspected thief recreated a scene from Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Chennai Express by pushing a Travelling Ticket Inspector (TTI) out of a moving train on Sunday. K M Chinnappa fractured his fingers and suffered head injuries in the incident. According to police, he was examining travellers’ tickets in three second-class sleeper compartments (S3 to S5) of the Goa Express (train

Mangaluru, Sept 11: More than sixty women donated their hair through ‘Locks of Love’, a hair donation drive organised by the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, St Agnes College, in association with Bliss Professional Unisex Salon at Forum Fiza Mall on Sunday. The unique drive began with Kamalakshi, a senior citizen donating her hair. The 84-year old who had heard about the drive was

Shivamogga, Sept 11: A group of five miscreants, who had planned to attack cow transporters, got thrashed after intercepting their vehicle in Shikaripur taluk of Shivamogga district on Sunday. According to police, the injured persons are Srikara, Ajit, Prabhat, Ganesh and Sudarshan, all natives of Sagar taluk in the district. It is said the cow vigilantes were chasing the vehicle in which cows

Mysuru, Sept 11: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday said he would write to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asking him to make provisions for bank examinations, organised by the Institute of Banking and Personnel Selection, to be written in Kannada. Siddaramaiah said, “A delegation from the Kannada Development Authority has already visited the authorities concerned and I will write to the prime