Karnataka

Mangaluru, Jul 5: The city crime branch of Mangaluru city police has cracked the case of attempt to rob the Kotekar Agricultural Credit Cooperative Bank located on K C Road under Ullal police station limits and arrested two persons. The accused have been identified as Ramchandra (57) of Kurchigudde, Someshwara and Mohan Kumar (47) of Pandit House, Shivajinagar, Kotekar. The incident was reported

Bantwal, Jul 5: The stabbing spree has continued in communally sensitive Bantwal Taluk. On Tuesday night a gang of unidentified miscreants stabbed a youth at B C Road. The victim has been identified as Sharath, a resident of Kandur in Sajipamunnur. Sharath runs a laundry service by name 'Udaya' near BC Road flyover. The incident occurred around 9.30 p.m. when he was about to leave for home

Bengaluru, Jul 5: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has criticised the Presidential assent to a bill supporting Kambala, the buffalo racing sport popular in coastal Karnataka. Kambala, along with Jallikatu, was banned according to the Supreme Court judgement for being too cruel to animals. PETA has also said that it will challenge in the court the Karnataka law allowing Kambala.

New Delhi, Jul 5: It has only been a few days since prime minister Narendra Modi lashed out at violence in the name of cow protection, but the Viswa Hindu Parishad (VHP) seems to be not in a mood to embrace the PM's view. In a gesture of wholehearted support to the cow vigilante groups, the Hindutva outfit on Tuesday said cow protectors or 'gau-rakshaks' were 'victims not tyrants". VHP

Bengaluru, Jul 5: A complaint has been filed with the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, excise department officials and deputy commissioners alleging large-scale corruption in renewal of liquor licences across the state. Complainant Ravi Krishna Reddy alleged that in the guise of refusing to renew licences of liquor shops that fall within 500 metres of national

Bengaluru, Jul 5: JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy on Tuesday said he is not dreaming of becoming the chief minister again and that he only wants to bring his party to power for the development of the state. Addressing JD(S) workers after inducting senior leader A H Vishwanath and his followers into the party fold, he said only the JD(S) can find solutions to problems being faced by people of the

Mangaluru, Jul 4: Dakshina Kannada district unit of Social Democratic Party of India has threatened to organise a ‘Kalladka Chalo’ this month demanding the arrest of RSS veteran Prabhakar Bhat and Bajrang Dal leader Sharan Pumpwell if the cops failed to arrest the duo in connection with the coldblooded murder of SDPI leader and social activist Mohammed Ashraf Kalai. Addressing a press meet in the

New Delhi, Jul 4: Days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi strongly decried violence in the name of cow protection, BJP ally Shiv Sena too has spoken out against incidents of lynching in the name of cow. The Sena said said lynching people in the name of cow protection is against Hindutva and urged PM Modi to come up with a national policy on beef. The Maharashtra-focused party's comments were

Mangaluru, Jul 4: U T Khader, minister for food, civil supplies and consumer affairs has requested the Haj aspirants from the coastal Karnataka not forget to pray for their motherland after reaching holy places like Makkah and Madinah. Inaugurating the vaccination camp organised by the government for Haj pilgrims at Yenepoya Hospital in the city on Tuesday, he termed the Hajis as blessed ones

New Delhi, Jul 4: A woman has accused a BJP leader in Maharashtra of raping her. The video of the Hindutva leader forcefully kissing the woman has gone viral on social media. Police is yet to trace Ravindra Bawanthade who is absconding after a woman filed a rape case against him. The CCTV visuals that have gone viral clearly show Bawanthade kissing the woman in a moving bus which commenced from