Karnataka

New Delhi, May 10: The government should consider according national animal status to the cow, Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind president Maulana Syed Arshad Madani said today while expressing concern at the "atmosphere of fear" following violence by 'gau rakshaks'. "The government should give national animal status to the cow and we will support it," Madani, who heads the influential body that represents a

Jaipur, May 10: The Forensic Science Laboratory that was examining the samples of meat seized from a Jaipur hotel has ruled out any possibility that the meat was from a cow. The hotel, Hayat Rabbani was sealed on March 19 after more than 150 cow vigilantes protested outside the hotel and thrashed its staff alleging that beef was cooked and served there. Nearly two months after the incident, Jaipur

Bengaluru, May 10: Kannada news anchor Radha Hiregoudar, who used to appear regularly on Public TV, became the latest victim of suicide hoax on social media after she disappeared from the prime time bulletins for a few days. On Tuesday rumours started doing rounds that the senior anchor was battling for life in a private hospital in Bengaluru after she attempted a suicide following a spat with

Mangaluru, May 10: After several weeks of social media campaign, the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) has formally announced its plan to reach out Muslim community by holding a two-day Muslim youth conference on May 14 and 15 in the city. According to Muneer Katipalla, DYFI State president, the conference would focus on the theme, “Secularism, empowerment and progressiveness” and

Mangaluru, May 9: Sandeep Malani, a Mangalurean filmmaker had joined the film industry in 1991, when he started his career in Bombay as an assistant to cameraman Jaggi Gupta, wherein he had the opportunity to work for some ad films, magazine shoots and also two episodes of a serial in Doordarshan that lead him connect with filmmaker Lawrence Dsouza for whom he worked for a short period as an unit

Bengaluru, May 10: Three-time Alnad MLA B R Patil, who is currently in Karnataka Janatha Paksha, has said that he would soon join Congress party along with other legislators. “12 legislators, including myself, will join the Congress party soon,” said Mr Patil, replying to a query by media persons in Kalaburgi on Tuesday. He said that seven rebel JD(S) legislators would also switch over to the

Raichur, May 10: In a tragic incident, 16 monkeys that came searching for water, were found dead in an under-construction overhead tank in Gadar village in Raichur taluk on Tuesday. It is believed the monkeys died a few days ago as the carcasses were found in a highly decomposed state. Villagers suspect that the monkeys were trapped in the tank, unable to climb out and died of hunger and thirst as

Bengaluru, May 10: Lobbying has intensified in the state Congress for the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president’s post after AICC general secretary in-charge of Karnataka K C Venugopal commenced the exercise of eliciting the opinions of state leaders for appointing the new state unit chief. Amidst report that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is in favour of a Lingayat leader to hold the

Bengaluru, May 10: Moderate to heavy rains continued to lash parts of Karnataka while lighting claimed eight lives and injured many others in the state. Four persons were killed as lightning struck them in Chitradurga district on Tuesday evening. In Hiriyur taluk of Chitradurga, three youths were killed as lightning struck them in the backwaters of the Vanivilas Sagar reservoir near Aranakanive

Bengaluru, May 10: As part of the ongoing rejig in the Congress, south Indian star-cum-politician Ramya aka Divya Spandana has been given the charge of the party’s social media campaign, replacing Deepender Hooda, who is expected to be given organisational responsibility. The key task comes after a buzz about the former Lok Sabha member from Mandya being unhappy in the Congress and mulling over