Karnataka

Mangaluru, Apr 26: The Bajrang Dal, infamous for its bellicose jingoism, is making its way into the business world in Mangaluru, preying upon the fears of vigilante and hooliganism which they have successfully spread amongst the public. This is not just any business but a business of providing protection and security, which has always been their best excuse for vandalism. 'Shadow Armies: Fringe

New Delhi, Apr 26: The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the bail plea of a suspected member of the proscribed Tamil Nadu-based terrorist organisation ‘Al-Umma’. He has been chargesheeted for procuring a SIM card for the co-accused who carried out a blast in a motorcycle in front of a KSRP van at Malleswaram in Bengaluru in 2013. A bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta dismissed the

Bengaluru, Apr 26: City-based author Anvita Bajpai has accused author Chetan Bhagat of plagiarising parts of her book ‘Life, Odds and Ends,’ in his bestselling book ‘One Indian Girl’. Bhagat, however, has denied the charges. Anvita, an IIT and IIM graduate, had published a collection of short stories in a book titled ‘Life, Odds and Ends’ in 2014. In February 2017, Anvita filed a lawsuit in a city

Bengaluru, Apr 26: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday directed Social Welfare department to take measures to establish seven more special courts for quicker disposal of cases related to atrocities against Dalits. Speaking after chairing a high-level vigilance committee meeting under SC&ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, he directed Social Welfare Minister H Anjaneya to hold a meeting with

Bengaluru, Apr 26: Hotels and restaurants in Karnataka will soon have to display boards saying ‘service charge’ is voluntary. They can’t add the charge in their bills either. Food and Civil Supplies Minister U T Khader told a press conference on Tuesday the government was acting on guidelines issued recently by the Centre. Service charge, a term used by restaurants for ‘tips,’ should remain

Bengaluru, Apr 26: A?delegation comprising BJP?and Bajrang Dal leaders along with seers of several mutts met Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in Bengaluru on Tuesday and sought a permanent solution to the Bababudangiri dispute. The Supreme Court’s deadline set for the Karnataka government to decide the title claims over the disputed cave shrine, Guru Dattatreya Bababudan Swami Dargah, atop

Udupi, Apr 25: A 30-year-old woman and her five-year-old child were drowned in a stone quarrying pit filled with water at Padualevoor in Alevoor village in Udupi district on Tuesday. Neelavva had gone to wash clothes at the stone quarrying pit. Her five-year-old son Hanumanth had accompanied her. She had left the child to play around while she was washing the clothes. The child accidentally

Beijing, Apr 25: China has banned dozens of Islamic names for babies belonging to the restive Muslim-majority Xinjiang province, in a move that would prevent children from getting access to education and government benefits, a leading rights group said today. Xinjiang authorities have recently banned dozens of names with religious connotations common to Muslims around the world on the basis that

Virajpet, Apr 25: Ritesh Guttedar, son of Malikayya Guttedar, the MLA of Afzalpur constituent in Kalaburgi district had a miraculous escape after the car he was driving during the dirt track race in Virajpet overturned. The dirt track had been prepared matching the standards of a national track, with racers from Kerala, Tamil Nadu and other states participating in the event. The incident occurred

Kasauli, Apr 25: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi's aunt Shobha Nehru died at her residence here on Tuesday morning owing to age-related complications, her family said. She was 108. She was married to India`s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru`s cousin B K Nehru, an Indian diplomat who nearly succeeded Dag Hammarskjold as United Nations Secretary General. Rahul Gandhi regularly headed to