Karnataka

Kozhikode, Mar 3: Four RSS workers were injured after some unknown persons hurled a crude bomb at the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh office near Nadapuram in the district, police said. The incident occurred at Kallachi around 8.30 PM. The injured have been identified as Babu, Vineesh, Sudhir and Sunil, they said. While Babu and Vineesh, who suffered severe injuries in the abdomen and legs, have been

Bengaluru, Mar 2: The Karnataka government today decided to scrap the controversial Bengaluru steel flyover project that was aimed at decongesting the road that connects the city with its international airport and surrounding areas. "...We have decided to cancel the steel bridge project. I have spoken to the Chief Minister, and the Chief Minister has agreed to it," Minister for Bengaluru

Mangaluru, Mar 2: Mangalore University will be awarding Honorary Doctorate Degree (Honoris Causa) to eminent educationist, Folklorist and Kannada Professor B A Viveka Rai in the 35th Annual Mangalore University Convocation on March, 3, 2017 at 10.00 am in the Mangala Auditorium, Mangalagangothri. Dr Rai, a native of Mangaluru, Karnataka was a guest professor with the Department of Indology

Mangaluru, Mar 3: The Bearys Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) will be conducting a seminar on Goods and Services Tax (GST) on March 7, 2017 at 4:30 p.m. at IMA Hall, near Noor Mosque, Hampankatta, Mangaluru. GST is soon going to be very integral part of all business transactions. It is a proposed system of indirect taxation in India merging most of the existing taxes into single system of

New Delhi, Mar 2: The Railways will soon move towards Aadhaar-based online ticketing system to prevent touts from blocking a bulk of tickets, end fraudulent bookings and curb cases of impersonation. Aadhaar number has been made mandatory for senior citizens to avail concessions in train tickets from April 1. A three-month trial run for this is going on. As per the new business plan 2017-18

Mangaluru, Mar 2: Dr M V Shetty College of Physiotherapy conducted preconference workshop on “Recent trends in sports medicine and fitness” at its auditorium as a part of Mangalore Physiocon 2017 on Thursday. Dr.Ranjith Shetty, Trustee, Dr.M.V.Shetty memorial trust presided over the inaugural function. He said that Dr. M. Ramgopal Shetty, Founder, Dr. M.V. Shetty Memorial Trust started the first

Ujjain/New Delhi, Mar 2: An RSS functionary today kicked up a row when he announced a Rs one crore bounty for beheading Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, but the Sangh fountainhead distanced itself from his remark. Kundan Chandravat, 'Sah Prachar Pramukh' of RSS in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain, announced the reward to avenge the killing of its workers in Kerala, allegedly by CPI-M workers. "The

New Delhi: India will be the country with the world's largest Muslim population by 2050, according to a latest analysis by American ‘fact tank’ Pew Research Centre. There were 1.6 billion Muslims in the world as of 2010 - roughly 23% of the global population - according to a Pew estimate. Currently, Indonesia has the world's largest Muslim population. In a 2015 report, Pew said that while the

Dubai, Mar 2: Islam will emerge as the most popular religion in the world by the end of the century, according to the latest analysis. Pew Research Centre, headquartered in the United States, said on Monday that the number of followers of Islam is poised to outnumber those following Christianity after 2070, while certain regions around the world, including Europe, will see a surge in the number of

Palamu, Mar 2: For the past few decades, one of the major social evils among the Muslim families in Jharkhand’s Palamu district was the practice of dowry system. However, now a unique social transformation is sweeping the Muslim mohallas in the region thanks to a massive campaign led by clerics and community elders. According to reports, hundreds of families in Palamu are returning the dowry they