Karnataka

Kasaragod, Feb 26: A youth, who was among the 17 missing persons from here and suspected to have joined terror outfit ISIS, has been reportedly killed, police said. One of the Hafiz's relatives had received a WhatsApp message saying that he had become "shaheed" (martyr), a senior police officer said here. But, there was no official confirmation in this regard, he said. NIA has been probing the

Mangaluru, Feb 26: The Swacch Mangaluru Abhiyan being carried out by city based Ramakrishna Mission entered twenty-first week this Sunday, when 10 localities were cleaned. With this, a total of 239 areas in the city were cleaned so far as part of the campaign. Following are the 10 localities cleaned today: 230 Yekkur: The team members of Swach Yekkur carried out cleanliness drive in Yekkur area

Ahmedabad, Feb 26: The call to prayer from the mosque near Bakri Pol in the communally sensitive Kalupur area is no ordinary azaan. Heard for the first time in 30 years in March 2016, it signifies the voice of compassion and respect drowning out hatred. Kalupur, a patchwork of Hindu and Muslim ghettos, was bloodied by communal riots in 1984. Since the nearly 100-year-old mosque is located in a

Bengaluru, Feb 26: The fate of nearly 10,000 dalit government employees hangs in the balance as they face the threat of being demoted, with the Supreme Court recently scrapping reservation in promotions. The Congress government is gearing up to challenge the apex court order+ and is taking great pains to work out a please-all formula to prevent political damage ahead of the 2018 assembly polls.

Bhatkal, Feb 26: Communal politics has already entered college campuses in Uttara Kannada, as the Akhila Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) launched a ‘saffron shawl agitation’ demanding a ban on hijab. The open support to this 'Kesari Shawl Abhiyan' by hardline BJP leader and Uttara Kannada MP Anant Kumar Hegde has added fuel to the fire

New Delhi, Feb 26: India's financial capital Mumbai, which is home to 46,000 millionaires and 28 billionaires, is the richest Indian city with a total wealth of USD 820 billion, says a report. According to New World Wealth, Mumbai is the richest city in the country followed by Delhi and Bengaluru in the second and third place, respectively. Delhi is home to 23,000 millionaires and 18 billionaires

Bhatkal, Feb 26: Although health department officials have been working hard to complete the Measles-Rubella (MR) vaccination drive in Uttara Kannada district, the campaign has run into trouble at Urdu medium schools in Bhatkal taluk. Of the 7,198 students at Urdu medium schools in the taluk under 15 years of age, in the taluk, a mere 1,287 have been vaccinated so far. Sources allege that the

Mumbai, Feb 26: Physician-turned-Islamic preacher Dr Zakir Naik, against whom the Enforcement Directorate has issued a summons in a money laundering case, has sent another letter stating the agency can send a questionnaire to him as he fears arrest in case of personal appearance. "Our apprehension regarding the probe stood fortified with the arrest of Aamir Gazdar (Naik's confidante), which we are

Bengaluru, Feb 26: At a time when the Karnataka Congress is trying to fend off allegations of payments to the party high command, being made based on the entries of a diary allegedly seized from Congress MLC K Govindraj, a facebook post put up by chief minister Siddaramaiah's media adviser Dinesh Amin Mattu has come as a source of embarrassment. In the post, uploaded on Friday, Mattu referred to

Bengaluru, Feb 26: Days after the BJP referred to a diary containing details of alleged payoffs to the Congress high command, the state Congress alleged on Saturday that a diary , reportedly seized from BJP MLC Leher Singh Sisoriya, had information of Rs 391.5 crore allegedly paid to BJP leaders and others. Of the total payments allegedly made when the saffron party was in power in Karnataka, Rs