Karnataka

Mangaluru, Jan 13: In line with the government of India's policy of implementing the vision for coastal shipping, tourism and regional development, New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT) has introduced Car carrier service between Gujarat and Mangaluru. The pure car and truck carrier – M.V. Dresden called at the port on Friday and sailed out to Cochin after discharging Tata Cars and loaded trucks. The

Mangaluru, Jan 13: Two persons have been arrested by Ullal police in connection with the assault on a youth at Ucchila beach under their jurisdiction in Mangaluru taluk. The arrested are Guru (25) and John (30), both residents of Ucchila. It is said that they were among the six miscreants who came in two motorbikes and attacked Iqbal when he was playing volleyball with his friend Mansoor recently

New Delhi, Jan 13: In an apparent attempt to play down the controversy surrounding the picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi spinning the "charkha" - not Mahatma Gandhi - on the 2017 calendar and diaries published by the Khadi Village Industries Commission (KVIC), Union Minister Kalraj Mishra said on Friday that no person can replace Mahatma Gandhi. The Cabinet Minister of Micro, Small and

New Delhi, Jan 13: Islamic Research Foundation of Indian Islamic preacher Zakir Naik today challenged in Delhi High Court the Centre's decision to immediately ban the organisation, claiming no reasons were given for taking such action under Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA). Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva, before whom the matter was listed, heard part arguments on behalf of the organisation and

Mangaluru, Jan 13: Recklessness of an Eicher lorry driver claimed the life of a schoolgirl who had just alighted from an auto-rickshaw and started walking at Papethadka near Nerimogru village in Puttur taluk on Thursday. Aboobakar Siddiq's daughter Ayishat Safa (9), a Class III student at Nerimogru government higher primary school, was returning home after finishing her classes when the tragedy

New Delhi, Jan 13: The Union ministry for minority affairs has set-up a six-member committee comprising experts to look into the efficacy and viability of the haj subsidy given to Muslim haj pilgrims in the form of discounted air fares on Air India. The ministry has clarified that the setting up of this committee does not mean that the government has any plan to scrap the subsidy. The ministry

Kasargod, Jan 13: A day after Bovikkanam witnessing violence and arson involving pro-CPI (M) youth wing workers and RSS-BJP loyalists, the police on Thursday registered cases against 16 DYFI activists. The police registered two cases against the DYFI workers under various provisions of the Indian Penal Code as security in and around the town was strengthened by putting in place additional police

New Delhi, Jan 13: A day after it was reported that Saudi Arabia has increased India's annual Haj quota from 1.36 lakh to 1.70 lakh, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has now demanded that the subsidy given to Muslim devotees be allotted for girls' education. Through a tweet, Owaisi - a prominent Muslim leader and AIMIM's Hyderabad MP - had welcomed the Saudi Arabia government's decision and expressed

Mangaluru, Jan 13: A man belonging to an upper caste was arrested by the Mangaluru South police arrested for an alleged defamatory post on Babasaheb Ambedkar. The accused has been identified as Deepak Kamath (40), a native of Mangaluru. Dalit activist Ramesh Kotian filed a complaint with the police two months ago about a post on Facebook in which Deepak Kamath had written about Babasaheb Ambedkar

Belagavi, Jan 13: A video clip has surfaced in which the Kudachi MLA P Rajeev of BSR Congress is seen warning the police personnel that the police station would be set on fire if they harass innocent people, demand money from them or attempt to fix them in false cases. Incidentally, Rajeev is a former police officer who had quit the service to join politics. In the 1.18-minute video clip, Rajeev