Karnataka

Bhopal, Sep 4: A section of Muslims and Hindus in Bhopal have come together to protest against global fast food chain KFC accusing it of hurting their religious sentiments. While Muslims accused the multinational giant of serving Jhatka' chicken or meat in the name of halal chicken', Hindus have joined the protests to save cows, considered sacred animal by the community. However, no scientific

Bengaluru, Sep 4: Karnataka, which was once known as one of the peaceful states in India, is currently the third most communally sensitive state in country after Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, according to the union ministry of home affairs. Data collected by the ministry show that Congress-ruled Karnataka has seen 291 incidents of communal clashes that left 19 dead and 865 injured from 2013 to

Vatican City, Sep 4: Pope Francis on Sunday declared revered nun Mother Teresa a saint in a canonization mass at St Peter's square. "For the honour of the Blessed Trinity... we declare and define Blessed Teresa of Calcutta (Kolkata) to be a Saint and we enroll her among the Saints, decreeing that she is to be venerated as such by the whole Church," the pontiff said in Latin. For Francis, Mother

Mangaluru, Sep 4: The decision of the principal of a govern first grade college in Sullia taluk of Dakshina Kannada to maintain status quo in allowing to wear head scarf or hijab to Muslim girls on the campus has irked the saffron agitators, who have threatened continue their protest. In a meeting of the members of the college development committee and the parent teachers' association on Saturday

New Delhi, Sep 4: A 24-year-old businessman was killed on Saturday morning after he lost control of his speeding BMW near the Oberoi hotel in central Delhi. More tragically, the accident occurred on the day the man was to be engaged to his girlfriend. A builder, Abhijit Singh was headed from Defence Colony to Model Town when he rammed the grille of a flyover just outside the Oberoi hotel. He was

Bengaluru, Sep 4: Even though Muslims in coastal Karnataka will celebrated Eid-ul-Adha on September 12 along with Keralites, in other parts of Karnataka the festival of sacrifice will be observed on the next day. Bakrid, the Muslim festival of sacrifice, will be celebrated on September 13 across Karnataka, excluding the coastal region. The crescent moon of Dhul-Hijjah was not sighted on Friday in

Mangaluru, Sep 4: Within an hour after Vittla police in Bantwal taluk rescued a kidnapped businessman and arrested two suspects, dozens of villagers staged a protest demanding the arrest of the victim accusing him of lending money at exorbitant rate of interest. Kishori, a resident of Vittla, reported the kidnapping of her husband Anand (40) from a temple in Shivamogga on August 30. She told the

New Delhi, Sep 4: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday advised Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and state Congress president G Parameshwara to take a relook into the list of Congressmen to be appointed as heads of boards and corporations. Rahul's suggestion came when the two leaders, along with state Congress working president Dinesh Gundu Rao and Karnataka in-charge general

Bengaluru, Sep 4: Doctors are advised not to enter into sexual relationships with patients until the lapse of a year of their doctor-patient relationship. This is one of the guidelines for doctors on sexual boundaries. A draft copy of the guidelines by The Bangalore Declaration group and the Indian Psychiatric Society Task Force on Boundary Guidelines was uploaded on Saturday. “A minimum time

Mangaluru, Sep 3: Reiterating his demand that the CM Siddaramaiah should drop the Yettinahole project Congress veteran B Janardhan Poojary on Saturday said that two former CMs and current MPs - M Veerappa Moily and D V Sadananda Gowda- are hell bent on implementing the controversial project. He was speaking to media persons in Mangaluru a after the CM directed the officials concerned to expedite