Karnataka

Mangaluru, Aug 31: A group of right-wing students in Dr K Shivarama Karantha Govt First Grade College located in Peruvaje Bellare of Sullia taluk in coastal Karnataka have launched a bizarre protest to exert pressure on the principal to impose ban on girls' hijab (a dress covering entire body except face and hands) inside college. The anti-hijab agitators of the college, who apparently vow loyalty

Karur/Madurai, Aug 31: Close on the heels of the cold-blooded murder of IT employee Swathi at a railway station in Chennai, a 19-year-old student was clubbed to death by her senior inside the classroom at a private engineering college near Karur on Tuesday. Police suspect unrequited love to be the motive for the murder. According to police, the victim, identified as K Sonali, hails from

Bengaluru, Aug 31: Leaders of Bharatiya Janata Party and Janata Dal (Secular) on Wednesday criticized the Congress leader and former Mandya MP Ramya, who had questioned the role of Sangh Parivar in India's freedom movement and urged the people to stay united. The actor-turned-politician had claimed that leaders of Rashtriya Swayamsewak Snagh and Bharatiya Janata Party had supported British when

Mangaluru, Aug 31: Konkani Writers and Artistes Association (KWAA) has accused Mangaluru-based Mandd Sobhann, a recipient of government grant, of indulging in character assassination and abuse of leading Konkani writers and artistes. The association has charged Mandd Sobhann Gurkar Eric Ozario of using yellow journals and web media for using derogatory language to abuse leading Konkani luminaries

Mangaluru, Aug 31: Billava Sangha Kuwait in association with Shree Guru Charitable Trust, Mangaluru initiated Education Programme' from this year with scholarship distribution and motivation event held recently at Shri Vishvanatha Kalyana Mantapa (Glass House), Shri GokarnanathaKshetra, Kudroli, here. H. S. Sairam, President of the Shri Gokarnanatha Kshetra inaugurated the programme by lighting

Mangaluru, Aug 31: Holding the politicians and their divide and rule policy responsible for the “intolerance” and “hatred” among the people in India, Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) national vice president T Arif Ali called upon the people to uphold unity and brotherhood towards building a “powerful Hindustan”. Addressing a public meet organised in the city on Tuesday as part of the nation-wide Peace

New Delhi, Aug 31: Delhi Police have arrested a couple who allegedly ran the biggest trafficking and prostitution racket in Capital's red light area of GB Road. With the routes of the alleged syndicate stretching all the way to Nepal and pecuniary gains made by the couple Affaq Husain and Saira running into crores of rupees, the Delhi Police Crime Branch have slapped the stringent Maharashtra

Mumbai, Aug 31: A Bharatiya Janata Party MLA's wife rammed her newly-gifted saffron Lamborghini into an auto rickshaw within seconds of taking her car out for the first time in Maharashtra. Mira-Bhayander MLA Narendra Mehta gifted a saffron-coloured Lamborghini worth Rs Rs 5.5 crore to his wife Suman on her birthday. “Happy Birthday To My Dearest Wife Suman....” the MLA posted on Facebook, sharing

Mandya, Aug 31: Accusing Sangh Parivar of promoting fake-nationalism', pseudo-patriotism' and narrow-minded Hinduism' of Sangh Parivar, actor-turned-politician Ramya has called upon the people them to uphold the ideology of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam' (World Family) by respecting members of all castes and religions. The former Mandya MP was the chief guest at a programme Vidyarthi Nadige Deshada

Mysuru, Aug 31: As father and political guru, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is treating younger son Yathindra's newfound interest in politics with caution. Siddaramaiah recently lost his elder son and political heir Rakesh. Following Rakesh's death, Yathindra, a doctor by profession, has been visiting CM's Varuna constituency in Mysuru and interacting with people. Clarifying that he was not pushing