Karnataka

Pune, Aug 23: Workers at a bakery here have allegedly been punished by members of a local Ganesh Mandal for refusing to pay them donation for the upcoming festival. Muslims were also among the punished labourers. A purported video of the incident, which occurred at a bakery in Bhosari area on August 15, has gone viral, while the three accused have been arrested, police said. According to an

Bengaluru, Aug 23: A farmer who consuming poison in Magadi, near here, on Sunday, accused State police chief Om Prakash's son Karthikesh and a host of others of “harassing” him in a short interview to a TV channel from the hospital bed before his death on Monday. T Shivanna, 55, had consumed poison at his home at Gavinagamangala village on Sunday evening. He was initially treated at a hospital in

Mangaluru, Aug 23: A 29-year-old groom-to-be in the city is now facing arrest after his old girl friend, whom he had befriended through Facebook, lodged a complaint of rape against him at jurisdictional Kavoor police station. The 26-year old girl, a resident of Panjimogaru, in her complaint claimed that Parvez Musharraf (name changed), a resident of Bondel, had sexually used her on false promise

Bengaluru, Aug 23: A court in Somwarpet of Kodagu district has admitted a private complaint that sought action against former MP and Kannada actor Ramya for describing the people of Pakistan as good and lovable. Advocate Katnamane Vittala Gowda, who claims to be Kodagu district president of a group called Prajaranga', filed the complaint on Monday, accusing Ramya of “insulting” Indian patriots by

Udupi, Aug 23: Shocked by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remarks against so called cow protectors, Hindu Janajagruthi Samithi's Udupi district unit has demanded a public apology from him. Mr Modi had recently revealed that he knew the fact that some of the so called gau rakshaks were in fact anti-social elements and criminals. "I want to tell everybody to beware of these fake cow protectors. These

New Delhi, Aug 23: The government on Monday asked stranded Indian workers in Saudi Arabia to return without waiting for unpaid salaries from their Saudi employers, indicating that negotiations to secure their dues had not made headway. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj used the social media to reach out to the affected Indian nationals asking them to return without “waiting indefinitely” for

New Delhi, Aug 23: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked an advocate why he didn't approach the trial court after Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala denied him sanction to prosecute former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa in five cases of land scam. “Why is everybody rushing to Tilak Marg (Supreme Court address)? Why should we spend our time on issue of grant of sanction? What is the difficulty for the

Mangaluru, Aug 22: In a shocking incident, a 17-year-old boy allegedly committed suicide under mysterious circumstances at his residence in Thokkottu in Mangaluru taluk on Monday. The deceased has been identified as Shifan, who was a II PU science student at St Sebastian Pre University College, Permannur near Thokkottu. His family members told police that he was found hanging from a ceiling fan on

Bengaluru, Aug 22: Slamming saffron forces for their continued protest against Amnesty International over alleged anti-India sloganeering by unknown miscreants, the Congress party has claimed that BJP and ABVP are politicizing the matter and fooling people for selfish gains. Speaking to the media here on Monday Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) working president, Dinesh Gundu Rao called

Lucknow, Aug 22: Use of any product which has cow urine is banned in Islam, the Darul Uloom in Deoband, Uttar Pradesh, has ruled, an official said on Monday. Darul Uloom, the highest seat of education in Islam, was responding to a query by a commoner about the products of Patanjali, the brand of yoga guru-turned-entrepreneur Baba Ramdev. The Deoband seminary said that the products which had