Karnataka

Mangalore, Aug 22: Famous Konkani lyricist, poet and writer Wilson Roshan Sequeira, who writes under the pen name Wilson Kateel, was awarded the Leo Rodrigues Family Kittall Yuva Puraskar 2016 in a ceremony held at Orchid Art Gallery in city on Saturday August 20. Abu Dhabi based N R I Entrepreneur and philanthropist Leo Rodrigues has instituted this award and the award carries a purse of Rs 25

Mangaluru, Aug 22: Cow vigilantes of coastal Karnataka, who apparently vow allegiance to Sangh Parivar, are receiving funds from some builders and NRIs, according to an Aam Aadmi Party leader. “These gau rakshaks getting money from some prominent NRIs and builders for their activities,” Rohan M Siri, Dakshina Kannada district secretary in-charge of AAP. The comment comes days after BJP worker

New Delhi, Aug 22: The government is set to ban cash transactions over Rs 3 lakh as it seeks to clamp down on black money in the economy following recommendations from the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team. The government, however, is yet to decide on the SIT's other proposal to bar cash holdings over Rs 15 lakh due to opposition from trade and industry, sources said. "There are

Mandya, Aug 22: BJP workers in Mandya protested against film star-turned-politician after she rebutted Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar's comment that “going to Pakistan is like going to hell”. Ms. Ramya, who visited Pakistan to attend SAARC conference recently, said the ground-level situation in the country was different. Reacting to her comments, former BJP State president Pralhad Joshi

Mangaluru, Aug 22: The family of a youth, who was kidnapped a gang of miscreants from Manjanady on the outskirts of the city 11 days ago, has received a ransom demand of Rs 1.5 crore. Mohammed Arif (29), who worked in a Gulf country for several years before returning hometown recently, was allegedly abducted on August 11 near his house. Since then, the family members couldn't contact him. Abdul

Kasargod, Aug 22: A recent speech made by Indian Union Muslim League leader K.M. Shaji, MLA, here making light of the “serious threats” posed by the Sangh Parivar outfits is a ploy to conceal the realities, Communist Party of India (Marxist) party district secretary K.P. Satheesh Chandran has said. Mr. Shaji, while addressing a district conference of the Muslim Youth League here on Friday, had

Bengaluru, Aug 22: A section of Congress leaders is preparing the ground for launching a forum to consolidate the support of minorities, Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and Dalits. The forum, to be christened “Yuva Ahinda”, is seen as a move by some close aides of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to strengthen his base ahead of the 2018 Assembly elections. Ahinda is the Kannada acronym for minorities

Mangaluru, Aug 21: Expressing concern over reports of increasing terror activities in southwest coast of India, senior BJP leader and Union Minister D V Sadananda Gowda stressed on the need for taking measures to prevent the activities of IS in the region. He was delivering a talk at 'Tiranga Yatra' and 'Balidana Smarane', in the presence of BJP supremo Amit Shah at Mangala Auditorium of Mangalore

Mangaluru, Aug 21: The national president and other senior leaders of Bharatiya Janata Party, who were in the city to participate in Tiranga Yatra, tried to give a new definition to “nationalism” by depicting those who raise voice against union government as anti-nationals. Speaking at a public meet organized by the saffron party in the name of 'Balidana Smarane' (honouring martyrs) on Mangaluru

Mysuru, Aug 21: The prime accused in RSS worker Raju murder case had involved in at least seven other murder and five murder-attempt cases in the past, according to Mysuru City Police Commissioner B?Dayananda. Addressing media persons, the top cop said that Abid Pasha was involved in murder of Shashikumar and Parveen Taj of Rajivnagar, Ramesh of Lashkar Mohalla, Harish of Ashoka Road and two