Karnataka

Kannur, Aug 20: A young Bharatiya Janata Party worker died when a country bomb which he was allegedly making exploded at his residence at Kottayampoil village near Kuthuparamba in Kannur district Saturday. The killed bomb maker has been identified as Deekshith, aged around 25 years. He was a known BJP worker in the locality. Police suspect that the explosion occurred while the bomb was being made

Bengaluru, Aug 20: Amnesty International India has never involved itself in any kind of anti-national activities, state Home Minister G Parameshwara said today, even as it faced sedition charges over an event held by it here in which anti-India and anti-Army slogans were allegedly raised. "Amnesty International is not new to Bengaluru; this organisation has been functioning here for a long time. I

Mangaluru, Aug 20: A former leader of Bharatiya Janata Party has revealed that some Sangh Parivar activists in coastal Karnataka were hand-in-glove in the illegal cattle trade. In his response to the murder of a BJP worker by a group of cow vigilantes in Udupi, K Rama Bhat Urimajalu, former two-time MLA from Puttur, sarcastically said that one should practice in life what the preach to others. Mr

In spite of their disabilities and helplessness some people struggle hard in their lives to accomplish their goals. However, often they become helpless to achieve some of their basic needs in life. It remains their dream only unless they are supported and helped by others. Ahamad Azmal, son of late Sheikh Ahmed, residing at Kodi, Ullal in Mangaluru taluk, is one such person. He is a physically

Mangaluru, Aug 20: SpiceJet Ltd has decided launch regular flight operation between Mangaluru and Dubai in the next winter season starting from October 30. With this the fourth largest airline in the country will be the second private airline to connect this coastal city with the Middle East's dream city after Jet Airways. The inaugural flight will take off from Mangaluru International Airport on

Udupi, Aug 20: Vishva Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal have completely disowned the cow vigilantes who lynched a BJP worker to death in Udupi district and claimed that they never encouraged violence. 29-year-old Pravneen Poojary, a local BJP leader died at a hospital on August 17 within an hour after he was attacked by a group of group of miscreants who apparently owed allegiance to different

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 20: The stray dog menace in Kerala continues unabated with a 65-year-old woman being mauled to death by a large pack on a suburban beach at nearby Kanjiramkulam in the state capital. The hapless woman, Siluvamma, a resident of the coastal belt, was attacked by a large number of stray dogs at Pulluvila beach, according to her family. She suffered dog bites all over her body

Udupi, Aug 20: A pall of gloom descended on the house of BJP worker Praveen Poojary, who was beaten to death three days ago by a group of Hindutva activists for allegedly trafficking cows, and his family is finding it difficult to accept the reality that he is no more. "These were people known to us. Why did they do this to my son?," sobbed Praveen's mother Baby Poojary, mourning the son who was

Kolkata, Aug 20: Amid the raging controversy over cow vigilantism, Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das today said those who consider India as their country should treat cow as their mother. Das, however, stressed that there should be no violence in the garb of cow vigilantism and said cattle smugglers may be involved in the recent events of violence over cow protection. "The entire Sangh Parivar

Bengaluru, Aug 20: In a bizarre incident, a four-year-old boy accidentally swallowed a small idol of a Hindu goddess' in Raichur. Fortunately, a doctor managed to retrieve the idol from the boy's stomach without any surgery. "The idol was gifted to us five days ago by our neighbours. My son Saiprakash was so fond of that idol that he carried it everywhere he went, including his school,", said the