Karnataka

Mangaluru, Aug 20: Condemning the coldblooded murder of a BJP worker by so called gau-rakshaks' in Udupi, Congress leader and MLC Ivan D'Souza said that the saffron party had no moral right to talk about cattle transportation as its own activists involved in such illegal business. Speaking to Coastaldigest.com, Mr D'Souza claimed that those who attack cattle transporters, also sometimes indulge in

Bengaluru, Aug 20: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said the state government is ready to legally face Tamil Nadu's decision to file an interim petition in the Supreme Court seeking release of the Cauvery river water. Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru, Siddaramaiah said the state is not in a position to release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu as specified in the final order of the Cauvery Water

Bengaluru, Aug 20: JD(S) state president H D Kumaraswamy on Friday charged that vice chancellors of many universities had paid bribe for their appointments in the state. “Many vice chancellors have made payments for their appointments. They would have borrowed money from somewhere to make the payment. And now, after the appointment, they are trying to recover the money. Hence, scams are cropping

Udupi, Aug 19: Two days after Praveen Poojary, a BJP?worker, was killed by miscreants belonging to Hindu Jagarana Vedike and other Hindutva outfits while transporting cattle on Wednesday, the family of the victim has denied the charge that he was involved in cattle trafficking. Prameela Poojary, the sister of the Praveen, told media persons on Friday that her brother was never involved in cattle

Mangaluru, Aug 19: The Jamaat-e-Islami Hind will be holding a nation-wide campaign on Peace and Humanity' between August 21 and September 4 to address the onslaught of communal fascism in India. Dakshina Kannada district unit of the JIH too has planned a series of programmes as part of this campaign. The members of the reception committee of the campaign, comprising of prominent persons of the

Udupi, Aug 19: The Karnataka Komu Sauharda Vedike (KKSV) has held a senior leader of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) responsible for the coldblooded murder of a young BJP activist in Udupi district. Addressing a press conference in Bengaluru on Friday K L Ashok, president of KKSV said that police should immediately arrest Dr Prabhakar Bhat Kalladka, the most influential RSS leader in coastal

Bengaluru, Aug 19: Police today resorted to 'mild' lathicharge to disperse ABVP activists staging a protest in front of the Amnesty International India office here demanding arrest of those who allegedly raised anti-India slogans at an Amnesty event. Several ABVP activists were injured, with a girl student fainting in the commotion before she was rushed to a hospital, police said, adding they

Hyderabad, Aug 19: Former Supreme Court Judge N Santosh Hegde has said slapping of sedition charges against Amnesty International for hosting an event in Bengaluru where anti-India slogans were allegedly raised is justified, even as he questioned the credibility of the NGO. He said Amnesty International cannot "run away" from its responsibility by saying that none of its employees shouted slogans

Mangaluru, Aug 19: A rowdy-sheeter was hacked to death by a gang of miscreants in front of his wife and child near Vamanjoor on the outskirts of the city on Friday. The incident occurred at around 1 p.m. when Charan (33), a history-sheeter was travelling in an auto rickshaw along with his wife and child. According to sources the miscreants, who came in a four-wheeler waylaid the auto-rickshaw near

Mangaluru, Aug 19: Police have arrested a 21-year-old woman on charge of smuggling ganja into the district prison in the city. The accused has been identified as Fathima, wife of Abdul Rahim, a resident of Kasba Bengre, Mangaluru. She was detained by the personal of central industrial security force on Thursday, when she went to the prison to meet Asif, an under-trial prisoner. It is learnt that