Karnataka

Raipur, Aug 14: At least two hundred cows died of "starvation and lack proper care" in past three months at a facility getting state aid in BJP-ruled Chhattisgarh's Kanker district. After the opposition raised the issue, the government order a probe and weekly inspection of all cow shelters in the central Indian state. BJP considers cow as mother. The incident comes close on the heels of a similar

New Delhi, Aug 14: Against the backdrop of attacks on Dalits and minorities, President Pranab Mukherjee today said these incidents should be dealt with "firmly", calling the violence against "weaker sections" that militate against the national ethos as "aberrations". Coming down heavily on forces of intolerance, Mukherjee cautioned against "unmindful pursuit" of a divisive political agenda and

Mangaluru, Aug 16: An elderly man, who had come from central Karnataka to offer special prayers at a Dargah in Ullal near here, has gone missing under mysterious circumstances. According to Ullal police, Abdul Sattar Sab (60), a resident of Davanagere, had visited Ullal on August 11 along with his wife, children and other family members. After performing ziyarath at Hazrat Sayyid Shareeful Madani

Mangaluru, Aug 14: As part of its mission to educate the new generation of needy families of the community, Billawas Dubai and Northern Emirates (BDNE), a charitable trust, on Sunday organised a scholarship distribution program in the city. Kota Srinivas Poojary, former minister, and Jaya C. Suvarna, President, Rashtriya Billawa Mahamandala were present as chief guest at the scholarship

New Delhi, Aug 14: A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking direction to the Centre and some states to take action against so-called cow vigilantes, who are allegedly spreading violence and committing atrocities against Dalits and minorities. The PIL, filed by Congress activist Tehseen S Poonawalla, said the violence committed by these 'Gau Raksha' groups have reached to such

Udupi, Aug 14: Even though Udupi district has over 5,000 enrolled HIV patients, government has failed to appoint at least one doctor for the Anti Retroviral Therapy (ART) Centre in Ajjarkad near here. With the three doctors attached to the ART centre resigning nearly eight months ago, the patients visiting the centre for treatment and counselling are forced to seek consultations from doctors of

Madikeri, Aug 14: Social?Democratic Party of India's (SDPI) city unit secretary Mustafa on Saturday reminded BJP workers of an act that supports slaughtering of animals for food. Addressing mediatresses here, Mustafa said there is a provision to kill animals for food according to an act introduced in 1966. It is also applicable to Kodagu and the BJP leaders are coming out with baseless statements

Bengaluru, Aug 14: Senior BJP?leader K?S?Eshwarappa, who recently had created a storm by trying to revive the Sangolli Rayanna Brigade of the Kuruba community, has now held a meeting with Dalit and OBC?leaders in the city. The move is seen as a game plan by Eshwarappa to emerge as an Ahinda leader (Kannada acronym for minorities, backward classes and dalits) to consolidate his position in the

Udupi, Aug 14: Murdered businessman Bhaskar Shetty's mother Gulabi Shetty has urged the police to take her daughter-in-law Rajeshwari Shetty's two close relatives into custody for their alleged involvement in the case. Gulabi Shetty, has claimed that Rajeshwari's brother-in-law also called Bhaskar Shetty and nephew Balakrishna Shetty might have involved in the conspiracy to kill her son, who owned

New York, Aug 14: A terrorist allegedly inspired by US presidential candidate Donald Trump, killed a revered imam and his friend in New York as the pair walked home from Saturday prayers, blasting each in the back of the head without a word. Maulama Akonjee, the Imam of Al-Furqan Jame Masjid Mosque in Ozone Park and his friend Thara Uddin were dressed in Muslim garb when the killer “approached