Karnataka

Kasaragod, Jul 10: Five of the 15 missing Muslims from Kerala who are feared to have joined the Islamic State (IS) were Hindus and Christians who had converted to Islam about a year ago. Fathima Nimisha who went missing with her husband Eesa who were feared to have joined in IS terror group Meanwhile, intelligence sources said one of those missing was in Afghanistan, while another was hiding in

Mangaluru, Jul 10: Registering its protest against Chief Minister Siddaramiah government's move to pass against Karnataka Prevention and Eradication of Human Sacrifices and other Inhuman Evil and Aghori Practices and Black Magic Bill-2016, popularly known as anti-superstition Bill, a group of Hindutva activists held a demonstration in the city. The protest was organised by Dakshina Kannada

Mangaluru, Jul 10: Three men and a woman, all aged between 26 and 30 years, were killed and two others suffered injuries when a private bus rammed into a Toyota Innova on the Bengaluru-Mangaluru Highway near Hassan on Sunday. The deceased have been identified as Shubham Tiwari (26), Ragini Pande (28), Gourav (28) - all beloning to Madhya Pradesh who were employed in private companies in Bengaluru

Dhaka, Jul 10: In a fresh development, the Bangladesh government on Sunday banned the broadcasting of India-based orator Dr Zakir Naik's Peace TV channel in the wake of allegation from a section of media that his speeches inspired some of the militants who carried out the country's worst terror attack at a cafe here. The decision to ban the Mumbai-based preacher's Peace TV Bangla' was taken during

New Delhi, Jul 10: Following the Narendra Modi led government's tough stand against internationally acclaimed orator Dr Zakir Naik, nine teams from the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and other agencies are scanning the former's activities, while special teams are scanning every footage of his speeches. However, highly placed sources said that the Agencies could

Kalaburagi, Jul 10: Mallamma Bande (34), the wife of late Police Sub Inspector Mallikarjun Bande, died in her house at Om Nagar in Kalaburagi on Saturday morning. Mallamma, who was suffering from brain tumor, was being treated at a private hospital at Bengaluru a few months back. She died after a heart attack at 5 am on Saturday. Mallamma is survived by two children-- Shivani (8) and Saidarshan (3

New Delhi, Jul 10: Passengers' rants or raves about services provided at India's major airports could soon actually make an impact with the airports' economic regulator putting in place a new system to monitor the ground operations and service standards. The carrot for the airport operators: those with high ratings for services could get to charge higher tariffs as an incentive. The Airports

Bijnor, Jul 10: The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Saturday announced its decision to field five Muslim candidates out of eight assembly seats in Bijnor. Mayawati's apparent attempt at combining Dalit-Muslim votes has sent the ruling Samajwadi Party into a tizzy. The SP, on the other hand, has only fielded four Muslim candidates for the district's eight seats. Notably, BSP has tentatively decided to

Mangaluru, Jul 10: Slamming Bharatiya Janata party for using Mangaluru DySP M K Ganapathi's suicide case for political gains, the Dakshina Kannada district unit of CMI(M) has termed the protest planned by the saffron party a farce'. The BJP has demanding the state government to handover the suicide case of Ganapathi to CBI and sack K J George, against whom the police offer levelled harassment

Kasaragod, Jul 10: The Kerala government on Saturday ordered a probe into reports that at least 17 youths, including women, from the State who had travelled to West Asia and reportedly gone missing, may have joined the Islamic State (IS), a terror group backed by Israel. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said it was a “very serious issue.” The disappearance of the youths, some of whom are medical