Karnataka

Chikkamagaluru, Jul 8: Sleuths of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID),?probing the suspected involvement of DySP?Kallappa Handibag in a kidnapping case, intensified their probe on Thursday. The DySP committed suicide on Tuesday, after a case was filed against him. A team of investigators led by SP?Rajappa quizzed a number of people, including police personnel and Tejas Gowda, who was

Mangaluru, Jul 8: Just before his death on Thursday, in his final interview to a local TV channel in Kodagu, Deputy Superintendents of Police from Mangaluru, MK Ganapathi, had accused former home minister of Karnataka KJ George and a few senior policemen of harassment. According to colleagues of Ganapathi, who ended his life at a lodge in Madikeri, the latter was pressured to help a realtor close

Bengaluru, Jul 8: The BJP central leadership has snubbed its Karnataka unit chief B S Yeddyurappa by dropping his close associates, including MP Shobha Karandlaje, from a list he proposed for restructuring the highest decision making body - the state core committee. Out of 22 members' list sent by Yeddyurappa for approval recently, the party's central leadership pruned it to 12, all men, and

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Mangaluru, Jul 7: In the second case of suicide by a police officer in barely two days, M K?Ganapathi, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) attached to the office of the Inspector General of Police?(Western Range) in Mangaluru ended his life in Madikeri on Thursday. The Kodagu SP Rajendra Prasad, who confirmed the suicide, said that Mr. Ganapathi had hanged himself, but the police are yet to

Mumbai, Jul 7: Rubbishing the fresh allegations made by a section of media against him that he inspired the terrorists in Bangaladesh, who killed 22 people in Dhaka recently, Islamic Research Foundation chief Dr Zakir Naik has made it clear that he never encouraged violence or terrorism. “I totally disagree (with suggestion) that I inspired this act of killing innocent people. There is not a

New Delhi, Jul 7: Internationally acclaimed orator an authority on comparative religion Dr Zakir Naik faced more heat today with Narendra Modi-led union government termed his speeches as "highly objectionable" and warned to take "appropriate action" against him. As Dr Naik came under the scanner, senior Congress leader Digivjaya Singh was in the BJP's line of fire after a 2012 video showing him

Mumbai, Jul 7: Police have been deployed outside the city office of a foundation run by internationally acclaimed orator and advocate of peace, Dr Zakir Naik, who is in news after a section of media tired to drag his name into recent Bangladesh terror attack case. A senior Mumbai Police official said security personnel have been deployed outside Dr Naik's 'Islamic Research Foundation' office at

Mangaluru, Jul 7: An Indian expatriate worker from coastal Karnataka has lost his life in a tragic road accident on Riyadh Road in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The deceased has been identified as Mohammad Rizwan (31), son of Mohammad, who hailed from Pakshikere in Mangaluru. An engineer by profession, Rizwan was working in Al Jubail, the industrial hub of the Arab kingdom. The tragedy occurred on

Dhaka, Jul 7: The government of Bangladesh has asked India to examine the speeches of Dr Zakir Naik after controversial reports claimed that two of the seven terrorists who hacked to death 20 people at a Dhaka cafe last week were inspired by him. "Already there are certain complaints from the Maulanas of Bangladesh that his (Naik) teachings are not in line with the Quranic teachings and Hadith,"