Karnataka

Mangaluru, Jul 22: A downpour and the chilly weather did not dampen the spirit of hundreds of yoga lovers in Kudla who gathered with their mats to celebrate International Yoga Day on Tuesday. Dakshina Kannada district administration celebrated Yoga Day at the indoor court of Mangala Stadium. Around 200 people, including people's representatives, bureaucrats and students, participated in the yoga

Basti, June 21: In a controversial remark, BJP MP Yogi Adityanath has said Nobel Laureate Mother Teresa was part of a “conspiracy for Christianisation of India”. “Teresa was part of a conspiracy for Christianisation of India. Incidents of Christianisation had led to separatist movements in parts of North-East, including Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland,” the Gorakhpur MP said

Bengaluru, Jun 21: In a sudden development after the recent Cabinet reshuffle in Karnataka, UT Khader has been reportedly shifted from the Ministry of Health and Family Affairs to the Ministry of Food and Civil Supplies. The decision was taken by chief minister Siddaramiah, who was looking for a competent and active minister to handle the department of Food and Civil Supplies, after the departure

Bengaluru, Jun 21: A 24-year-old son of an MLA was killed and four of his college friends sustained severe injuries after the speeding car in which they were heading to a café for a birthday celebration toppled twice on the Bengaluru-Kolar highway and fell into a drain before turning turtle near Attur Gate, Hoskote. Police said that Abhishek R (24), the only son of T Raghumurthy, Challakere

Bengaluru, Jun 21: Four members of a family were among the six killed when a car collided with a stationary truck at Kengal Kempuhalli village near Dobbspet on National Highway 4, about 35 kilometres from Bengaluru, on Monday morning. Seven people were travelling in the sedan when the accident occurred around 6.40 am. Babugouda Siddapur, 45, a BMTC bus driver, his wife Veeramma B Siddapur, 36, son

Belagavi, Jun 21: Nasir Rangrez (38), the key accused in the 2008 serial bomb blasts in Ahmedabad, was picked up by the Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) from Belagavi with the help of the local police on Sunday. According to DCP (Crime and Traffic) Amarnath Reddy, the ATS team headed by Inspector Bhavesh arrested Rangrez from his house at Bhadkal Galli, where he had been living with his family

Udupi, Jun 21: Anupama Shenoy, who stirred a hornet's nest by resigning as Deputy Superintendent of Police and blaming senior officers and PT Parameshwar Naik, the then district in-charge Minister, has continued to give confusing statements. The former cop, who had once claimed that her Facebook account might have been hacked by someone, on Monday, said that there are no rules against posting

Bengaluru / Udupi / Madhugiri, Jun 20: Protests continued in various places on Monday, by supporters of some of the ministers dropped from the Siddaramaiah government and a few hopefuls. Members of the Youth Congress staged a protest at Byndoor in Udupi district on Monday against not inducting K. Gopal Poojary, MLA, who is also the Udupi District Congress Committee president, into the State

Mangaluru, Jun 20: A middle aged man, whose wife and daughter went missing from a private hospital in Deralakatte, nearly two months ago under mysterious circumstances, died on Monday at his hometown Davanagere. Police sources said that Manjunath (40), who got admitted at Yenepoya hospital in April this year and later discharged, breathed his last on Monday. His wife Manjula (35) and daughter

Karachi, Jun 20: Police in Pakistan's Sindh province have arrested a shopkeeper who sold shoes with sacred Hindu word 'Om' inscribed on them and seized the offensive footwears following protests by the country's minority community. "The shopkeeper was arrested and the shoes in question have also been confiscated," said Pakistan Hindu Council (PHC) patron-in-chief Ramesh Kumar Vankwani. Vankwani