Karnataka

Nagpur, May 2: After advocating for women's entry in places of worship, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) wants temples to stop spending huge amount of money in cultural programmes and instead do charity. The 'sangh' has appealed to the temple authorities to work for education and health facilities rather than wasting money in organising mimicry shows, fireworks, film shows and animal

Mangaluru, May 2: Two persons lost their lives and two others belonging to the same family sustained critical injuries in a ghastly road mishap occurred on Monday near Sampaje in Sullia taluk of Dakshia Kannada district. The tragedy occurred when a family from Kadanga in Kodagu district was heading towards Mangaluru on a Maruti Omni car. A speeding container lorry coming from the opposite

Bengaluru, May 2: Refuting reports of an imminent change of leadership in the State, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday asserted that there was no threat to his position and he would complete his five-year term. Delivering the Prof. A. Lakshmisagar Endowment Lecture on Superstition organised by the Karnataka Advocates Bar Council, he termed such reports as “mere rumours.”“There will be no

Mangaluru, May 2: Melkar Women's College set right with another milestone of success: The forest, environment and ecology minister B Ramanath Rai inaugurated the new block of laboratory and library section, well equipped and furnished with all the study materials to the students. With the inaugural address Mr Rai appraised the successive path of the college. B Kunchi Ahmad, the chairman of HH

Mangaluru, Apr 2: A 14-year-old multi-talented girl from Puttur in Dakshina Kannada district has won a bronze medal at the International Sustainable World (Energy Engineering Environment) Project Olympiad (I-SWEEP). I-SWEEP, a largest science fair of its kind worldwide, organised by Harmony Public Schools, a K-12 Public Charter School System, was held at Houston, Texas in United States of America

Mysuru, May 2: City police have got two-day custody of Bannanje Raja in connection with the investigation related to a five-year-old case. Bannanje Raja was brought from Belagavi jail and was produced before a local court which heard the plea of city police seeking his custody. Rohan, son of a businessman, was attacked by a gang in December 2010. He was robbed of cash and valuables by a gang at

Mysuru, May 2: Three Sudanese students, including two girls, were detained and let off after a doctor complained they assaulted him on Saturday night. The students lodged a counter complaint, alleging abuse by the doctor. The police identified the students as Jeena, Donna and Godan, while the identity of another student, who fled the spot, is yet to be known. While Jeena and?Godan are studying law

Mangaluru, May 2: The communally sensitive Ullal region on the outskirts of the city remained more or less peaceful in last two days after attempts by a few mischief mongers on Saturday to foment trouble were thwarted by the family members of Safwan, who died of injuries earlier. When Safwan's body was to be taken out of the mortuary of a hospital on Saturday afternoon, activists of an

Vijayapura, May 2: Some men swimming in a tank on the premises of the NTPC's power plant in Kudagi were given “inhuman' treatment” on Saturday, drawing widespread criticism. The youths were cooling off in the tank when securitymen asked them to come out. A video being circulated on WhatsApp shows a securityman making a youth do 40 push-ups. When the youth gets exhausted, the securityman is seen

Madikeri, May 1: In a bizarre incident, a 30-year-old Hindu “pilgrim” was thrashed by public after he kissed a girl standing outside a shop in Bhagamandala town in Madikeri in the weekend. According to police, the girl was standing with her friends at a mobile phone recharge shop, when Raju, a native of Andhra Pradesh, walked up to her, pulled her and kissed. Shocked by this, bystanders chased and