Karnataka

Mangaluru, Apr 14: District in-charge Minister B. Ramanath Rai on Thursday said that people from different communities should come together to fight against untouchability and inequality that still prevail in Hindu society. He was speaking at a function organised here to mark the 125th birth anniversary of B.R. Ambedkar. He said even so many years after Independence, untouchablity and inequality

Mangauru, Apr 14: The Karnataka Beary Sahitya Academy will confer its Annual Honourary Awards for 2015 on three eminent personalities including one non-Indian resident and special awards on two other achievers this weekend. In a press release issued here on Thursday Academy chairman BA Mohammed Haneef said that the awards would be presented in a ceremony on April 16 at 4:45 p.m. at Town Hall in

Bengaluru, Apr 14: Former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa today assumed charge as state BJP President and set an ambitious target of having an absolute majority by winning 150 seats in the 224-member House in the 2018 Assembly polls. Taking over the mantle of Presidentship for the fourth time, he termed the Congress a "sinking ship" and asked his party men to work hard to realise Prime

Mangaluru, Apr 14: Two suspected Hindutva activists were arrested for illegal cattle trafficking in Belthangady taluk of Dakshina Kannada district. The arrested are Pradeep and Krishnappa, both residents of Indabettu village in Belthangady. According to sources, both of them had close ties with saffron groups. It is learnt that they were illegally transporting a cow to a slaughter house on

Mumbai, Apr 14: Mother and brother of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula, who committed suicide at Hyderabad Central University in January sparking strong protests across the country, today embraced Buddhism on the occasion of Dr B R Ambedkar's 125th birth anniversary. Rohith's mother Radhika and brother Naga Chaitanya Vemula, also known as Raja Vemula, were given 'deeksha' at a function in Dadar here in

Mangaluru, Apr 14: From Thursday, the Guttu house of Dr Shivarama Karantha Pilikula Nisargadhama is open for general public. The project was taken up under the Janapada Loka project of the Department of Kannada and Culture and Rs 4.98 crore was sanctioned in this regard with Rs 1.49 being released in the first phase. With effective utilisation of this fund, the Guttu house has been developed as a

Kundapur, Apr 14: A vice principal of a private nursing and commerce college located at Koteshwara in Kundapur taluk of Udupi district has been arrested by police on charge of forcibly kissing and sexually harassing a student on the campus. Both accused and victim are natives of Kerala. Vice principal Amar was detained after a first year B.Com student lodged a complaint against him. In her

Pandavapura (Mandya dist), Apr 14: Two schoolteachers clicked the SSLC?Hindi (third-language) question paper the moment it arrived at an examination centre in Pandavapura town on Wednesday morning, shared it on WhatsApp, printed it out and started selling it to students. Shambunahalli Manjunath, a teacher at Jnana Bandhu School, and Manjunath, a physical education teacher at Vijaya High School

Mandya, Apr 14: The Mandya East police have registered a suo motu case against some members of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Bajrang Dal, and Vishwa Hindu Parishad for staging protests outside the residence of paediatrician H.V. Narendra Babu. Meanwhile, the agitation against the marriage of Hindu girl N Ashitha with her Muslim friend on April 17 in Mysuru from the Hinduva extremists, have received

Mangaluru, Apr 14: The police have confirmed the arrest of third supari killer in connection with the murder of 51-year-old Right-to-Information activist Vinayak Panduranga Baliga in the city. Shivaprasad and Naresh Shenoy Shivaprasad (28), a resident of Panjimogaru, was formally arrested on Wednesday, police sources said. With this, the police have arrested three persons in the case. The police