Karnataka

Lucknow, Mar 30: Temple visits are routine for Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat, but he will soon visit a masjid. During a meeting with Shaista Amber, chairperson of All India Muslim Women Personal Law Board (AIMPWLB), Bhagwat promised he will visit the new masjid in Lucknow built by the Board's chief. The assurance came during a meeting between the board's chairperson Amber and

Mangaluru, Mar 30: Health and Family Welfare Minister UT Khader, who paid a visit to the house of murdered RTI activist Vinayak Baliga in the city, said that all the culprits in the case should be arrested immediately. Baliga was hacked to death near his house in the city on March 21. Even though two supari killers have been arrested, the plotters have not been yet nabbed. Speaking to media

Belhe, Mar 30: A ban on the sale of cattle for slaughter in India's richest state is threatening to push millions of farmers into penury, deepening distress in the countryside and fanning resentment against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling party. Slaughter of cows, considered sacred in Hinduism, has historically been banned in most states but was rarely enforced in India, the world's largest

Ahmedabad, Mar 30: Controversial BJP MP Vitthal Radadiya today "admitted" to kicking an elderly man during a music event recently but clarified that he did so to stop the man from "spreading superstition" even as he termed it as a "small incident". His clarification came days after a video purportedly showing the Porbandar MP kicking the man at the function, held at Jamkandorna town in Rajkot

Mangaluru, Mar 30: The SSLC examinations started across Karnataka on Wednesday. Tensed students around the examination centres were seen making last minute preparation prior to entering their respective halls in the morning. In Dakshina Kannada district, as many as 33,851 candidates are slated to appear for the examinations. Of this, 17,672 are boys, while 16,179 are girls. 1,203 students are

New Delhi, Mar 30: In another heinous incident that has ashamed humanity, three students of a madrasa were brutally assaulted by a group of saffron extremists in Delhi's Begumpur area over a trivial issue. As per reports, Dilkash and his friends, Ajmal and Naeem were strolling in a park when they were thrashed for not saying Jai Mata Di'. “My friends and I had gone to Bans Wala park, some 300

Riyadh, Mar 30: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has embarked on a three - nation tour of Belgium, United States and Saudi Arabia. In the first leg of the tour, the Prime Minister will reach Brussels, the capital of Belgium on Wednesday. Nandini Singla, Joint Secretary (Europe West) said, the Prime Minister will take part in a series of activities at Brussels. The Prime Minister will also take

Bengaluru, Mar 30: Several parts of the State received light showers on Tuesday bringing respite from sweltering heat. Rains lashed Kalaburagi and surrounding areas providing relief from oppressive heat. The moderate showers lasting for about half an hour brought down the mercury level. Kalaburagi has been recording a maximum temperature between 42 and 43 degree Celsius. This is the second summer

New Delhi, Mar 30: Senior Congress leader S M Krishna on Tuesday met Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice-president Rahul Gandhi here, to present what was described as a candid' picture of the state of affairs in Karnataka under Siddaramaiah. The veteran leader conveyed to the party high command that things would be dangerously on the slide, if they went unchecked and correctives were not

Mangaluru, Mar 29: Over one hundred passengers who were about to board an Air India Express flight bound to Saudi Arabia on Monday evening had a harrowing time as the airline made them wait over eight hours at the Mangaluru International Airport owing to a technical snag. Frayed tempers and high drama was witnessed at the Airport as the Mangaluru-Kozhikode-Dammam flight, which was scheduled to