Karnataka

Mangaluru, Feb 29: BJP youth forum spokesperson Nupur Sharma has accused politicians of non-communal parties of supporting anti-nationals for raising voice against charging JNU students with sedition. At a programme by the Rashtriya Jagriti Samiti at the Town Hall in the city on Monday she said that lecturers and students at the Jawaharlal Nehru University shouted slogans demanding separation of

Bhatkal, Feb 29: Linking Islam to terrorism, a Bharatiya Janata Party leader from Karnataka has called to wipe out the religion of Islam from the world. Anant Kumar Dattatreya Hegde, a member of parliament, who represents coastal Karnataka's Uttara Kannada constituency, in a press meet at his native Srisi on Sunday stated that terrorism could not be wiped out as long as Islam remained in this

Mangaluru, Feb 29: An unidentified person was found murdered in a busy area near Central Market in Mangaluru last night. Police sources said that going by the clothes and the belongings of the victim, who is yet to be identified, he might be a poor man aged around fifty years. Some of the nearby residents noticed the body lying in front of Juice Corner near Central Market at around 10:30 p.m. on

Riyadh, Feb 29: Indians here held a function to observe Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) completion of one year in office in Riyadh. The event marked AAP's historic decision to expand its network globally including in the Gulf countries, where nearly seven million Indian expats are currently working. Speaking on the occasion, a legislator of Delhi's ruling party and the party's co-convener of its Overseas

Bengaluru, Feb 29: Former CM of Karnataka, H D Kumaraswamy, who had accused Chief Minister Siddaramaiah of wearing a stolen expensive Hublot wrist watch, was dragged to the court through a private complaint. Congress party worker Shankar Munavalli lodged a complaint with the 3rd JMFC Court in Belagavi city in northwestern Karnataka. The case has been posted to March 2 for hearing. Munavalli has

Mangaluru, Feb 29: A tense atmosphere prevailed in Pallattur Kuntapu village in Puttur taluk after a group of around 100 BJP workers stormed the house of a newly elected Muslim member of Puttur Taluk Panchayat and attacked her parents last night. Taluk Panchayat member Fauziya and her husband were not present in the house when the attack took place at around 8 p.m. on Sunday. It is learnt that the

New Delhi, Feb 29: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is facing sedition charge, today said he is a "bigger patriot" than Prime Minister Narendra Modi and claimed that BJP does not want to upset PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti by arresting the "real traitors" in the JNU case. "I have been booked for sedition. I have been raising voice in favour (of) Dalits, the backwards (Pichchdo) and the poor

Mangaluru, Feb 29: Claiming that the number of anti-nationalists has been increasing in universities across the country, Yuva Bharat leader Niketh Raj urged the union government to be ruthless towards those who raise anti-national slogans and backstab motherland. Delivering key-note address at the Hindu Samavesha, a convention of Hindutva, organized by Hindu Yuva Sene at Kavoor here on Sunday, he

Mangaluru, Feb 29: Three residents of Totadday village near Belthangady have been arrested on the charge of murdering 38-year-old Peter M.J., who was involved in cases of murder and theft. The police have arrested M.A. Thomas (54), Saju Thomas (38) and Antony (54) for allegedly beating Peter to death. On February 15, 2016 Peter was reportedly caught by the people along with four bags of areca-nut

Mangaluru, Feb 29: Five youths have been arrested by the Uppinangady police in connection with last week's attack on Mohammed Asif, a reporter of Kannada daily Jayakirana. The arrested have been identified as Mohammed Imran (24), Abdul Aziz (23), Mohammed Sinan (21), Abdul Siddiq (30) and Nawaz (27). They were taken before the local magistrate who directed the police to produce the accused in