Karnataka

Udupi, Feb 23: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has swept the elections to the udupi Zilla Panchayat and all the three taluk panchayats in the district. The results gave a major blow to the Congress party in coastal district as it not only faced second consecutive defeat in the ZP, but also lost three seats compared to the previous election. The BJP, which had won 16 out of 25 seats in 2011, has

Mangaluru, Feb 23: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has swept the elections to the Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat and three of the five taluk panchayats in the district. The BJP retained power in Sullia, Puttur and Belthangady taluk panchayats but lost Mangalore and Bantwal taluk panchayats to Congress after five years. In the 36-member zilla panchayat, the BJP has won 21 seats (it had bagged 24

Mumbai, Feb 23: Ganesh Damodar (Babarao) Savarkar, the elder brother of Vinayak Damodar (Veer) Savarkar, had claimed in his book Jesus Christ was born a Tamil Hindu. The book written by one of the founders of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in 1946 is now being re-issued by a Mumbai-based right-wing trust. As per the book `Christ Parichay`, Jesus was a Vishwakarma Brahmin by birth and Christianity

Melbourne, Feb 23: Investigators have uncovered a fresh lead in the murder of a 41-year-old Indian woman IT professional in Australia last year that indicates someone in India may have played a role in the killing. Prabha Shetty who was sent to Australia on a 3-year deputation by MindTree, was stabbed to death by an unidentified assailant while walking towards her home in Sydney in March. Over 2

Bengaluru, Feb 23: Home Minister G Parameshwara said on Monday that priority would be given to women while filling up vacant posts in the police department. Speaking to reporters after an inspection of the all-women police station in Basavanagudi, he said, “I have received inputs that proper representation should be given to women in police stations. The government will reserve about 20 per cent

Mangaluru/Udupi, Feb 22: The fate of 116 candidates in 36 zilla panchayat constituencies and 361 candidates in 136 taluk panchayat constituencies in Dakshina Kannada district will be decided on Tuesday. In Mangaluru, the counting of votes will be held at Mahatma Gandhi Centenary Higher Primary School, Bondel, Infant Jesus English/Kannada Medium School, Modankaup, SDM PU College, Ujire, Vivekananda

Mysuru, Feb 22: Declining to describe himself as an "atheist", Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today said he has been "branded" as a non-believer due to his stand against superstitious practices. "I am not an atheist, because, even before I joined school, I was made to practice Veera Makkala Kunita (a traditional folk dance), so I had to perform in front of temple on all festivities. How can

In a bizarre incident, a passenger onboard Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner flight from India to Birmingham was caught for urinating in the aisle of the plane in an inebriated state. The incident happened last month on January 19, and now the passenger Jinu Abraham has been slapped with a fine of £1000 including £300 at the Birmingham Crown Court, and ordered to pay £500 as compensation, £30 for

New Delhi, Feb 22: Highest incidence of joblessness was witnessed among Christians in cities as well as in rural area followed by Muslims while Hindus and Sikhs reported least unemployment in urban and rural areas, says a recent government report. "Among the specific religious groups, unemployment rate in both rural and urban areas was the highest for Christians (4.5 per cent in rural areas and 5

Varanasi, Feb 22: A student was on Monday slapped by an unidentified person during the centenary year convocation at the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) where Prime Minister Narendra Modi was also present. The student named Ashutosh Singh was raising slogans, demanding the revival of students union when some unknown person slapped him. "The students union has been prohibited since 1997. The