Karnataka

New Delhi, Feb 6: Jamiat-Ulama-i-Hind, the powerful body of Muslim clerics, has said that Muslim personal law flows from the Holy Quran and cannot be subjected to any scrutiny by the Supreme Court based on principles of the Constitution. "Mohammedan law is founded essentially on the Holy Quran and this cannot fall within the purview of the expression 'laws in force' as mentioned in Article 13 of

Vadodara, Feb 6: Cricketer Irfan Pathan has tied nuptial knots with a 21-year-old girl from Jeddah. The all-rounder from Baroda married Safa Baig at Haram Shareef in the holy city of Makkah on Thursday. Sources close to his family said that they were seeing each other for last two years. "Irfan and Safa met in Dubai about two years ago and later came close. Safa even visited Vadodara to meet Irfan

Mangaluru, Feb 6: Billavas and Muslims dominated the list of 36 candidates finalized by the Congress party for the upcoming Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat elections. For the first time Dakshina Kannada District Congress Committee has announced candidates for all the constituencies at one go, according to district-in-charge minister B Ramanath Rai. Accompanied by Karnataka Pradesh Congress

Udupi, Feb 6: In a tragic incident, a 74-year-old man committed suicide by immolating himself inside his shop at Tallur village, near Kundapur, on Friday. According to Kundapur police, Koti Poojary was running a cloth shop for decades. He used to leave his house early in the morning for a walk. But on Friday, he came to his shop at around 5.30 a.m. and locked himself in. He then doused himself

Mangaluru, Feb 6: The two girl students of city based private college, who had gone missing and later traced in Kerala, have now returned their respective homes safely. A team from Mangaluru North Police Station had been to Kerala on February 4 after Jacqueline D'Sa and Smriti, residents of Chilimbi and Suratkal respectively contacted one of their relatives and informed their whereabouts. With

Bengaluru: Feb 6: The case of assault and molestation of a Tanzanian girl student has taken a new twist with the police claiming that she was in the very car driven by a Sudanese national that fatally knocked down a woman on Hesaraghatta Main Road in north Bengaluru on Sunday night. The Tanzanian student, in her complaint on February 3, stated that the mob had attacked her and her friends, and

Bengaluru, Feb 6: Describing tourism as the biggest industry in the world, Tourism Minister R?V?Deshpande said that the aim of the government was to make Karnataka the best place for investment in India. “We are driven by industry, which must guide us and advise us. While we would like to make Karnataka the best place for investments, we’re also open to suggestions,” he said at the tourism session

Mangaluru, Feb 5: A letter will be sent to the State government for the acquisition of land in Jokatte and Neermaje that are facing air pollution problems from Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited’s coke and sulphur recovery units, said Deputy Commissioner A.B. Ibrahim. Talking to presspersons here after going around the affected areas at Jokatte on Thursday, Mr. Ibrahim said that

New Delhi, Feb 5: Snapdeal has decided not to renew its contract with Aamir Khan as its brand ambassador within months of the Bollywood actor's comments on perceived intolerance in the country that made him and the e-commerce giant target of severe criticism. Khan's contract expired on January 31 and Snapdeal has not renewed it, sources said. When contacted, a Snapdeal spokesperson said: "We would

Bengaluru, Feb 5: Four more persons have been arrested and two police officials suspended in connection with the alleged assault and stripping of a Tanzanian student here that has triggered a nationwide outrage. With this, nine persons have been arrested so far since the incident happened on Sunday night when the 21-year old student went through the ordeal in a vigilante justice by an angry mob in