Karnataka

Mumbai, Feb 5: NCP chief Sharad Pawar today alleged that attempts were being made to convert India into a "Hindu Rashtra" distorting history in school textbooks and implored historians to come together and "pen the truth" for the sake of generation next. "Some people are working with an intention of converting India into a Hindu Rashtra by distorting history in school textbooks. This will prove to

Bengaluru, Feb 5: Noted Kannada writer Sa Shi Marulayya died of heart failure at Jayadeva Institute of Cardio Vascular Sciences and Research early on Friday. His body has been donated to JSS medical college, Mysore. According to Dr C N Manjunath, director, Jayadeva Institute, 86-year-old Marulayya breathed his last at 7.30 am after his heart stopped functioning. "He has been a cardiac patient for

Mangaluru: Feb 5: The rich handicrafts of the seven northeastern states are on display at the Northeast Crafts Festival in the city. The festival, sponsored by the Ministry of Development, the Northeastern Region, Government of India and organised by the Northeastern Handicrafts and Handlooms Development Corporation Limited is on at Hotel Woodlands till February 14. It has brought together seven

Bengaluru, Feb 5: Union Law and Justice Minister DV Sadananda Gowda on Friday said the attack on a Tanzanian student has come as an embarrassment for the nation and said the Karnataka Government has to take some stringent measures in the wake of the deteriorating law and order situation in the state. "This is not only an embarrassment for the Bengalurians. It is an issue wherein some international

New Delhi, Feb 5: Jet Airways has suspended five crew members who were part of a chartered flight after aviation watchdog DGCA took serious note of an episode in which singer Sonu Nigam was allowed to belt out Bollywood numbers using the in-flight announcement system. The incident occurred on a flight from Jodhpur to Mumbai on January 4, when the "errant" crew members allowed Nigam to hold a sort

Thiruvanathapuram, Feb 5: It’s a rare tribute that is drawing as much attention as the tragedy that led to it. A temple in Kerala stopped offering pujas for two days this week to mourn a 23-year-old Muslim man who was beaten to death in an incident that was captured by an eyewitness in a video clip that went viral. M V Shabeer, 23, was a member of the executive committee that organises the annual

Udupi, Feb 5: In order to create awareness on the safety of the women in general and the girl students in particular, an exclusive programme was organized at Touheed College pavilion in Gangulli on Thursday. Mr. Abdul Khaliq, Chairman, Touheed Trust, presided over. Mr. K. Annamalai, Superintendent of Police, Udupi district, was the guest of honour. Writer, dramatist and teacher K Shivananda

Mangaluru, Feb 5: Over nine years after the brutal and sensational murder of a young woman by a youth at her residence at Ujjar, near Kumbla, a court here on Thursday found the man guilty of committing the crime. Additional Sessions court (II) judge G. Gopakumar found Umar Byari, hailing from Bantwal taluk, near Mangaluru, guilty of committing the crime and reserved his verdict till February 6

Bantwal, Feb 5: In a tragic road incident, a young Yakshagana artist was killed on National Highway 75 in Bantwal taluk on Thursday after a private bus hit the motorcycle he was riding. The victim has been identified as 26-year-old Vasanth Perla, a resident of Perla in Kasargod district. He was a Yakshagana artist by profession at Kateel Kshethra. Mr. Perla was coming from Vitla to Bantwal when

Mumbai, Feb 5: A local esplanade court in Mumbai acquitted five persons who were arrested soon after serial blasts in Mumbai’s local trains. The police had arrested them for being members of banned organisation SIMI and indulging in unlawful activities, however the police could not prove charges against them. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Mahesh R. Natu held that the crime branch failed to prove