Karnataka

New Delhi, Feb 1: Delhi Police today drew flak as a video emerged in which male police constables can be seen purportedly assaulting protesters, including women, demonstrating over the suicide of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula near the RSS head office here. The video went viral on social media, triggering sharp reactions. Two journalists, who have alleged that they were beaten up while covering the

Mangaluru, Feb 1: A furniture factory located in sensitive area at Konchady in Mangaluru was gutted in a fire accident on Monday. Three education institutions, wherein hundreds of students study, are located close to the ill-fated Bhagya Jyothi Industries and Emerald Decor Pvt Ltd, a company of furniture and interior designing. As soon as the fire began to engulf the factory, the managements of

Mangaluru, Feb 1: The state treasury may get richer by lakhs of rupees with the police swooping down on helmet-less pillion riders across the state including coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi. Thanks to the new law, which makes helmets mandatory for pillion riders, traffic police in Mangaluru, other parts of Dakshina Kannada district and Udupi booked hundreds of violators within few

Bhopal, Feb 1: The Madhya Pradesh BJP has expelled Anwar Mev, former vice-president of its minority cell in Tonkkhurd Mandal in Dewas district, days after he was charged with slaughtering a cow at his house and arrested. “We have expelled Mev from the party,” State BJP spokesman Hitesh Bajpai said. Mr. Mev and nine others are facing a criminal case under the Madhya Pradesh Cow Slaughter Ban Act

Patna, Feb 1 A practising Indian lawyer has filed a complaint case against Sri Ram, who is worshiped by millions of Hindus, in a court in Sitamarhi, north Bihar. The ‘case’, filed in the court of the chief judicial magistrate (CJM), sought to be made out against Ram is that his conduct showed him wanting in the treatment of women. Complainant Thakur Chandan Kumar Singh alleged that Rama had

Bengaluru, Feb 1: Tension gripped Ganapathipura at Soladevanahalli in the city on Sunday evening after residents set fire to the car of a Sudanese student after he allegedly knocked down a woman, killing her on the spot, and injuring her husband, on Hesaraghatta main road. The accused has been identified as Mohammed Ahad (20), a B.Pharma student in Mallige College and a resident of Tarabanahalli

Bengaluru: Feb 1: The Karnataka chapter of the Islamic Educational Board of India (IEBI) launched a survey of madrasas in the State on Monday with the intention to bring out a detailed database to provide students the best of mainstream education and religious learning. On Sunday, the board organised a special conference of ‘Ulema Mashaikh’ (Islamic spiritual scholars) from all districts of

Ballari:?Feb 1: A family in Karnataka's Hosapete town has been desperately awaiting the body of a 44-year-old member who died in Saudi Arabia nine days ago. Satyanarayana Bidaruru (44) was working as an operator with a company in Saudi Arabia for three-and-half years. His brother Srinivas Bidaruru said that Satyanarayana died on January 23 while playing cricket. “We got the information from

Mysuru: Feb 1: Karnataka Minorities Development Corporation (KMDC) Chairman Masood Foujdar said that the corporation was all set to support the education of minority students. Addressing the students, aspirants of professional courses through Common Entrance Test (CET) during an awareness programme, organised by the corporation at St Philomena PU College, here, he said, “The corporation is

Bengaluru: Feb 1: The Congress and the BJP on Sunday kick-started their campaigns for byelection to the Hebbal assembly seat with leaders and candidates of the two parties criss-crossing the length and breadth of the constituency throughout the day. The Congress had Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC)?president G?Parameshwara campaigning for the party’s