Karnataka

Mangaluru, Jan 27: Human rights activist Teesta Setalvad will address an interactive session with students at SDM College of Business Management in the city on the eve of Martyr’s Day commemorating the death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. The session on the topic 'Human Rights and Youth' is being organized jointly by Centre for Integrated Learning and Campus Career Academy in association with the

Bengaluru, Jan 27: In an embarrassment to the Congress government in Karnataka, a minister has boasted about his role in the abrupt transfer of a senior woman police official for putting his call on hold on her mobile phone. A video footage showing Labour Minister P T Parameshwara Naik making a boastful claim for the shunting out of Deputy Superintendent of Police of Kudligi sub-division in

Kolkata, Jan 27: Claiming that some Hindu groups are now behaving like Muslim fundamentalists, eminent lyricist-scriptwriter Javed Akhtar has said barring such elements Indian society has always been tolerant. "In 1975 I showed a comedy scene in a temple. Today I won't. But even in 1975, I wouldn't have shown a scene in a mosque because that level of intolerance was there. Now the other one is

Mangaluru, Jan 27: With an eye on polls to the looming Zilla Panchayat and Taluk Panchayat polls in Karnataka, the Dakshina Kannada district unit of BJP has decided to hold a convention of kumki land holders at Puttur on February 6. Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel told media persons on Wednesday that the convention will strive to drive home an apparent lacunae in implementing an assurance

Koppala, Jan 27: A miscreant has been arrested by the police in Koppala town of Karnataka for posting derogatory comments on Tipu Sultan on social media. According to the police, Manjunath Mudgal, an ITI student, had posted pictures of Tipu Sultan on his Facebook account and passed derogatory remarks. He had also defaced images of the Muslim ruler on his account. The incident was brought to the

New Delhi, Jan 27: In a bizarre proposal submitted to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi led union government, the Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh has recommended that schools in big cities work for longer hours to make the working parents by keeping their children away. The proposal prepared by Vidya Bharati Akhil Bharatiya Shikshan Sansthan, the education wing of the RSS and submitted to the Human

New Delhi, Jan 27: As the 124-member French military contingent marched down Rajpath amid loud cheers, they became the first foreign soldiers to take part in the Republic Day parade. But here's a fascinating fact — the moment brought the French Army, Indian Army, Pakistan Army, Tipu Sultan and the Swedish monarchy on the same side of history for the first time. The French marching contingent

Bengaluru, Jan 27: Noting that the development of a nation cannot be achieved through religious fundamentalism, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said that a country can witness growth only through scientific and technological progress and by imbibing rational thoughts. In his address to the State, which was telecast on Doordarshan on Tuesday to mark the 67th Republic Day celebrations, Siddaramaiah

Meerut, Jan 27: At a time when the country is engrossed in Republic Day celebrations, at least 50 persons under the banner of the Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha waved black flags to observe 'Black Day' and 'mourn' the Constitution of India. The leaders of the Hindutva outfit claimed to have been celebrating the day for the past five decades to put forward their demand of declaring India a 'Hindu

Bengaluru, Jan 27: In a major snub handed out to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, top central leaders of Congress picked former Union minister and party veteran CK Jaffer Sharief’s grandson Abdul Rahman Sharief for next month’s bypoll to Hebbal Assembly constituency. The party high command has rejected the nomination of Independent MLC Byrathi Suresh, a close confidant of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah