Karnataka

Udupi, Jan 23: Pejawar Mutt chief Vishwesha Tirtha Swami’s former driver and admirer Mohammed Arif is said to have received a threat call from Dubai on Thursday, for playing an active role during the Paryaya festival here. Mohammed Arif is also a member of the Pejawar Blood Donating Team and had organised a voluntary blood donation camp here on January 17 to mark the fifth Paryaya of the Pejawar

Lucknow, Jan 22: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is accustomed to listening chants of ‘Modi Modi’ whenever he addresses a gathering be it in India or abroad. However, perhaps for the first time, he was confronted with opposition outside the Parliament when a group of students chanted ‘Modi murdabad’, ‘Modi go back’. The incident occurred in Lucknow when Prime Minister Modi took to the dais to address

Mangaluru, Jan 22: The parents of Najmul Huda, who was arrested in the wee hours of Friday from his residence at Permude on the outskirts of the city on suspicion of ISIS links, have expressed shock and anguish over the unexpected development. Mahira Khathoon, mother of Najmul Huda “My son is innocent. I am deeply saddened by the allegations being made against him,” Saiful Huda, father of Najmul

Mangaluru, Jan 22: A principal of a pre university college in Kodagu district allegedly committed suicide inside a lodge in Mangalur on Thursday. The incident came to light on Thursday evening when the staff of the lodge located in Bijai area forced open the door of the room booked by the 45-year-old Sudesh. Sudesh, a Dalit, hailing from Talapady in Mangaluru taluk had been working as the

New Delhi, Jan 22: In a nationwide swoop, NIA along with state police forces and central security agencies today claimed to have averted a major attack with the arrest of 14 alleged 'sympathisers' of banned ISIS terror group including their self-styled chief "Ameer". The raids were carried out simultaneously in four states of Karnataka, Hyderabad, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh where 13 people had

Bengaluru, Jan 22: In a statewide swoop, at least six persons including an engineering student from Mangaluru have been apprehended by security agencies in different parts of Karnataka on terror suspicion. Besides Mangaluru, the detentions took place in Bengaluru and Tumkur districts, on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday. Highly placed sources said that that separate teams of National

Mangaluru, Jan 22: In a shocking development, a Muslim youth from the coastal city of Mangaluru has been taken into custody on suspicion of terror links by a team of National Investigation Agency (NIA) and Anti Terror Squad (ATS) with the help of local police on Friday morning. Najmul Huda (24) was dragged out of his residence at Permude near Bajpe on the outskirts of the city by the heavily armed

Ballari, Jan 22: Can a government officer be punished for keeping the phone call of a minister on hold and attending to another call? There is no rule of the kind but reliable sources say a woman officer of the rank of deputy superintendent of police, Ms Anupama Shenoy, posted at Kudligi police sub-division in the district, has been shunted out of the district for keeping the phone call of

Mangaluru, Jan 22: B Munavvar Ali, a well known Muslim activist and philanthropist in coastal Karnataka, passed away after a brief illness last night at his residence in Moodbidri. He was 78. A state-level leader of Jamiat e Ahle Hadees, an Islamic organisation, Munavvar Ali had played a crucial role in establishment of several religious intuitions in twin coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and

Bengaluru, Jan 22: A clash broke out between activists of Akhila Bharatiya Vidhyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and National Students Union of India on Thursday noon in Sheshadripuram police limits in Bengaluru. ABVP office at Seshadripuram was pelted with stones and its State secretary was allegedly assaulted during the clash. Around 12 noon NSUI activists gathered in front of ABVP office to protest the