Karnataka

Allahabad, Jan 21: Senior journalist Siddharth Varadarajan along with Allahabad University student union president Richa Singh was held hostage for around half an hour inside the office of AU VC, RL Hangloo when the senior journalist went to meet the VC at his office on Wednesday. This was after ABVP members and office bearers of AU student union started protesting against his entering the varsity

Bengaluru, Jan 21: A woman software engineer was found dead, possibly strangled with a laptop charge cord, at an apartment in Kadugodi on Tuesday. The victim, Kusuma Rani (31), was a resident of Mahaveer Kings Place and an employee of IBM at Whitefield. A native of Punjab who had also worked in Ghaziabad, she had moved to Bengaluru in September 2014. She lived with Nidhi Sharma, a friend, on the

Chitradurga, Jan 21: Union Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises G.M. Siddeshwar has said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is not against Muslims. In fact, the party had taken several steps for the welfare of minority communities including Muslims during its rule in the State as well as during the present reign at the Centre. Speaking after inaugurating a BJP

Mangaluru, Jan 21: A notorious Bajrang Dal leader, who was arrested on charge of murdering a Hindu youth in Bantwal to trigger communal violence, has managed to secure bail from Karnataka high court. Bhuvith Shetty, Bantwal unit co-convenor of the saffron outfit, was arrested by Dakshina Kannada district police a week after he and his associates allegedly murdered Harish Poojary, attempted to

Bengaluru, Jan 21: The High Court of Karnataka on Wednesday directed Praveen Togadia, International working president of Vishwa Hindu Parishat, to approach the appropriate authority to seek permission to visit Sringeri by road. Togadia moved the court challenging the order passed by the Mangaluru Police Commissioner banning the entry of Togadia into Mangaluru from January 18 to 24. He submitted an

Mangaluru, Jan 20: Protesters belonging to different organisations in Mangaluru on Wednesday claimed that progressive Dalit students are being insulted and targeted in higher educational institutions. They also demanded action against those who abetted the suicide of research scholar Rohith Vemula of in Hyderabad Central University. Addressing a protest meet jointly organised by SFI, DYFI, DSS and

Bengalauru, Jan 20: Karnataka Government has finally exempted eight per cent luxury tax imposed on each bed in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in hospitals. After public outcry, health and family welfare minister UT Khader had urged the finance department on Tuesday for ICU tax exemption. "We have exempted beds in hospital ICUs from the eight per cent luxury tax. The government had issued a directive

Mangaluru, Jan 20: Union Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday said Congress and Communists raking up the University of Hyderabad research scholar’s suicide issue is the latest of their ‘Four D’ formula. He told presspersons here that the BJP’s political opponents are engaged in a “disinformation, derail, divert and disrupt campaign.” While raking up of the Hyderabad issue is

Mangaluru, Jan 20: The valedictory function of two-day Agnofest ‘Nakshatr 2016’ was held on Tuesday evening on the campus of St Agnes College in the city. The overall winners of ‘Nakshatr 2016’ were students the SDM College of Business Management, Mangaluru. The runner up was bagged by the Maps College, Mangaluru. The program began with panache and flair. The chief guest for the evening NV Paulose

Peshawar, Jan 20: In a heroic act, a Pakistani chemistry professor in his 30s today lost his life while trying to protect his students using his licensed pistol against armed Taliban militants who stormed the university. Assistant professor Syed Hamid Hussain, 34, fought back against the terrorists as he warned students not to leave the building of the Bacha Khan university in Charsadda, some 50