Karnataka

Lucknow, Jan 11: Muslim Rashtriya Manch (MRM), the Muslim wing of RSS has taken up a nationwide campaign to convince madrasas across the country to celebrate the Republic Day by hoisting the tricolour on January 26 in their campus. Meanwhile, Darul Uloom Deoband which has already suggested all madrasas to hoist tricolour asked the RSS hoist the national flag at its headquarters in Nagpur. The MRM

Bengaluru, Jan 11: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat has now admitted that one cannot achieve anything through friction in a diverse society. Speaking at the valedictory of Swarnanjali, a national ‘Ghosh’ camp of the RSS here, on Sunday Bhagwat said that it was important to treat everyone as equals and emphasised the importance of coordination and cooperation in a diverse society

Mangaluru, Jan 11: The house of a doctor couple in Puttur town of Dakshina Kannada district was found burgled on Sunday. Police said Dr K Suresh Puttaraya and his wife Dr Asha had left for Mangaluru on Saturday. As usually their domestic help came to the house on Sunday morning. Upon entering the house she realised that the house was burgled and immediately contacted the doctor couple over phone

Kundapura, Jan 11: As is his wont, singer K.J. Yesudas celebrated his 76th birthday at Sri Mookambika temple in Kollur, here on Sunday. Reaching the temple town early on Sunday, Yesudas along with wife Prabha paid obeisance to the presiding deity around 9 a.m. and later took part in the Çhandika Homam in the temple. They left the temple at noon to have the birthday feast arranged at the temple

Bengaluru, Jan 11: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has made it clear that the state government will not drop criminal cases against Sri Rama Sene chief Pramod Muthalik. The clarification comes in the backdrop of reports that the State government had sought legal opinion on a proposal to withdraw 13 hate speech cases against Mr Muthalik. “We are not withdrawing any cases against Muthalik. It

Srinagar, Jan 11: Ghalib Guru, son of Mohammad Afzal Guru who was hanged three years back, has scored an impressive 95% marks in the 10th standard examinations conducted by the Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Examination. Ghalib secured 474 marks out of 500, according to the results declared on Sunday. He has secured ‘A1’ grade in all five subjects. Ghalib’s performance in the examinations

Mangaluru, Jan 11: Mangaluru International Airport has bagged the fifth rank in terms of customer satisfaction among 53 tier II airports in the country. According to J.T. Radhakrishna, director of the airport, the 53 airports handled passenger traffic up to 15 lakh a year. The rank was based on the customer satisfaction survey conducted for the post half of 2015 (July-December). Of five point

Bhatkal, Jan 10: A 45-year-old man and his 7-year-old daughter were killed on spot and five other family members were critically injured when the car which they were travelling met with an accident near Taif in Saudi Arabia in the wee hours of Sunday. The family hailing from coastal Karnataka’s Bhatkal town and residing in Saudi Arabia, was on Umrah pilgrimage when the tragedy took place. The

Mangaluru Jan 10: It was a special and eventful day for the very enthusiastic 600 children of 10 Orphanage schools operating in Dakshina Kannada district who crave for parental love and affection but unfortunately deprived. They felt the sense of freedom and freely mingled, played, danced, with other orphanage school children and shared their memorable moments. It was a platform provided by Rotary

Mangaluru, Jan 10: The Swacch Mangaluru Abhiyan being carried out by Ramakrishna Mission reached 34th week on January 10. This week the cleanliness drive was carried out at Kunjathbail and Marakada from 7.30 am to 10.30 am. A small stage programme was organized in the Marakada Govt. School on the theme, “Swacch Kunjathbail for Swacch Mangaluru”. Swami JItakamanandaji, President, Ramakrishan Math