Karnataka

Mangaluru, Dec 12: Saffron fringe groups in coastal Karnataka have warned the Dakshina Kannada district administration against granting permission to Dr Zakir Naik, an authority on comparative religion, who is scheduled to address an inter-faith conference in Mangaluru on January 3, 2016. In a joint press meet leaders of Vishwa Hindu Parishat, Bajrang Dal, Hindu Jagarana Vedike and ABVP threatened

Bengaluru, Dec 12: CM Ibrahim, Deputy Chairman of Planning Board has slammed Student Islamic Organisation of India (SIO) for demanding the removal of two controversial lessons from school text books. SIO had submitted a petition to writer Baraguru Ramachandrappa, who is heading a committee on textbook revision, seeking removal of lessons on ‘Bhuvaneshwari’ and ‘Bharat Mata’ Taking strong exception

New York, Dec 12: After Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Google CEO Sundar Pichai has come out in support of Muslims, saying that we must support Muslim and other minority communities in the US and around the world. Responding to a recent wave of prejudice against Muslims - especially in the wake of US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump asking for a ban on Muslims entering the US -- the

Mangaluru, Dec 12: The theme song and team jersey of ‘United Ullal’ cricket team was launched in a glittering ceremony at Forum Fiza Mall, here. Owned by UT Khader, minister for Health and Family Welfare, ‘United Ullal’ is one of the franchisees of Amaco Mangalore Premiere League – 2015. Speaking on the occasion Mr Khader said that Amao MPL is a great opportunity for Mangalureans to unite cutting

Bengaluru, Dec 12: Bollywood’s Badshah Shah Rukh Khan has once again recalled his days in Mangaluru and Bengaluru, where he had spent first five to six years of his life. The King Khan, who was in Karnataka on Friday to inauguration of IIM-Bangalore’s alumni conclave and first leadership summit surprised many when he revealed his plans to rebuild his grandfather’s Nandi Durga Road home and “stay

Udupi, Dec 12: A teenager has been arrested by the Udupi district police on charge of sexually assaulting a five-year-old girl in a village in Udupi taluk. The police have identified the accused as Prashanth Arer (19), from Guttala village from Haveri district. He was working as a construction worker and staying in a labourers’ colony in the village. He reportedly enticed the five-year-old girl

Bengaluru, Dec 12: In a shocking case, a 25-year-old kidnapped his younger own brother and demanded Rs. 5 crore ransom from his father for his safe release in Bengaluru. The Byatarayanapura police have managed to crack the case and arrest the culprit. Based on a complaint by the uncle of the youth, the police picked up Harish Kumar Jain, a resident of RPC layout in Vijayanagar, along with his

Mumbai Police Commissioner Ahmad Javed has been appointed Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, which has a 2.8 million-strong Indian community. The Ministry of External Affairs said Mr Javed is expected to take up his assignment shortly. The post of Ambassador in Indian Embassy in Riyadh is lying vacant since April. Relations between India and Saudi Arabia witnessed some strain after a Saudi diplomat was

New Delhi: Dec 12: The Supreme Court has refused to allow a plea for early hearing of the Karnataka government’s petition against ‘made snana’ performed by people from the Malekudiya community in the Dakshina Kannada district. A three-judge bench presided over by Chief Justice TS Thakur told advocate Bharathi, appearing for Adivasi Budakattu Hitrarakshana Vedike, seeking urgent listing of the

New Delhi, Dec 12: Janata Dal (Secular) supremo H D Deve Gowda on Friday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and urged him to convene a meeting of the chief ministers of Karnataka, Goa and Maharashtra to work out a settlement out the court in the Mahadayi river water-sharing case. Gowda, who met Modi at his Parliament House office, apprised him of the severe drought gripping the 26 taluks in North