Karnataka

Mangaluru: Dec 11: A group of residents from Ulaibettu, who claimed themselves to be victims of violence, on Friday alleged that MLA Mohiuddin Bava and the newly-created Nagarika Hitharakshana Samithi members are conspiring to protect Aboobakker Siddique, who was arrested in connection with the communal violence of Ulaibettu on December 5, 2014. Briefing media persons here, Ulaibettu residents

Ahmedabad, Dec 11: Breaking her silence over threat calls and letters that she received from an unknown person earlier this year, former judge Jyotsna Yagnik, who tried the 2002 Naroda Patia massacre case, said on Wednesday that she wants authorities to take penal actions against the accused. The home department had upgraded Yagnik's security to Z level after Yagnik reported the threats and asked

After US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump called for a ban on Muslims entering the United States in response to the shooting rampage by two miscreants in San Bernardino, California, there have been a growing number of hate crime and harassment cases reported against the Muslim community in the US. The growing tension in the Muslim community was aggravated by the mass shootings by the

Chennai, Dec 11: Among the heart-warming stories to have emerged from the Chennai floods is a cleaning drive undertaken by a Muslim organisation. Around 50 members of Jammat E Islami Hind, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), have been quietly cleaning mosques as well as temples in the flood-hit areas of the city. In the last two days, they meticulously cleaned two temples, in Kotturpuram and

Bengaluru, Dec 11: A 23-year-old B.Tech graduate and his associate have been arrested by Kadugodi police on the charge of peddling drugs to students of a reputed college in Whitefield. The accused, Srihari, allegedly opened a Facebook page to advertise about the drugs and even left a mobile phone number for his prospective clients. A few weeks ago, when someone had enquired about buying marijuana

Mangaluru, Dec 11: The family members of Aboobacker Siddiqui on Thursday claimed that the police have arrested the wrong person instead of the one they were looking for in connection with the 2014 communal clash in Ulaibettu. However, the police said that the person they arrested was the one they were looking for. Talking to presspersons here on Thursday, Abdullah, Aboobacker Siddiqui’s uncle

Mangaluru, Dec 11: The Nitte-based NMAM Institute of Technology (NMAMIT) has entered into an agreement with the Ritsumeikan University, Japan for academic exchange between the two educational institutions. A press release issued by the NMAMIT here said that as per the agreement, students of NMAMIT had been selected for an exchange program called ‘Sakura Exchange Programme in Sciences 2015’ which

Bhopal, Dec 11: RSS will run a nationwide campaign next year to promote "social harmony" among Hindus apparently with an eye to win over Dalits, tribals and other backward classes,communities which are key to BJP's hopes of wresting power in Uttar Pradesh where elections are due in 2017. The move also assumes significance in the wake of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Chief Mohan Bhagwat's suggestion

Udupi, Dec 11: Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president Dr G Parameshwara have failed to convince former Udupi MP and Congress leader K Jayaprakash Hegde to withdraw his candidature for MLC polls. Mr Hegde had filed nomination as an independent candidate from Dakshina Kannada and Udupi constituency after Congress issued ticket to Pratapchandra

Bengaluru, Dec 11: Dakshina Kannada MP from the BJP Nalin Kumar Kateel on Thursday urged the Centre not to approve the Yettinahole drinking water project at Sakleshpur, Hassan district in the State, as it harms the ecologically sensitive Western Ghats region. Raising the issue in the Lok Sabha, he said if the proposed project was implemented, the Netravathi river would go dry and several parts of