Karnataka

Mangaluru, Dec 1: In a fresh attempt to disrupt peace in the society, unidentified miscreants pelted stones at the Eidgah mosque located at Porkodi Dwara near Bajpe on the outskirts of the city. The incident, which might have taken place in the night, came to light early on Tuesday morning when a cleric reached the Eidgah mosque to give prayer call. The galas panes of the front window of the

Mangaluru Dec 1: Two youths from Dakshina Kannada who had jumped the bail in connection with a five year old assault case and flown abroad were arrested by the police soon after the retuned to India. The arrested have been identified as Sharief PM (25) of Ajjavara village in Sullia and Muneer BM (26) of Bantrabail village. Superintendent of Police Sharanappa SD told media persons here that one was

Mangaluru, Dec 1: Registering their protest against the policies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi led NDA government at the Centre the Dakshina Kannada district unit of the Mahila Congress staged a demonstration in front of the office of Deputy Commissioner. Addressing the protesters UT Khader, minister for health and family welfare, said the NDA government came to power by fooling the people. Mr

Hyderabad, Dec 1: In a shocking incident, a 13-year-old student of ninth standard delivered a baby in her school washroom. The incident did not occurin any remote village of Telangana but in Madhapur in the information technology hub, housing many global IT giants. The tribal girl developed labour pains during the class and she had no idea as what was happening. As she complained of stomach pain

Kozhikode, Dec 1: Facing flak from various organisations, Sunni leader Kanthapuram A.P. Aboobacker Musliyar has clarified his comments about gender equality during one of his recent speeches in Kozhikode. In a statement here on Monday, the Musliyar said: “My speech referred to was to giving special support and care for women in a situation where they were kept apart from social sphere. This

Dharwad, Dec 1: The Rashtriya Swayam Sevak (RSS) has expressed its condolences to the family of Kannada scholar M?M?Kalburgi who was shot dead by two unknown men at his residence here on?August 29. On Monday, RSS?North Karnataka joint secretary Shridhar Nadgir visited ‘Soujanya’, Kalburgi’s residence at Kalyan Nagar in?Dharwad, and handed over the letter to the writer’s wife Umadevi. Nadgir said

New Delhi, Dec 1: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to interfere with the Karnataka High Court’s order staying the investigation against former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa in three cases relating to land de-notification in Bengaluru. A bench of Justices J Chelameswar and Abhay Manohar Sapre suggested senior advocate Vikas Singh, appearing for the Karnataka government, to approach the High

Mangaluru, Nov 30: A group of miscreants waylaid a cleric of a mosque and brutally assaulted him without any provocation when he was riding his motorbike Mudungarakatte in Balepuni near Mudipu on the outskirts of the city. The victim has been identified as Muneer Ahmed Saqafi, who has been workings as cleric of the mosque located at KC Road for the past one-and-a-half years. The attack took place

New Delhi, Nov 30: Congress leader Kumari Selja today created a stir in the Rajya Sabha by claiming that she was asked about her caste when she had visited Dwarka temple in Gujarat as a Cabinet Minister, leading to arguments between the ruling and opposition sides. "I am dalit, but I am Hindu. I feel like visiting temples. I wanted to go to Dwarka temple. I have visited hundreds of temple. (I

Mangaluru, Nov 30: Another rowdy-sheeter has been arrested by Dakshina Kannada district police in connection with the sensational murder of Harish Poojary, whose death had triggered communal unrest in coastal Karnataka. Superintendent of police Dr Sharanappa told media persons on Monday that Mithun, a main accused in November 12 murder case was arrested near Puttur bus stand on the outskirts of