Karnataka

New Delhi, Nov 27: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said 'India first' is the only religion and Constitution the only 'holy book' for his government which is committed to working for all sections and religions, a statement that comes in the midst of a raging debate on intolerance, even as he adopted a conciliatory tone towards Opposition. He ruled out any review of the Constitution and reached

Mangaluru, Nov 27: The management committee of Mohiuddin Jumma Masjid, Jeppu, has made it clear that it had requested Mangaluru Tahsildar to provide an unused plot of government land to be used as burial ground, and never asked for land already allotted as cremation or burial ground by other faiths, as alleged. In a press release, the committee president and members said that they had not asked a

Bengaluru, Nov 27: In a special drive conducted by the City traffic police, as many as 700 autorickshaws were seized for violating traffic rules on Thursday. The police said that the drive was conducted from 6 am to 8 am across the City. The plainclothes policemen posing as customers seized the vehicles within two hours. Auto drivers were booked for not coming for hire, charging extra, no proper

Mangaluru, Nov 27: A local court on Friday awarded life term to three persons and seven years’ imprisonment to two others in a sensational murder that shook the coastal city six years ago. The District and Sessions Court, which on Wednesday had found five alleged associates of terrorist Ravi Poojary guilty of murdering human rights advocate Noushad Kashimji, who was known as the most successful

New Delhi, Nov 27: In a relief to Law Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda, the Supreme Court on Friday set aside the Karnataka High Court verdict directing the Bangalore Development Authority to take back the possession of a residential plot allotted to him. Allowing appeals against the high court order that held that construction at the plot was in violation of the terms and conditions of the lease

Bareilly, Nov 27: “Kindness is a mark of faith, and whoever is not kind has no faith,” said Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). As the controversy rages over "intolerance" in the country, here is a group of Muslim men who have quietly done for 15 Hindu men what even their own kin could not. The Muslim men pooled in money to be able to pay a fine of Rs 50,000 to secure the release of the Hindu prisoners

Madikeri, Nov 27: Jathyatheetha Okkoota’s honorary president and High Court advocate A?K?Subbaiah on Thursday held BJP, VHP and Bajrang Dal, which had called for a district bandh on November 10, are responsible for the death of district VHP?unit’s organising secretary Devapanda Kuttappa. Addressing a press conference in the town, Subbaiah said the State government had decided to observe Tipu

Mangaluru, Nov 27: An Indian expatriate worker from Dakshina Kannada district lost his life after a road accident in Saudi Arabia. The victim has been identified as Nazeer (45), a hailing from Narikombu village near Panemangaluru in Bantwal taluk of the district. He had been working as a driver for past 20 years in Saudi’s industrial city of Jubail. He had visited the home town last year. Nazeer

Lucknow, Nov 27: A video clip, showing some Vishva Hindu Parishad workers kicking and torturing a cow during immersion of ashes of Ashok Singhal here, has gone viral on social media platforms. An embarrassed VHP, which treats cow as “god” said action would be taken if any of its members was involved in the act. If VHP members are involved then they will be identified and action taken against them

Bengaluru, Nov 27: Opposition leader in the Council K S Eshwarappa, known for his controversial statements, on Thursday yet again made some strong and unsavoury remarks, leading to embarrassing moments in the House. Some of his suggestions were so extreme that the ruling party members took strong exception to them with the deputy chairman expunging the remarks. Speaking on the law and order issue