Karnataka

Bengaluru, Nov 5: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday took on the BJP over one of its leaders’ threat to “behead” him if he dared consume beef in Shivamogga. “They want to behead me and play football with my head. Should such statements be accepted? What does the BJP have to say,” asked Siddaramaiah, replying to queries from reporters on the sidelines of an event in Bengaluru. Late on Monday

Mangaluru, Nov 4: More than 55 hours after two under-trials were hacked to death by a gang of notorious fellow inmates in Mangaluru sub jail police have managed to recover a dagger, a few knives, mobile phones and other tools from the prison. Five persons associated with underworld operative Vikki Shetty’s associate Akashbhavan Sharan had allegedly involved in the murder of Madoor Isubu (42) and

Mangaluru, Nov 5: The BJP has decided to take out a Jana Sankalpa Yatra from Kukke Subrahmanya to Kateel between November 13 and November 22 to draw the attention of people to the “failures” of the Congress government in the State and to oppose the Yettinahole diversion project. Addressing media here on Wednesday, Pratap Simha Nayak, president, Dakshina Kannada unit of the party, said that

Bengaluru, Nov 4: Pitching for investments to boost the state's growth story, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday urged US aerospace firms to make products and components for domestic and global markets in Karnataka. "I appeal to this august gathering of industry to invest in the aerospace sector and be part of 'Make in Karnataka'," Siddaramiah said at the US-India aviation summit here

Mangaluru, Nov 4: Activist Umar UH has been as elected the president of the Mulsim Lekhakara Sangha (MLS), a Mangaluru based literary organization, for the term 2015-17. He has served as the general secretary of the MLS for 13 years. Mr Umar is the founder chairman of Career Guidance and Information Center and ‘Tulunadu Publications’. He has served in various social organizations in various

Kasaragod, Nov 4: The National Executive Council meeting of Popular Front of India held in Kerala discussed the socio-political situations prevailing in the country and called upon the governments and all sections of the society to save India from rising threats of intolerance and fanaticism. The rise of intolerance and the attempts to polarize the nation on religious lines will be a tragedy for

New Delhi, Nov 4: Controversial BJP MP Yogi Adityanath today compared Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan to Pakistani extremist Hafiz Saeed, the mastermind of Mumbai carnage, over his "extreme intolerance" comment, in the second attack on the actor by a BJP leader in as many days, sparking condemnation. Hitting out at Shah Rukh two days after the actor added his voice to the protest by the

Bengaluru:?Nov 4: Moderate to heavy rains continued to lash several parts of the State on Tuesday. Chikkamagaluru received heavy rains for about three hours on Tuesday noon. The sudden showers took people by surprise. However, the rains have made coffee growers a worried lot as they cannot dry the beans. Moderate to heavy rains continued to lash some parts of the Shivamogga district on Tuesday

Kasaragod, Nov 4: Sporadic incidents of violence were reported in and around Kanhangad in Kasaragod district after the polling for elections to the local bodies. A six-hour hartal was observed in Panathady panchayat limits from 6 a.m. on Tuesday in protest against the attack on Congress mandalam president B.C. Devasya, allegedly by a group of CPI(M) loyalists. The hartal in the hilly pocket

Mumbai, Nov 4: An FIR has been lodged against the constables of the Andheri Police station in Mumbai after a video went viral in which the men in uniform were seen abusing and beating a young couple. Ghulam Maqbool Sheikh, an eyewitness to the brutality, said the woman was slapped repeatedly by the cops until she was bleeding. "The couple was fighting outside the police station when a constable