Karnataka

Mangaluru, Nov 3: A day after the double murder of undertrials in Mangaluru sub jail, Additional Director-General of Police (Law & Order) Alok Mohan said that the police department had constituted a high-level investigation team headed by an ACP to investigate the murders, which would be supervised by Commissioner of Police. Under-trials Madoor Isubu and Ganesh Shetty, who were in the prison for

Mangaluru, Nov 3: In a startling revelation, an eye-witness for the Monday’s double murder at Mangaluru sub jail has claimed that prison staff also involved in the case. Madoor Isubu and his associate Ganesh Shetty were brutally hacked to death by a gang inside the jail during breakfast on Monday. Faizal, an under-trial lodged in the same prison, told reporters here that the weapon used by the

New Delhi, Nov 3: Asserting that India will never be intolerant, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today rejected Congress' pitch on the issue, saying opponents must fight political battles politically, and wondered "where is the intolerance". Calling as "aberrations" some of the recent incidents including the beef row, Jaitley insisted that there is "no justification" in returning of awards and the

Mangaluru, Nov 3: With seven cases of murder registered in the past 25 days in Mangaluru City Police Commissionerate limits and over ten cases of attempted murder in the past month, the coastal city has been engulfed by an atmosphere of fear over such acts of violence which directly affect law and order situation. In Moodbidri limits, the reason for a murder case was rivalry between two gangs of

Karlburgi, Nov 3: The Karnataka unit of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has condemned Pejawar Mutt chief Vishvesha Thirtha Swami for his provocative statements amid BJP sponsored beef controversy in the state. Addressing to media persons near a temple here recently, the seer had questioned the chief minister whether he will keep quiet if someone eats pork in front of a masjid or throws

Bengaluru, Nov 3: Home Minister G Parameshwara said on Monday that he will hold a meeting with writers and thinkers to discuss how to follow the path of peace and harmony at a time when many writers are returning awards to protest against ‘rising intolerance’. Speaking to reporters in the City after releasing Prof B K Chandrashekar’s booklet, ‘2014 Lok Sabha Campaign: what BJP promised and what

Shivamogga, Nov 3: A local BJP leader has dared Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to eat beef at Gopi Circle here but gave an ominous warning: if he did so, he would be beheaded. “Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is behaving like a dictator. He has stated he would eat beef if he chooses to do so and nobody could stop him. Let him eat beef at Gopi Circle in Shivamogga. If he does so, he will be beheaded," S N

Mangaluru, Nov 3: Police rescued four photo journalists after they were gheraoed by the agitating family members of the prison clash victims on Monday near the mortuary of Government Wenlock Hospital. The journalists claimed that the family members of Madoor Isubu and Ganesh Shetty who were hacked to death in Mangaluru prison, tried to attack them when they tried to take their photographs staging

Mangaluru, Nov 3: Expressing disgust over the massive hate campaign launched by the BJP leaders against Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah after his strongly-worded remarks against beef politics, a prominent minister in the state cabinet has reminded that many Sangh Parivar leaders in the country are beef eaters. Expressing moral support to his leader, UT Khader, the minister for health and

Kasaragod, Nov 2: Polling to the local bodies in the Kasaragod district passed off by and large peacefully registering a provisional 78 per cent voter turnout. The figure is likely to increase marginally as many grama panchayats have crossed more than 80 per cent voter turnout with Valiyaparamba panchayat, near Cheruvathur, registering 85.73 per cent mark. The Kanhangad municipality, which