Karnataka

Sharjah, Oct 25: Sharjah Karnataka Sangha and Hrudayavahini Karnataka are gearing up for the 12th Vishva Kannada Samskruti Sammelana and 13th Annual Day and Mayura Award presentation of Sharjah Karnataka Sangha scheduled to be held on November the 19 and 20 in Sharjah. The venue for the event is Al Boom Tourist Village which is near Wanderer’s Club Playground, Sharjah. This mega event is expecting

Mangaluru, Oct 24: Karnataka Minister K Abhayachandra Jain has received a threat call in connection with the recent murder of a Bajrang Dal activist who was involved in illegal activities, police said today. Jain, the Sports and Fisheries minister, in his complaint to police said a person identifying himself as gangster Ravi Poojary called him yesterday and alleged that he (the minister) was

Mangaluru, Oct 24: A 27-year-old youth lost his life in a fatal collision between a motorbike and an auto rickshaw at Kallapu near Thokkottu on the outskirts of the city on Saturday night. The deceased has been identified as Abdul Rahman, who was riding the motorbike. The tragedy occurred when he was returning to Bajal after visiting his in-law’s house at Kotepura. It is learnt that the fuel in

Nagpur, Oct 24: Amid the raging row over cow slaughter, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat today said that people in Kenya sometimes drink blood of cows to survive, but they don't kill them or eat their meat. In certain situations like famine, people in Kenya drink the blood of cows to survive but they don't kill them or eat their flesh, he said while speaking at a function in Nagpur. They insert a tube made

Bengaluru, Oct 24: As countrywide protests over "rising intolerance" continued, a woman Kannada filmmaker and writer here has been threatened with dire consequences on social media after she endorsed beef consumption and questioned Hindu practises, a senior police official said. Chethana Thirthahalli, who is also a proud Hindu woman, has lodged a complaint with Hanumanthnagar police station here

Mangaluru, Oct 24: Expressing concern over misuse of social media such as WhatsApp and Facebook by trouble mongers to fan communal hatred and spread false rumours in the society, a senior police officer has sought the help of peace lovers to take action against such offenders. Alok Mohan, the additional director-general of police (law and order), who was in the city on Saturday told media persons

Coimbatore, Oct 24: Umar Kutty (38), the carpenter-cum-owner, met with the accident while working on a plywood cutting machine at his unit at Al Quasem Mureda in Saudi Arabia on October 5. He was rushed to National Hospital and after first aid, was shifted to Riyadh Care Hospital, which said they could not reattach his fingers as microsurgery facility was not available. However Kutty was desperate

Mangaluru, Oct 24: A youth was arrested at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai on Friday in connection with the two week old murder case of a Bajrang Dal activist in Moodbidri. Revealing this to media persons in Mangaluru, ADGP Alok Mohan said that the immigration officials at the Airport took custody of Mohammed Imthiyaz (40) and handed him over to police. With this the total

Belagavi, Oct 24: Londa village in Khanapur taluk and Khanapur town in Belagavi district continue to be in the grip of tension following communal flare-up on Wednesday night and Thursday morning, respectively. The police have deployed additional personnel, including four platoons of the Karnataka State Reserve Police, to keep vigil. Nearly 30 persons, including BJP leader Baburao Desai and Sri Ram

Bengaluru,Oct 24: Dasara elephants are well-fed and taken care of for the royal Jumboo Savari, but five female circus elephants are languishing in an under-construction building in Mandya district without proper food and water for the last seven months. Repeated requests by conservationists in the last seven months to take care of the elephants and shift them to a rescue centre haven’t yielded the