Karnataka

Mangaluru, Oct 22: Sri Ram Sene regional president Ananda Shetty Adyar said that around 1,200 Rama Sene activists would visit Datta Peetha in Chikkamagaluru district this year to take part in the religious festivities. He said that around 1,200 activists from several parts of Dakshina Kannada region would visit Datta Peetha and perform the traditional pooja at the shrine. The activists will

Udupi, Oct 22: In a rare gesture showcasing his honesty, the prime distributer of newspapers in Shirva, businessman Ananth Shenoy returned a bag containing money up to Rs 1 lakh back to its rightful owner who had left it behind in a bakery. Manibettu Vishwanath, a retired bank official, had visited the local Vijaya Bank in Shirva and drew a sum of Rs 1 lakh, which he kept in his handbag. After

New Delhi, Oct 22: The government has nothing to do with the murder of the two Dalit children in Haryana, Union Minister VK Singh said today. And in an afterthought that is expected to land him in controversy, added, "If someone throws stones at a dog, the government is not responsible". Asked if the government has failed in view of the Monday's killings on the sidelines of an event in Ghaziabad

Nagpur, Oct 22: Amidst increased communal violence and upper caste terrorism across the country, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday said there is an atmosphere of hope and enthusiasm in India after Prime Minister Narendra Modi assumed office. "India's image in the world has improved. The situation in India has improved. There was an environment of disappointment two years ago, but now there is an

Bengaluru, Oct 22: Barely three days after landing a job in a cash replenishing agency in the City, a 21-year-old youth decamped with Rs 50 lakh after hoodwinking his unsuspecting colleagues from near a bank on MG?Road on Wednesday. The youth, Mahesh, is a resident of Nandini Layout and is employed with Brinks Arya. On Wednesday, he accompanied his colleagues in a vehicle to deposit cash in

Bengaluru, Oct 22: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday pulled up the police for failing to arrest the killers of Kannada scholar Prof M M Kalburgi. He was speaking during Police Commemoration Day after paying floral tributes to policemen who died in the line of duty. “I appreciate the police for swiftly arresting the killers of sub-inspector S Jagadish. However, the killers of Kalburgi are

Mangaluru, Oct 22: In light of the flower vendor-cum-Bajrang Dal activist Prashant Poojary's murder in Moodbidri, the police department is targeting innocent Muslim youth on pressure from the Sangh Parivar, alleged Popular Front of India (PFI) Dakshina Kannada district committee, condemning the same. The organisation said that, soon after the murder, the police took custody of Ilyas, who was

Houston, Oct 22: A Muslim teenager arrested in the US for bringing to school a homemade clock that was mistaken for a bomb is moving to Qatar for studies, his family has said, a day after he met President Barack Obama. Ahmed Mohamed, 14, a ninth-grader who became an Internet sensation after the incident, has accepted an offer from the Qatar Foundation to study at its Young Innovators Programme.

Udupi, Oct 22: The district police seized a huge quantity of ammonium nitrate from a private property at Durga Tellar near Karkala on Wednesday. Acting on a tipoff, a team of police from Karkala led by Assistant Superintendent of Police Dr Suman the place and found around 150 sacks of ammonium nitrate. They were stored in a place belonging to on Wilson of Kerala origin and he had leased out the

Kasaragod, Oct 22: As political parties are working over time to woo electorates by launching hectic campaigning braving sultry weather, a group of rival party activists are said to be indulging in witchcraft at Pallikkare grama panchayat to spoil the chances of the rival candidate. According to a complaint lodged with the Bekal police, unidentified persons under the cover of darkness placed egg