Karnataka

Mangaluru, Oct 12: Pledging to continue the agitation against pollution caused Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited, DYFI state president Muneer Katipalla warned of more protest against the industrial giant. He was speaking at a public meeting organised by Jokatte Nagarika Horata Samiti on the occasion of the first anniversary of its agitation against pollution from MRPL and SEZ

Mumbai, Oct 12: Radical Hindutva activist Himani Savarkar— Nathuram Godse's niece — passed away in Pune on Sunday evening. Himani (68), who was admitted to the hospital for the last six months, was suffering from cancer and brain tumor. She will be cremated on Monday morning. Himani was the daughter of Nathuram's brother Gopal, who had also served time in prison for Mahatma Gandhi's assassination

Mangaluru, Oct 12: Normalcy has returned in the coastal Karnataka’s historic town of Moodbidri, which witnessed Sangh Parivar violence and two days of bandh in the aftermath of the murder of a Bajrang Dal activist. The town was shut down on Friday and Saturday in the wake of violence that erupted after six unidentified miscreants hacked 29-year-old Prashant Poojary to death in front of his flower

Bengaluru, Oct 12: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Bengaluru has launched a helpline as part of its ‘Bribe-Free Karnataka’ ¬programme starting October 13. Freedom Fighter H S Doreswamy launched the helpline and urged the public to call the helpline and get the official work done without paying the bribe. The AAP has urged the people to call 9342522223 to report instances of corruption. “The helpline

Bengaluru, Oct 12: The absence of about 15 members from Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s Council of ministers during Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi’s recent visit to Mandya and Haveri has not gone down well with the party high command. AICC general secretary incharge of Karnataka Digvijaya Singh is learnt to have directed KPCC president G Parameshwara to issue show-cause notice to the 15

Mangaluru, Oct 11: Activists of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal, along with residents, staged a protest on Sunday against the district administration’s move to hand over part of the public graveyard to members of a community. Jagadish Shenva, district president of the VHP, said that the district administration was going ahead with the handing over 26 cents of the graveyard in Nandigudda

Pandavapura (Mandya dist), Oct 11: Even before the ripples of the gang rape of a call centre employee in Bengaluru died down, a college girl was reportedly subjected to the same brutality by her lover and his three friends at Bebibetta, in the Pandavapura taluk of the?Mandya district on October 9. Acting swiftly, the Pandavapura police said they arrested the four accused from a pump-house near

Udupi, Oct 11: In a gut-wrenching tragedy, two youngsters met watery graves in a river at Pamboor near Shirva in Udupi district on Sunday. The deceased have been identified as Ashwin D’Souza (20), son of Gilbert and Gracy D'Souza couple, and Austin Alva (20), son of Nelson and Anita Alva couple. Ashwin was a student of TMA Pai Polytechnic College, while Austin was a student of SVS College

Dubai, Oct 11: An 18-year-old Indian boy in the UAE has become the youngest affiliate with a global body for professional accountants, according to a media report. A graduate from the Indian High School, Dubai, Ramkumar Raman has to complete three years of qualified work experience in order to attain the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) membership, the Khaleej Times reported

Dadri (UP), Oct 11: Shaken by the beef lynching episode, the troubled Bishada village in the district is agog with activity today with Hindus joining their Muslim brethren in making preparations for the wedding of two girls belonging to the minority community. Bishada resident Hakeem, who till a few days ago was toying with the idea of shifting the wedding venue outside the village in the wake of