Karnataka

Mandya, Oct 10: Launching a direct attack on Prime Minister and BJP in the wake of Dadri beef lynching, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday alleged that they have a "strategy" to polarise the country by pitting Hindus and Muslims against each other as he remarked that Narendra Modi has a "history". "The BJP and the Prime Minister have a strategy of polarising this country. They have a strategy

Udupi, Oct 10: A small group of people staged a demonstration in front of the Clock Tower here protesting against the lynching and murder of Mohammed Akhlaq at Dadri in Uttar Pradesh on September 28 after spread false rumours that he had stored beef in his house. The protest was organized by the Udupi district unit of the Karnataka Komu Sauharda Vedike, a forum of communal harmony activists

Mangaluru, Oct 10: Following an alteration a 20-year-old boy from Kasaragod was thrashed by a group at a prominent mall in the heart of the city. According to a complaint lodged with jurisdictional police station, the victim and his two friends had been to the City Centre Mall on Thursday evening. During shopping, the boy had an argument with a group. The group came out of the mall and rained

Moodbidri, Oct 9: Police resorted to baton charge after Sangh Parivar activists began unleashing violence in Moodbidri following the cremation a Bajrang Dal leader who was hacked to death by unidentified miscreants on Friday. Within a couple of hours after the murder of 29-year-old Prashant Poojary, the saffron brigades in Moodbidri blocked traffic near the bus-stand. They asked people to close

Bengaluru,Oct 9: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who is already walking a tight financial rope, came under severe pressure on Friday from party vice-president Rahul Gandhi to extend more relief to farmers. Left with no choice, the government is likely to announce waiver on long-standing interest on loan raised by farmers from co-operative institutions and also a hike in compensation to farmers who

Bengaluru, Oct 9: The Karnataka government has hiked the reservation for women in government jobs to 33 per cent from the present 30 per cent. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s had committed in the current year’s budget to increase women’s job quotas by three percentage points. The legislature committee on women and child welfare headed by Congress MLA?Malikayya Guttedar had recommended the hike. Of

New Delhi, Oct 9: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday sacked Food Minister Asim Ahmed Khan on charges of demanding a bribe from a builder. Announcing the sacking at a press conference where he played a recorded tape of a conversation purportedly between Khan and the builder, Kejriwal said the case was being referred to the CBI. "We won't tolerate any corruption, even if it is our

Pune, Oct 9: Residents of Pune were shocked on Friday morning by the sight of a 60-year-old man walking the streets of the city with the severed head of his wife, whom he allegedly beheaded with an axe. Ramu Chavan, who works as a watchman in a housing complex in Katraj area, allegedly killed his 45-year-old wife because he suspected her of infidelity, police said. Dramatic footage aired on

Bengaluru, Oct 9: Karnataka Home Minister KJ George on Friday stirred a controversy by making an irresponsible statement that two men raping a woman is not gangrape. George said, "How can you call it a gangrape? A gangrape is when four-five people are involved. We should condemn the people who did such an act." However, Mr George chose to apologize and said that his statement should not be

Mangaluru, Oct 9: Violent protests erupted in relatively peaceful town of Moodbidri in Dakshina Kannada district within hours after the brutal murder of a Sangh Parivar activist on Friday. Hundreds of activists and Vishva Hindu Parishad, Bajrang Dal and other Hindutva fringe groups took to the streets raising provocative slogans and warning of retaliation against at community for the crime