Karnataka

New Delhi, Sep 24: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today expressed pain at the loss of lives in stampede in Makkah and conveyed his condolences to the families of the deceased. "Distressing news from Mecca,"(sic) tweeted Modi, who is in the USA on a six-day visit. "Pained at loss of lives due to the stampede. Condolences to families of the deceased & prayers with the injured," he added. At least 717

Udupi, Sep 24: A tense atmosphere prevailed in Kaup area on the day of Eid al-Adha after a team of police raided an alleged illegal slaughter house. Meat and weapons used for slaughtering were seized during unexpected raid. According to police source, sleights raided the house of Hasan Sahib, a former member of local gram panchayat at Manipura near Kaup. Sources said that the information received

Lucknow, Sep 24: The Justice (retd) Vishnu Sahai commission set up by the Uttar Pradesh government to probe Muzaffarnagar riots has named several local Samajwadi Party and BJP leaders in the report. It has also indicted some police officers, including the SHO of a local police station for failure to prevent the riots, reports Times of India. Justice Vishnu Sahay, heading the commission submitted

Mina, Sep 24: At least 717 people of different nationalities were killed and over 860 others, including two Indians, injured in a stampede today when Hajj pilgrims jostled their way to perform symbolic stoning of the devil here, marking the culmination of the annual pilgrimage. A sudden surge in the number of pilgrims heading to Jamarat for symbolic stoning of the devil by throwing pebbles against

Mangaluru/Udupi, Sep 24: Eid al-Adha, the festival of sacrifice, was celebrated with gaiety in the coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi on Thursday. Locally known as ‘Bakrid’, the second major festival of Islamic calendar is celebrated to commemorate the sacrifices of Prophet Ibraheem (pbuh). In Middle Eastern countries including Saudi Arabia also the ‘Greater Eid’ was celebrated on

New Delhi, Sep 24: Cow dung can render hydrogen and atom bombs “ineffective.” This implausible claim has been made in a booklet released by the Muslim Rashtriya Manch, an RSS offshoot, to persuade Indian Muslims to give up beef. Radioactivity does not affect a place painted with cow dung or affects it only marginally, claims the booklet, ‘Cow and Islam.’ Such “scientific” claims apart, the book

Bengaluru, Sep 24: Ramachandrapura Mutt seer Raghaveshwara Bharathi, who is facing rape charges, has approached the High Court seeking to quash the CID notice issued to him on September 21, 2015, directing him to appear for the medical examinations that were pending. The seer has contended that he has already undergone medical examination and that the CID cannot compel him to undergo further

Dharwad, Sep 24: Five law students were killed on the spot after the car they were travelling in rammed a KSRTC?bus coming from the opposite direction near the University of Agricultural Sciences in Dharwad on Wednesday. The deceased have been identified as Anish Chinchore (21) son of Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation corporator and senior Congress leader Deepak Chinchore; Shivadeep Dambal

Bengaluru, Sep 23: A man working as a hostel warden and priest has been arrested at Hubballi in north Karnataka for allegedly making threat calls to Karnataka Sahitya Academy for choosing rationalist free-thinker and writer K S Bhagwan for annual Honorary Awards for Lifetime Achievement for 2013. The arrested person was tracked down yesterday through the mobile phone used by him, police said today

Mangaluru, Sep 23: A First Information Report (FIR) has been filed in Karnataka against Kannada author and rationalist KS Bhagwan for "hurting" religious sentiments despite the celebrated writer complaining of receiving threats from right-wing groups accused of killing other rationalists. The complaint against Bhagwan was filed by a person named Shyam in Uppinangady near Mangalore. The complainant