Karnataka

Bengaluru, Sep 15: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has asked the Karnataka unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party to focus on the zilla and taluk panchayat elections to be held in the state next year. At a meeting of top BJP state leaders in?Bengaluru on Monday, RSS?functionaries took the BJP leaders for failing to grab power in the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP)?Council and asked them not

Udupi, Sep 15: Registering their protest against increasing atrocities on Dalits by “upper caste” Hindus across the state, members of the Udupi district committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) staged a dharna in front of the Clock Tower here. The protesters demanded stringent action against those who practice and promote casteism and treat Dalits as animals. Speaking on the occasion

Mangaluru, Sep 15: The Students’ Islamic Organisation of India organised a program “Shiksha Samvad” to discuss on the new education policy to be framed by central government at Srinivas College, Mangluru. Speaking on the occasion, resource person Dr Niranjan Aradhya said, new national education policy should be framed based on the constitutional values i.e., equality and justice rather on any

Tumakuru, Sep 15: Eight children of Kalpataru Central School narrowly escaped death after the vehicle ferrying them home suddenly caught fire in Tiptur near here on Monday evening. Rangaswamy, the driver of the Maruthi van by which the children were travelling, stopped the vehicle as soon as he noticed fire in the vehicle. He immediately helped all the children get down from the vehicle. The van

Mysuru, Sep 15: Three Haj pilgrims from Karnataka are among over 100 people who were killed in the holy city of Makkah after a construction crane collapsed in Masjid al-Haram or the Grand Mosque last Friday. G Khadarbi (45) and Sameena Banu (40), both of the same family in Siruguppa taluk of Ballari district lost their lives in the accident. The two women were part of a 10-member team from

Mangaluru, Sep 15: The Karnataka High Court has directed the State government to appoint a person who knows to read and understand Arabic language to know the syllabus that is being taught at Mohiddin Jumma Masjid and Darul Uloom Madrasa (Wakf Institutions) in Dakshina Kannada district. The bench questioned the appellants’ advocate about the use of the word “anti-national” asking him what was

Udupi, Sep 15: A court in Udupi on Monday remanded gangster Bannanje Raja in judicial custody till October 14. Shanthi Bai, Senior Assistant Public Prosecutor, told presspersons here that Raja was produced before the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate here in connection with two cases — shooting at a jewellery shop in Udupi in August, 2011, and threat and attempt to robbery of a businessman at

Mangaluru, Sep 14: Unlike the previous year, Muslims in coastal Karnataka and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia this year will observe Eid al-Adha on the same day. The feast of sacrifice will be on September 24 (Thursday) in the Arab land and the Tulu Nadu, announced the religious authorities of the respective regions on Monday. Thwaka Ahmed Musliyar, the Khazi of Dakshina Kannada district, after a meeting

Chennai, Sep 14: Amid reports that Rajinikanth has been offered to play the role of king Tipu Sultan in a new movie, right-wing outfits have objected to it, saying the superstar should not act in it. Rajinikanth has not commented on the issue or on the fact whether he has accepted the role but that has not stopped the right wing group in issuing an ultimatum against the project. "Rajnikanth is a

Kathmandu, Sep 14, Sep 14: Nepali lawmakers on Monday rejected a proposal to restore the Hindu character of the Himalayan nation with the Constituent Assembly (CA) firmly plumping for secularism that was adopted seven years ago. The 601-member CA -- tasked with framing the country's new constitution -- voted clause-by-clause on individual articles of the proposed constitution and ensured that its