Karnataka

Mumbai, Sep 11: Only one in four of Indian Muslims desiring to perform Haj will be travelling to Saudi Arabia this year. The 20% reduction in Haj quota ordered by the Saudi government is causing a huge backlog of pilgrims who want to perform the "once-in-a-lifetime" ritual. Muslim leaders have demanded an increase in quota for India as the latest census data shows a rise in Muslim population (172

Udupi, Sep 11: An elderly couple from Udupi was killed in a road mishap occurred near Hiriyur of Chitradurga district. The tragedy occurred when a Hyundai Elite i20 car in which they were travelling rammed into road median and turned turtle. The deceased have been identified as Nagaraj Bhat (55) and his wife Lata Bhat (55) hailing from Udupi. Their son Manoj, who was driving the car, has sustained

Mangaluru, Sep 11: The Khazi of Dakshina Kannada has come out in support of the ongoing agitation in Dakshina Kannada district against controversial Yettinahole project. Thwaka Ahmed Musliyar stated in a release issued here that the people and government have no right to destroy environment by undertaking dangerous projects. “It is the duty of every individual on the earth to protect and conserve

Mangaluru, Sep 11: Amidst farmers’ suicide spree across the country, a 67-year-old farmer was found dead in his house in Sullia town of Dakshina Kannada district on Thursday. Sanjeeva Rao, said to be a debt-ridden farmer was found hanging from the roof of his house, police sources said. The police said that they had recovered a note purportedly written by the deceased farmer. The note mentions

Ranebennur, Sep 11: The CID on Thursday questioned Akhila Bharata Hindu Mahasabha State president Pranavananda Swami, his car driver and Satish, a native of Kerala, in connection with the killing of Kannada writer M M Kalburgi. The CID team, led by SP D C Rajappa, detained Pranavananda Swami from Sharanabasaveshwara Mutt at Are Mallapur in the taluk on Thursday and questioned him at the Police

Shivamogga, Sep 11: The government is contemplating amending the Karnataka Private Medical Establishments (KPME) Act to permit a patient’s relative to enter a hospital’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU) during treatment, Health Minister U T Khader said on Thursday. Presently, hospitals do not allow family members once a patient is taken into the ICU. Khader said he had received complaints about the

Mangaluru, Sep 11: A 15 day ultimatum has been given to the Dakshina Kannada district administration and elected representatives in the district by Karavali Jeevanadi Nethravathi Rakshana Samithi to stop controversial Yettinahole project. Addressing media persons here on Thursday Samithi Vice President M G Hegde warned of a total shutdown of the district for the second time if the deadline was

Mangaluru, Sep 10: A group of three miscreants deliberately rammed their car into a scooter and then brutally assaulted the injured rider at Chembugudde village under the limits of Ullal police station in Mangaluru taluk on Thursday. A critically injured Louis (32) is undergoing treatment at a private hospital in the city. The ruthless assailants made apparent attempt to sever his hand from his

Mangaluru, Sep 10: Video footage of a casteist teacher thrashing a student who has a fractured arm has gone viral on social media. A complaint in this regard was yesterday lodged at Vittal police station on the outskirts of Mangaluru by Dalit Seva Samiti leader Sheshappa with police saying that the incident had occurred a few days back. Sheshappa called for stringent action against Somasundara

Mangaluru, Sep 10: Nitte Institute of Communication, Paneer Campus, organised a guest lecture on “Western Ghats and rehabilitation issues” on Thursday at the college auditorium. Mr Niren Jain, Forest and Wildlife Conservationist addressed the students and said that the humans do not respond and relate to lot of changes taking place in the environment, thus becoming irresponsible and reason for