Karnataka

Mandya, Sep 5: A tense atmosphere prevailed at Hulivana village in Mandya on Friday, following violence that erupted on Thursday night in the wake of an alleged inter-caste marriage between a Dalit boy and a Lingayat girl. What triggered the violence was the marriage of Santosh, from a Scheduled Caste community, with a girl belonging to so called upper caste. According to a source, the parents of

Puttur, Sep 5: In an unfortunate accident, a youth riding a motorbike died in a head-on collision between a motorbike and Maruti Omni on Friday in Salmara Muddodi on the outskirts of Puttur town. The deceased has been identified as Mohammed Ziyadh (18), resident of Mukwe in Narimogaru village in Puttur taluk. As a result of the collision with the motorbike, the Omni car overturned and fell into a

Bengaluru, Sep 5: Raghaveshwara Swami, the head of Ramachandrapura Mutt, was granted anticipatory bail by a sessions court here on Wednesday in a rape case registered against him at the Girinagar police station. Judge G D Mahavarkar granted the swami 30-day bail on his petition and adjourned the next hearing until September 8. A woman had recently lodged a complaint with the Girinagar police that

Mangaluru, Sep 5: The Students Islamic Organisation of India has said the themes selected for consideration while framing the new National Education Policy “lack vision” as these neither recognise existing discriminations and inequalities in the education system nor address the issues of privatisation and commercialisation. The consultation themes suggested by the Ministry of Human Resource

Mysuru, Sep 5: Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, on?Friday, asserted that there was a possibility of creating a new civilisation if the scourge of poverty, unemployment and net carbon emission were addressed in the world. Delivering a lecture on the topic ‘Redesigning economics to redesign the world’, marking the launch of the Nobel laureate lecture series, organised as a part of the centenary

Udupi, Sep 5: The Udupi district unit of Bharatiya Janata Party has criticised the ruling Congress for increasing property tax in Udupi City Municipal Council. In a press release issued here, the BJP, which is the Opposition party in Udupi CMC, said that the ruling Congress party had promised in its manifesto during the last election to the civic body that it would not increase property tax for

Mangaluru, Sep 5: Sandeep Malani, who has acted in several Tulu, Kannada and Konkani films in the past has now taken up a few Hindi films in which he will be seen playing various characters. Malani, has been a director having done 7 films till date of which 4 in Kannda and 2 in Hindi. His film Jo Jo Laali has won 16 awards so far and has gone to International Festivals too. A die hard Sridevi fan

Kasaragod, Sep 5: The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has asked central agencies to report on aspects of “national concern” said to be involved in a proposal for setting up an international Arabic university in Kerala, top officials privy to the development said. The move comes on the heels of Additional Chief Secretary K.M. Abraham and Chief Secretary Jiji Thomson officially opining that

Kasaragod, Sep 5: The Centre has not yet taken a decision on the recommendation made by the Law Commission regarding abolishment of capital punishment in cases other than those involved in terror attacks, Union Minister of Law and Justice D.V. Sadananda Gowda has said. The Law Commission’s suggestion would be placed before the public for debate and the Centre at the same time would seriously exam

Mangaluru, Sep 4: HN Gopalakrishna, a Karnataka Administrative Service (KAS) officer, took charge as the Commissioner of Mangaluru City Corporation on Friday. He was earlier the Additional Deputy Commissioner of Hassan. Mr. Gopalakrishna replaced Hephsiba Rani Korlapati, an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, who was transferred on June 12, 2015. Later, the post of Commissioner remained