Karnataka

Kasaragod, Aug 27: A 22-year-old activist of the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) was hacked to death at Pattambi, near Palakkad, during the early hours of Tuesday allegedly by henchmen of the sand-mining mafia operating in the Bharatapuzha river basin. The assailants attacked T. Najeeb, a native of Perumudiyoor, after barging into the ward of Government Taluk Hospital in Pattambi

Mangaluru, Aug 26: The protest held by Dakshina Kannada district unit of Popular Front of India (PFI) here on Wednesday saw over 250 protestors blaming the Congress-led state government for the continuous attacks on Muslims in the district by saffron outfits in the name of cattle trafficking. In the protest meeting organised in front of the Deputy Commissioner's office in the city, the agitators

Mangaluru, Aug 26: “According to the information gathered, the assault on Shakir occurred within a span of 18 minutes and jurisdictional Pandeshwar police arrived at the spot in Attavar as soon as they received news about the assault,” said Mangaluru City Police Commissioner S Murugan. Addressing media persons at his office in the city on Wednesday, the top cop said that the 28-year-old Muslim

Udupi, Aug 26: What connects Bisi Bele Hulianna, Saaru, Modaka, Huggi, Majjige Palidya and Drakshi Gojju? These are some of the famed dishes of the Madhwa Brahmin community of Udupi, a coastal town in Karnataka where the Krishna temple acts as a pivot in people's lives. Laying out the geographical expanse and scientific logic to the regions Madhwa Brahmins vegetarian food habits, culinary expert

Mangaluru, Aug 26: "Luring me close to KMC Hospital in Attavar under the pretext of being in need of money and getting assaulted by members of a saffron outfit was a pre-planned act," alleged Shakir who was brutally assaulted by a group of alleged Bajrang Dal activists in the city earlier this week. Speaking to a Coastaldigest.com at private hospital, where he is slowly recuperating, the 28-year

Mangaluru, Aug 26: An elderly man was run over by a speeding train while crossing a railway track last night near Thokkottu in Mangaluru taluk. The victim has been identified as Abbas, a 62-year-old resident of Deralakatte village in the taluk. He was a sack dealer by profession. The tragedy took place when Abbas was on his way to his daughter’s house located in Manchila near Thokkottu. Abbas had

Mangaluru, Aug 26: Slamming communal outfits and its leaders for misleading youths and encouraging immoral rowdyism in coastal Karnataka, Congress leader U T Khader urged the Mangaluru city police to take stringent action against those to disrupt peace in the society. The health and family welfare minister told Coastaldidgiest.com that he spoke twice to Mangaluru City Police Commissioner Dr S

New Delhi, Aug 26: India’s Muslim population is growing slower than it had in the previous decades, and its growth rate has slowed more sharply than that of the Hindu population, the census on religious groups released by the Central government has revealed. However, the Muslim share in India’s population has grown faster than that of other religions between 2001 and 2011. The decadal Muslim rate

Bangaluru, Aug 26: The BJP?candidate who quit her job as a police constable to contest the BBMP polls, has emerged victorious. JM Savitha, a BA graduate from Vasavi College, contested from Srinagar (ward number 156) in the Basavanagudi Assembly constituency on the BJP ticket. She won the election by more than 6,800 votes- a margin of 399 votes over JD(S)?candidate Nagarthna Thimme Gowda

Bengaluru, Aug 26: The High Court has refused to allow Bilal Ahmed Quta, a terrorism accused from Jammu and Kashmir who has lodged in the Central Prison, Bengaluru, since 2007, a custodial visit to his father who has brain tumour. Justice A S Bopanna on Tuesday stated that since the accused faced trial in three cases, it would be inappropriate to grant him a custodial visit to meet his father in