Karnataka

New Delhi, Jul 18: Calling the victory of the BJP- led alliance in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections as initiation of a "revolution" in the country, VHP patron Ashok Singhal today said by 2020, India would be a Hindu nation. "I was at the Sai Baba Ashram where Sai Baba told me by 2020 the entire country will be Hindu and 2030 the entire world will be Hindu. I feel that revolution has started," he said

Mangaluru, Jul 18: Two motorbike-borne miscreants stabbed a 24-year-old youth in his abdomen on Friday night near PA College of Engineering at Nadupadavu village on the outskirts of city. The injured has been identified as Sirajuddin, a resident of Nadupadav who works as a sales executive in Karnataka Agencies in Mangaluru. The incident occurred when he was returning home on his scooter in the

Mumbai, Jul 18: The Central Bureau of Investigation, which is facing charges of trying to protect saffron terrorists exerting pressure on prosecutors, has now called social activist Teesta Setalvad ‘a threat to national security’! Opposing the anticipatory bail application of Ms Setalvad, the CBI told a sessions court here, in a reply filed on Friday, that she was a threat to national security.

Mangaluru, Jul 18: The chants of Takbeer reverberated in Mangaluru and other parts of coastal Karnataka on Saturday morning as thousands of Muslims offered Eid-ul-Fitr prayers braving heavy rains. The festival of fast-breaking was celebrated with traditional gaiety and pomp as greetings of ‘Eid Mubarak’ and ‘Taqabbal allahu minna wa minkum’ (May Allah accept it from you and us) were exchanged with

Mumbai, Jul 18: The race to emerge as the top IT exporter city in India is likely to get hotter with Hyderabad likely to give tough competition to Bengaluru in the future. “We want Hyderabad to be the number one in terms of information technology, ahead of Bengaluru, in the next few years,” Telangana IT Minister K T Rama Rao said, adding that IT exports from Hyderabad are at around $11 billion

Mysuru, Jul 18: In what could be music to the ears of lakhs of students of Karnataka State Open University (KSOU), the University Grants Commission (UGC) is expected to renew recognition to the courses offered at the varsity within fortnight. Addressing media at the varsity on Friday, vice-chancellor Prof?M?G?Krishnan said that the meeting between the delegation led by himself and UGC?officials at

Mangaluru, Jul 17: A group of trouble-mongers owing allegiance to Sangh Parivar stormed a mosque on Friday morning at Kokkada village under the limits of Uppinangady police station in Dakshina Kannada district and assaulted a physically challenged youth before leaving the spot. The attack took place at around 6 a.m. when only Kalanadar (27), a physically challenged local youth and few children

Bengaluru, Jul 17: Opposition BJP today moved a breach of privilege motion against Karnataka Tourism Minister R V Deshpande in the Assembly for launching the state government's tourism policy in an event when the Legislature is in session. Soon after the question hour, BJP's Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri moved the motion, accusing Deshpande of "ignoring" the House. Tourism Department had yesterday

Kochi, Jul 17: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy was on Friday served notice by a commission probing the solar panel scam which had rocked the state in 2013. Besides Chandy, the Justice Sivarajan Commission also issued notice to several politicians, including state ministers and legislators against whom several witnesses gave statements and submitted evidence during their examination. Notices

New Delhi, Jul 17: India has a whopping 46 lakh categories of caste and sub-castes, and different caste and clan surnames, the socio-economic-caste (SEC) census 2011 has revealed. Speaking to the media after Thursday’s Cabinet meeting, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley cited an example of the Jat community which uses different titles. He said the surnames and clan names have to be consolidated by the