Karnataka

Rampur (UP), Jun 11: Reacting on the recent comments by BJP MP Yogi Adityanath on Yoga, UP minister Azam Khan today said that the saffron leader should "offer namaz to set his mind on the right track". "Although my advice to Yogi about namaz might not be correct but since he wants to use force to adopt any exercise, I am forced to express my opinion. "He should rather offer namaz (prayers) that

New Delhi, Jun 11: After dropping 'Surya namaskar' from the official yoga programme to "avoid controversy", the government today said chanting 'shlokas' during 'International Yoga Day' was not "compulsory" and appealed to Muslims to participate in the event. Shripad Naik, Minister for AYUSH, the coordinating ministry for the event at Rajpath on June 21, said Muslims can "take the name of Allah

Bhatkal, Jun 11: In a case of apparent communal hatred against Bhatkal Muslims, a student was reportedly prevented from boarding a flight by the authorities at Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru just because he hailed from Bhatkal. Arsalan Ahmed khazi, a student of Jamia Islamia University in Bhatkal, was supposed to board a UAE bound Air Arabia flight at 4:35 a.m. on Wednesday at

Udupi, Jun 11: Ay least four cows were killed after lightning struck a cow shed at Kadtala village in Karkala taluk of Udupi district on Wednesday. According to the information provided by Karkala Taluk Office, the four cows belonged to Vijaya Achari and the loss has been estimated at Rs. 1 lakh. As per the District Control Room here, Udupi received a rainfall of 41.5 mm in the last 24 hours

Kozhikode, Jun 11: 15 people were booked on murder charge in connection with last night's clash between CISF and AAI personnel in which a jawan was killed at Karipur international airport where flight operations resumed this morning amid tight security. Kerala Home minister Ramesh Chennithala said an inquiry has been ordered. Forensic officials went to the Karipur airport near here to probe the

Udupi, Jun 11: A 45-year-old man was arrested by police on the charge of murdering his eighty-year-old mother-in-law at Uppinakudru village in Kundapur taluk on Wednesday. According to the police, Janardhan Sherugar (45) killed his mother-in-law Janaki Sherugar (80) after she refused to give him money. Janaki used to stay alone in her house close to her son Ganesh Sherugar’s house. Janardhan had

Mangaluru, Jun 11: In a shocking incident, a 30-year-old woman and her two-month-old child were found dead in a well near their house at Shirlal village in Belthangady taluk on Wednesday. The deceased have been identified as Chandravati (30) and her son Chirag. Police sources said that the woman’s family members found the mother and the child dead in the well around 4 a.m. in Chandravati’s parents

Kasaragod, Jun 11: The problem of sea erosion has rejuvenated in Kasaragod as the monsoon rains continued lash the coastal district. Currently, the Kizhoor and Chembarikka beaches in Kasaragod are facing a threat from rough sea, forcing residents to move to safer areas. The sea had remained rough over the past few days. Even though seawalls had been constructed on the vulnerable stretches of the

New Delhi, Jun 11: FMCG major Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) has decided to recall its Chinese range of 'Knorr' instant noodles from the market pending product approval from the central food safety regulator FSSAI. HUL's decision to withdraw the product comes a day after reports that Hindustan Unilever's Chinese range of 'Knorr' instant noodles may come under the scanner of Food Safety and

Bengaluru, Jun 11: The probe into the irregularities of Janthakal Enterprises, a mining company, by the Lokayukta Special Investigation Team (SIT), is likely to cause fresh troubles for former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy. The company owned by Vinod Goel, who was arrested by the SIT in Mumbai last week, got the lease renewed with retrospective effect on the same day under strange circumstances