Shahjehanpur, Jun 9: A gruesome incident has been reported in Uttrar Pradesh’s Shahjehanpur, where a journalist was reportedly burnt alive for writing against SP MLA Ram Murti on Facebook. The victim, journalist Jagendra Singh had written about the Samajwadi Party MLA's involvement in illegal activities in newspapers, according to a media report. An eyewitness revealed that a police officer, who
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Mangaluru, Jun 9: Stringent measures should be taken to prevent encroachment of Wakf properties in Karnataka as such a practice has caused widespread damages to the Muslim community across the state, said Dr Mohammed Yusuf, chairman, Karnataka State Board of Wakfs. Presiding over the district level Wakf conference held on Monday at Zeenath Bakhskh Yatheem Khana hall in the city, he said that cases
Mangaluru, Jun 9: A bag containing jewellery worth about Rs 11 lakh was stolen from a car parked at the parking lot of Panambur beach on the outskirts of the city. Lakshmi, a resident of Ramanagara and the owner of the car, stated in his complaint that he had gone to the beach on Sunday evening along with his relatives. He said that he had parked the car at the parking lot. His family members had
Bengaluru: Jun 9: At a time when the police and banks have been informing people not to reveal their credit/debit card PIN details to callers who pose as bank employees, an unsuspecting State DG & IGP Omprakash fell trap to one such conman. Omprakash got a call two months ago from one Ashraf Ali (26) who introduced himself as an ICICI bank employee. Ali told the DG & IGP: “Sir, I would like to
New Delhi, Jun 9: The Centre has decided to drop 'Surya Namaskar' from 'asanas' to be performed by people across the country to commemorate 'International Day of Yoga' on June 21. The trimming of the drill is aimed at catering to the sensibilities of the minorities in the wake of opposition from Muslim groups. Launching a nationwide campaign against making what it dubbed "Hindu religious practices
Udupi, Jun 8: A 55-year-old person died, when he was travelling in a private service bus from Gudeangady to Manipal, on Monday. According to social worker Nityananda Volakadu, the passenger Gopal Naik (55) had got into the bus at Gudeangady in Hiriyadka and had taken a ticket to Manipal. But he did not get down at Manipal. The bus conductor went to check on Naik, when the bus reached Indrali bus
Bengaluru, June 8: The south-west monsoon has met favourable conditions for further advance into Karnataka over the next two days, officials from the meteorological department said on Monday. The Met Office forecast rain and thundershowers at most places in coastal Karnataka and at a few places in the state's interior, officials said. For Bengaluru city, the weatherman has forecast a generally
Dubai, Jun 8: Thumbay (GMC) Hospitals in Dubai, Ajman, Sharjah and Fujairah will be organizing free mega health camps on Friday, June 12 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Hospital sources said that over 7500 people are expected to benefit from the free health camp. This is going to be the largest free health camp organized by the Thumbay Hospitals. In Dubai, the camp will be held in association with Karnataka
Mangaluru, Jun 8: A 30-year-old youth was found lying dead in a ditch besides his motorbike at Jeppinamogaru, in the city on Monday. The deceased has been identified as Ashwani (30), a resident of Thokkottu. He was working in Land Links office in Kodialbail here for over a decade. It is suspected that he might have died due to a road accident near Geeta garage at Jeppinamogaru late night on Sunday
New Delhi, Jun 8: A Supreme Court bench headed by Justice R K Agrawal today recused itself from hearing the plea of BJP leader Subramanian Swamy against the order of an Assam trial court issuing a non-bailable warrant against him for failing to appear before it in a case of alleged hate speech. The bench, also comprising Justice Amitava Roy, referred the matter to another bench saying, "If it has