Karnataka

Mumbai, Jun 2: Weeks after the Election Commission expressed displeasure over senior leader Sanjay Raut's comments on voting rights of Muslims, the Shiv Sena on Tuesday said all Muslims who consider India their motherland should be given all citizen rights. "All Muslims who consider India as their motherland and those who are ready to sweat it out for the development of the country are our

Mangaluru, Jun 2: A CET seat selection guidance workshop was held under the aegis of Jamiyyatul Falah, Mangaluru City Corporation Unit, in the premises of JF community hall in the city recently. The programme was presided over by Imthiyaz Khatheeb, President, Jamiyyatul Falah, Mangaluru Corporation unit. Haji Ibrahim Kodichal, MUDA Chairman, inaugurated the workshop. Saduddin M Salih, President of

New Delhi, Jun 2: Should a person acquitted of rape charges be considered as a "rape survivor", a Delhi court has pondered while acquitting a man accused of raping a divorcee. Additional Sessions Judge Nivedita Anil Sharma made the observation while acquitting a Haryana native of the offence of raping the woman after she retracted from her complaint and said she was now happily married to the

Mangaluru, Jun 2: A 21-year-old girl from Bantwal taluk has been missing for past couple of days. Nafeesathul Misriya neither returned her office nor reached her house after she left the office under the pretext of bringing a mobile charge. A resident of Loretto Padavu village, Misriya was working in the office of an advocate in BC Road. When Misriya did not go home in the evening, her mother

Mangaluru, Jun 2: The Principal District and Sessions Court has convicted and sentenced a Bantwal resident to three years of imprisonment. The accused was charged for possessing and distributing counterfeit notes of Rs 100 denomination. Judge Uma M.G. on Monday pronounced the accused, Jaison P (34), guilty and sentenced him to jail. Chandrahas, a shopkeeper, in Paduperar on the outskirts of the

Bantwal, Jun 2: Muhammed Mustafa from Bantwal taluk, who died in a road mishap in Muscat last week, was buried in his hometown Parliya near B C Road. The mortal remains of 28-year-old youth was brought home from Oman through Mangaluru airport on Sunday afternoon. Thereafter, the body was kept for public viewing before the last rites were performed and he was buried in Mohiuddin Jumma Masjid burial

Bengaluru, Jun 2: The Karnataka state Cabinet has given the nod to withdraw 40 criminal cases registered against activists of Popular Front of India (PFI) and Karnataka Forum for Dignity (KFD) for allegedly “inciting” communal violence in Mysuru in 2009. The move has caused controversy with some senior police officers, including those retired, remarking that it would have “far-reaching”

Mangaluru, Jun 2: The Social Democratic Party of India leaders in Dakshina Kananda have accused the Congress workers of indulging in political goondaism and attacking SDPI activists during recent gram panchayat elections in the district. Addressing a press conference in the city on Monday, A M Athaullah, district vice-president of SDPI, said that Congress is scared of losing many seats to SDPI

Bengaluru, Jun 1: The Central Crime Branch (CCB) of Bengaluru police has filed a charge sheet against Mehdi Masroor Biswas, 24, the suspected handler of pro-Islamic State Twitter account, @ShamiWitness. The CCB’s investigation team filed the charge sheet before a special court here on Monday, more than five-and-a-half months after Biswas’s arrest. Police had arrested Biswas, who was then working

Udupi, Jun 1: Reckless driving by a car driver claimed the life of a retired senior police officer at Brahmavar in Udupi on Monday. Beltangady Jaya Bhandary, a retired Deputy Superintendent of Police, breathed his last in the hospital within an hour after he was hit by a car. The 66-year-old former cop, hailing from Nagori in Mangaluru, was about to cross the road near Mahesh Hospital along with