Karnataka

Jalandhar, May 23: Construction work for Ram Temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya would start "soon" and be "completed during this tenure" of the present NDA government, controversial VHP leader Sadhvi Prachi today said. "The construction work for Ram Mandir at Ayodhya would start soon. It would be completed during the tenure of the current NDA government," she told reporters here at the

Mumbai, May 23: Unidentified assailants fired at a 45-year-old security agency owner at Film City in suburban Goregaon on Friday afternoon, leaving him critically injured, and creating panic on the sets of a Bollywood film and a TV serial where Amitabh Bachchan and others were shooting. No arrests were made till late on Friday evening. The police suspect business rivalry to be the main motive

Mangaluru, May 22: Dozens of activists staged a protest under the banner of United Muslim Organisation, Dakshina Kannada District, in front of the Deputy Commissioner's office here on Friday, demanding the closure of the Mangalore One School in connection with the sexual abuse on a three-year-old girl studying in the school by a van driver. Addressing the protestors, president of the organisation

New Delhi, May 22: In another shocking statement, veteran BJP leader and Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Thursday justified the beef ban and asked all those who want to eat beef to go to Pakistan. "It is not about loss or profit... it is an issue of faith and belief. It is a sensitive issue for the Hindus," Naqvi said at a conclave organised in New Delhi. "Those

Riyadh, May 29: A suicide bomber targeted a mosque in eastern Saudi Arabia as worshippers were commemorating the 7th century birth of a revered figure on Friday, the Interior Ministry and residents said. Habib Mahmoud, managing editor for the state-linked Al-Sharq newspaper in Qatif, said that the local Red Crescent authorities confirmed to him that 19 people had been killed and 28 wounded. There

Mangaluru, May 22: The victims of the 2010 Mangaluru air crash were today remembered on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the aviation disaster with officials and elected representatives paying homage. One of the country's worst aviation disasters, Air India Express flight 812 coming here from Dubai overshot the runway and crashed while landing at the international airport in the early

Mangaluru, May 22: A youth was sentenced to one year imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 1.5 lakh for uploading the morphed nude pictures of an air hostess on social media. The convict is Debraj Sen Gupta, a 31-year-old youth from West Bengal. He was a childhood friend of the victim. He was arrested after an Air India air-hostess lodged a complaint with Kavoor police station in Mangaluru five years ago

Kasaragod, May 22: The police have launched a probe into the mysterius disappearance of five members of a family residing at Badiadukka in Kasaragod. A complaint filed with the Badiadukka police station by Chandravathi, wife of Bhatiya Naik, on Thursday said that her elder daughter Prema, 20, younger daughter Remya, 15, along with Prema’s daughter Sangeetha, 2, had left home on May 14 saying that

Shirdi (Maharashtra), May 22: A Dalit youth was brutally assaulted and killed in the temple town of Shirdi in Maharashtra allegedly over his mobile ringtone of a song on Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar. Four assailants have been arrested while four others are absconding. Sagar Shejwal, a nursing student , had come home to Shirdi to attend a wedding. On May 16 around 1.30 p.m., he went to a local beer shop

Mangaluru, May 22: As per the order issued by Deputy Commissioner A B Ibrahim, the Public Works Department has issued fresh notices to owners of unauthorised constructions to adhere to building by-laws and bring down illegal structures that have come up perilously in Puttur town limits A local citizen had complained to the Dakshina Kannada deputy commissioner about buildings constructed overnight