Karnataka

Mangaluru, May 1: The coastal city's first shopping destination and entertainment hub - City Centre Mall has completed five years of its existence in Mangaluru. On the occasion of its fifth year anniversary, the Mall has organised - Chrysalis - a month-long celebration of entertaining performances, gala events, shopping offers and exciting prizes for its customers. Having begun on April 23, the

Mangaluru, May 1: A first division assistant of a government pre-university college has been sentenced to one year of imprisonment by the III Judicial Magistrate First Class Court, here, after being found guilty of assaulting the headmistress of the college. In the charge-sheet, the Barke police said 35-year-old Shivaprasad Dev had asked Annapurna Bachchan, headmistress of Bokkapatna Government PU

Kochi, Apr 1: Five years after a Malayalam professor's right palm was chopped off by a group of men for 'blaspheming' Prophet Mohammed, an NIA trial court here on Thursday convicted 13 men, 10 of them for conspiring and committing a "terrorist act". Of those convicted, K H Jamal Hassan, K M Shobin, Shamsudeen Makkar alias Shamsu, Shanavas Abdulla alias Shemeer and Pareeth Aliyar were directly

Hubballi, May 1: The First Additional Sessions Court, Hubballi, has acquitted all 17 so called "terror suspects" accused of being part of a “sleeper cell” of the outlawed Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) including three doctors, one final year MBBS student and two engineers. The helpless youth were facing charges of waging war against the country, sedition and manufacture and possession

Kasargod, May 1: Hundreds of people from all walks of life on Thursday paid their last respects to A.S. Irshad, a physician from the district who was killed in the Kathmandu earthquake. Irshad’s embalmed body was brought here from Bengaluru and buried at the Nellikkunnu Muhiyuddin Juma Masjid. Irshad, 25, had been selected for postgraduation in medicine in an Assam institute. Irshad and his

Washington, May 1: Religious minorities in India have been subjected to “violent attacks, forced conversions” and “Ghar Wapsi” campaigns by groups like the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) after the Modi government assumed power in 2014, a US Congress-established panel has said. In its 2015 annual report, the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) asked the Obama administration

Mangaluru, Apr 30: A colourful march past by contingents of participating athletes from various states and teams depicting cultural dance forms of various regions of Tulunadu and Karnataka state marked the beginning of the 19th Federation Cup National Senior Athletics Championship - 2015, hosted for the first time in the state in the coastal city of Mangaluru. Contingents of athletes representing

New Delhi, Apr 30: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today led an all-party delegation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking the Centre's "cooperation" for implementing the Mekedatu dam project in his state, which is being opposed by neighbouring Tamil Nadu. "We sought support from the Government of India to go ahead with the project," Siddaramaiah told reporters outside Parliament House

Kathmandu, Apr 30: After experiencing major devastation and loss of lives in the April 25 earthquake, Nepal is left with an unsavoury taste in the mouth when it received packets of 'beef masala' as part of the relief package from Pakistan. Since the majority-Hindu country treats cows as sacred and there is a blanket ban on slaughtering the animal, the development has the potential of triggering

New Delhi, Apr 30: India will provide e-Tourist Visa to 31 more countries, including France and Canada, enabling the citizens of these nations easy entry to the country. The e-Tourist Visa had been launched in November last year for 45 countries from nine designated Indian airports. With the latest addition, the total number of countries under this scheme will go up to 76. According to reports