Karnataka

Bengaluru, Apr 10: A 13-year-old boy drowned in the swimming pool of Glitzy Public School in Chunchaghatta on Kothanur Main Road here on Thursday afternoon. The victim, Gaurav, was a resident of Hosakerehalli and a student of Adams School in the same locality. The management of Glitzy Public School, which runs the swimming centre, allows public to use the pool by charging Rs 40 for 45 minutes. The

Mangaluru, Apr 9: A many as 20 international round table members from United States of America, United Kingdom, Holland, Portugal, Canada and Australia embarked on an adventurous study tour through auto rickshaw on from Tiruvananthapuram to Panaji. They started their journey on April 5 and on their way they reached Mangaluru on April 9. All the members were cordially welcomed by Chairman of

Mangaluru, Apr 9: Chairman of the Gujarat Haj Committee and BJP minority morcha leader Sufi M K Chishty said that Muslims themselves were victims of terrorism, which is more often wrongly portrayed as stemming from the teachings of Islam. Speaking at a media conference here on Thursday, Mr Chishty said that because of the stereotyping of Muslims as terrorists, they had become victims. It is stated

New Delhi, Apr 9: Home Minister Rajnath Singh today got stuck in a lift and later had to climb a stool to scale the wall, sending his security officials into a tizzy for some moments. The incident happened when Singh went to visit a Central Reserve Police Force complex in South Delhi to attend the 'Valour Day' celebrations of the central paramilitary force. Describing the incident, while

Mangaluru, Apr 9: A 22-year-old pregnant woman was found dead at her house at Ambalamogaru near Konaje on the outskirts of the city on Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as Priya, wife of Vighnesh (26). Hailing from Pudukkottai district in Tamil Nadu, the couple had settled in Karnataka after their love marriage. Sources said that Priya was nine months pregnant and was scheduled to

Panaji, Apr 9: Indian Mujahideen (IM) is only a "sectarian outfit" and its members are not terrorists, said All India Congress Committee's minority cell chairman Khurshid Ahmed Saiyed. IM is officially recognised as a terror outfit by the Indian and the US government. Speaking to journalists at the Goa Congress headquarters on Wednesday, Saiyed also said that Muslim terrorists may exist in other

Bengaluru, Apr 9: The State government can now implement the norms laid down for opening new schools, except new English-medium schools from class 1 to 5, as per the circular issued on November 11, 2014. The High Court of Karnataka, which in December last kept the circular in abeyance, on Wednesday modified the order, thereby allowing the government to process the applications for new schools in

Mangaluru, Apr 9: Ullal Dargah has been uniting the people and consolidating the religion for centuries, opined Sufi M K Chishty, chairman of the Gujarat Haj committee. Speaking after felicitating the achievers at the national peace conference organised at Sayyid Shareeful Madani Dargah of Ullal on Wednesday as part of its 20th quinquennial Urs ceremony, he said uniting the people of all faiths

Bengaluru, Apr 9: Rivalry over a property dispute took an ugly turn on Wednesday morning when a 32-year-old truck driver hacked his elder brother to death in broad daylight in Kachrakanahalli, Banaswadi. Madhu killed his own brother Manjunath alias Koli Manju (40) at a roadside tea shop even as horrified passersby looked on. Koli Manju is a small-time real estate agent. His younger brother, Madhu

Mangaluru, Apr 9: A Kerala-based man was caught by local residents while he was attempting robbery by wearing burqa near Ullal Dargah, where a quinquennial Urs is underway. The accused has been identified as Salim (32), a resident of Payyanur in Kerala. He was later arrested Ullal police. According to the police, one Abdul Rawoof was stopped by a person wearing a burqa in Ullal on Tuesday around 8