Karnataka

Mangaluru, Mar 17: Hundreds of beedi workers took to the streets on Tuesday in the city protesting against Narendra Modi-led NDA govt’s move to amend the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Product Act, (COTPA) 2003. The protest was organized by the Centre of Indian Trade Unions and the All India Trade Unions Congress. Addressing protestors in front of the office of Deputy Commissioner, Balakrishna

Mangaluru, Mar 17: Officers of Customs at Mangaluru International Airport here on Tuesday seized five numbers of 10 tola gold bars weighing 583.300 grams, valued at Rs 15,25,330, brought by a passenger who arrived from Dubai. The passenger had brought the said contraband gold bars by concealing them under seat number 23F of Jet Airways Flight 9W531 in which he had travelled from Dubai to Mangaluru

Mangaluru, Mar 17: Mangaluru City South MLA J R Lobo along with Denis D’Silva, State Convener, International Federation of Karnataka Christian Associations (IFKCA) on Tuesday met Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, seeking action against the miscreants who kidnapped and manhandled a Christian nun in the city. Besides, the MLA also informed the Chief Minister on the rise in moral policing in the city.

Mangaluru, Mar 17: A delegation of Muslim clerics comprised of Dakshina Kannada district Wakf Advisory Committee Chairman S M Rashid and Ullal Khazi Fazal Koyamma Thangal paid a visit to violence hit Mudipu village of Mnaglauru taluk and urged the Muslims not to retaliate. The delegation held a meeting with the local Muslim leaders and management committee of the Noorania Masjid and Swalahuddin

Bengaluru, Mar 17: Refusing to concede the Opposition demand for a CBI probe, Karnataka Government today announced a CID inquiry into the death of an upright IAS officer who allegedly committed suicide under mysterious circumstances, as the issue rocked the state Assembly. Not satisfied with Chief Minister Siddaramiah's reply, opposition BJP and JDS members stormed into the well of the House and

Mangaluru, Mar 17: In the wake of state-wide protests after the sudden death of IAS officer D K Ravi in Bengaluru on Monday, former union minister B Janardhan Poojary urged the Chief Minister of Karnataka to conduct a CBI enquiry in the case. Addressing a press conference here on Tuesday, he said that no person was willing to believe that such a bold and straightforward IAS officer had hung

New Delhi, Mar 17: A day after Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan extended an olive branch to Arvind Kejriwal by seeking a meeting, the AAP chief today responded, saying "will meet soon". An SMS was sent to Kejriwal yesterday morning on behalf of both the leaders. In another sign of reconciliation between the two warring factions, senior leaders from the Kejriwal camp met Yadav late last night

Sydney, Mar 17: Members of Sydney's Muslim community have set up a new television studio to counter the mainstream media's treatment of Islam in Australia, a media report said on Tuesday. From its base in western Sydney, the One Path Network films and edits videos for its YouTube channel, including interviews with local sheikhs, about Islamic teachings and current affairs, ABC reported. "This is a

Mangaluru, Mar 17: The Mangaluru Police have arrested six persons in connection with Mudipu violence wherein Hindu fringe groups prevented students and staff of a degree college from undertaking a study tour and attacked a place of worship belonging to Muslims. Four Bajrang Dal activists have been arrested for creating ruckus on the campus of Government First Grade College, Mudipu, on Saturday

Bengaluru, Mar 17: After the sudden death of IAS officer DK Ravi last night, protests have erupted across the state of Karnataka. People have staged a protest in Koppal demanding CBI probe into the death of the young IAS officer. BJP workers too have staged a protest at Gandhi circle in Mysuru. The death of the IAS officer in the city have also rocked the Karnataka assembly. According to sources