Karnataka

Panaji, Mar 15: Controversy erupted over scrapping by Goa government of Gandhi Jayanti on October 2 from the list of public holidays but Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar later said it could be an act of "mischief" or a "typing mistake". Gandhi Jayanti, the birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation, was not marked as a holiday in the current year's calender, released yesterday, triggering

Mangaluru, Mar 15: The mother of the nursery student, who was sexually abused by a school van driver near Thokkottu on the outskirts of the city on Friday, has demanded immediate justice and prompt legal action against the accused and authorities of Mangalore One School, who downplayed the incident. Speaking at a press conference held by Samyuktha Muslim Jamath, Dakshina Kannada and like-minded

Mangaluru, Mar 14: The body of Prabha Shetty, a Dakshina Kannada-based software engineer who was stabbed to death by unknown assailants in Sydney last week, reached Mangaluru International Airport on Sunday. A host of her relatives were present at the airport and the family had made all arrangements to take the body to her residence. The body was later taken to her hometown Amtoor in Bantwal taluk

Mangaluru, Mar 15: It was a horrific Saturday night for the residents of Mudipu area in Mangaluru taluk as around 300 riot-mongers owing allegiance to Sangh Parivar ran amok targeting Muslim individuals, their properties and place of worship. The inebriated mob which initiated violence by attacking a bus hired by a local college for an educational trip, later chased and attacked Muslim travelers

Mangaluru, Mar 15: A group of hate-mongers belonging to Sangh Parivar pelted stones at a bus and local residents after forcing a degree college at a village in Mangaluru taluk to cancel its scheduled educational tour citing the presence of Muslim boys in the bus. The students and lecturers of Government First Grade College, Mudipu, on the outskirts of the city, were in for a rude shock on Saturday

Bengaluru, Mar 15: Subramanaim Swamy has once again courted controversy by making statements that a mosque is not a religious structure and could be demolished any time. The BJP leader made the controversial statement at a function in Guwahati which led to protests and a criminal case being filed against him. Swamy was quoted in Hindustan Times as saying, “A mosque is not a religious place. It is

Udupi, Mar 15: The police on Saturday arrested a youth on the charge of sexually assaulting a minor girl in Udupi district. The accused has been identified as Surendra alias Soori (23), a fish vender, resident of Ninjoor village in Karkala taluk. He trespassed into a house and allegedly sexually assaulted a 16-year-old girl on March 7. The incident came to light when the girl told her relatives

Mangaluru, Mar 15: The police have arrested a man in the city on the charge of swindling two nationalised banks of over Rs.3.50 crore pledging forged documents. The prime accused Sayed Gulzar Ahammed, 55, hailing from Uppala, who had been evading the CBI, was arrested by a police team led by Kasaragod Dy.SP T.P. Ranjith from the Mangaluru railway station on Saturday. Gulzar had absconded after he

Puttur, Mar 14: Brushing aside the allegations against Karnataka government of being anti-Hindu, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said that his government never acted against the constitution. “We are against communalism but not against any particular community or religion,” the CM said at a public meeting here on Saturday. Inaugurating the mini Vidhana Soudha constructed here at a cost of Rs 9.27

Mangaluru, Mar 14: An education department official in the city has said that he would not hesitate to recommend disciplinary action against a private school, which allegedly tried to cover up a rape case. Speaking to Coastaldigest.com, Walter D’Mellow, the Deputy Director of Public Instructions, Dakshina Kannada district, said that a team from the education department has visited the school and