Karnataka

Mangaluru, Feb 28: The Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha will hold a protest rally and hunger strike on March 8 in Karnataka demanding the state government to outlaw Popular Front of India and Social Democratic Party of India. Addressing a press meet here on Saturday, Hindu Mahasabha State General Secretary Rajesh Pavitran said that PFI and SDPI are responsible for several communal riots across the

Mangaluru, Feb 28: Several people, who staged protest at Nanthoor Junction in the city after a ghastly road mishap on Friday, have expressed their anger against city police for being ruthless towards peaceful demonstrators. “We were peacefully staging a demonstration to exert pressure on the administration to take necessary steps to prevent mishaps at accident-prone Nanthoor Circle. But, all of a

New Delhi, Feb 28: Sonia Gandhi congratulated LK Advani on his 50th wedding anniversary, saying it was also a "special day" for her as it was on this day 47 years ago that she got married to Rajiv Gandhi. "On the auspicious occasion of your 50th wedding anniversary, I send my warm felicitations to you and Mrs Kamala Advani. Over half-a-century you have enjoyed a close companionship, giving

Mangaluru, Feb 28: Officials rescued a five-year-old male leopard, which was caught in a trap near Moodbidri on Friday. The leopard is undergoing treatment at the K. Shivarama Karanth biological park in Pilikula Nisargadhama, on the outskirts of the city. The leopard must have accidentally entered the trap kept on a government land near Elinje village near Moodbidri, according to Assistant

Mangaluru, Feb 27: Stating that the Land Acquisition Bill recently introduced in the Lok Sabha through an ordinance by the NDA government was regressive and anti-farmer, MLC Ivan D’Souza said that the bill had caused outrage among people and urged that the proposed The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 should be withdrawn

Mysuru: Feb 28: The ongoing campaign for a ‘dalit chief minister’ by a section of dalit leaders in the State is slowly gaining pace in Mysuru, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s home district. Janandolana Kriya Samiti, floated by the Chalavadi Mahasabha leaders who are led by former IAS officer K?Shivaram, has mobilised people ahead of the meeting of top leaders scheduled to be held in Mysuru and

Shivamogga/Bengaluru, Feb 28: Police have arrested the organisers of the Popular Front of India (PFI) convention and unity march in connection with the communal clash that resulted in the death of a man here on February 19. M Nanjundaswamy, IGP, Eastern Range, said four office-bearers of the PFI’s district unit had been arrested and remanded in judicial custody. They are Shahid Khan, 32, president

Mangaluru, Feb 27: District in-charge Minister B. Ramanath Rai asked the police to be tough and take action as per the law if there were any speeches hurting religious sentiments in the Hindu Samajotsav on March 1. The police will be given a free hand to take action against those disturbing peace, however powerful s/he might be. Mr. Rai said this at a peace committee meeting held at the office of

Mangaluru, Feb 27: In a tragic serial accident, a tipper lost control on the highway at the busy Nanthoor junction in the city and crashed into an electric pole before colliding with a crane, a car and a motorbike resulting in the death of three persons while three others sustained severe injuries. A woman named Veena (40) and her 13-year-old son Nitesh sitting in an Maruti Alto car were killed

Mangaluru, Feb 27: The ‘unlettered educationist’ Harekala Hajabba, affectionately known as the ‘Akshara Santa’ (saint of letters) among who knows of his praiseworthy efforts to educate the poor children of his village who are otherwise unable to afford school fees, is now unwell and feeble due to his health problems. Due to lack of a nutritious diet and problems such as asthma, anaemia now plagues