Karnataka

Puttur, Feb 25: It is the duty of the respective mohallas to see to it that the Wakf property belonging to the Wakf Board is not misused, said Puttur MLA Shakunthala Shetty. Speaking at the information camp organised by Dakshina Kannada Wakf advisory committee on facilities provided by Wakf Board at Town Hall in Puttur, she said that the the state government has given grants through the Wakf

Mumbai, Feb 25: Extradited gangster Abu Salem was today sentenced to life imprisonment by a special TADA court in the 1995 murder case of Mumbai-based builder Pradeep Jain. The court also handed out life imprisonment to Salem's driver Mehndi Hassan while another accused Virendra Jhamb's sentence was set off against the period of detention undergone by him in prison during the various stages of

Mangaluru, Feb 25: A complaint has been registered at Puttur police station against a police constable on charges of dowry harassment, assault and attempt to murder on his wife. The woman who was assaulted is receiving treatment at a government hospital. In the complaint lodged by Saramma from Melantabettu in Belthangady taluk, she has alleged that after her daughter Mumtaz (29) was married in

Mangaluru, Feb 25: A day after RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat accused Mother Theresa of converting people into Christianity in the pretext of service, miscreants have attacked a place of worship belonging to Christians on the outskirts of the port city. St Joseph Vaz worship centre located at Panir near Deralakatte in Mangaluru taluk was attacked by miscreants on Tuesday night. The incident came to light

Mangaluru, Feb 25: The usage of communally-provocative banners and posters can be seen put up in several places in Mangaluru and others parts of the district as part of promotional activities for upcoming Virat Hindu Samajotsav. One such poster calls upon people to shed their blood to build “Hindu” nation. In between this, few miscreants are said to have set fire to one such banner put up in

Mangaluru, Feb 25: Women are assaulted not because of the way they dressed but because of the mind of men that is being spoiled, according Kannada writer and activist Vaidehi. She was speaking at a function to mark 15th anniversary of Anupama Women’s monthly magazine in the city on Tuesday. She also released the special issue of the magazine Despite achieving accolades in various fields, women

Mangaluru, Feb 25: Mild tremors were felt in parts of coastal and Malnad districts of Karnataka on Wednesday morning. The quake, with a magnitude of around 2.5 on the Richter Scale, was felt at around 7 a.m. according to the sources. The tremors were felt dozens of villages of villages in Chikkamgaluru, Hassan, Kodagu and Dakshina Kananda districts. In Beluru taluk of Hassan district and Mudigere

Udupi, Feb 25: Four persons were napped in Kundapur in connection with the murder of Vishwanath Shetty on the outskirts of Shivamogga during a communal clash that erupted after miscreants pelted stones at a rally organized by Popular Front of India (PFI) activists last week. A police team headed by Bhadravathi DySP B Sadananda Naik nabbed Mohammed Mushar (21), Ashid Ahmed (32), Arshad Ahmed (27)

New Delhi/ Jaipur, Feb 25: The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance government on Tuesday distanced itself from Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat’s controversial remarks on Mother Teresa. The remarks lent evidence to the Opposition and Christian bodies to put the Centre back in the dock barely a week after Prime Minister Narendra Modi had condemned forced conversion and

Bengaluru, Feb 25: The long-pending scheme for regularisation of unauthorised construction in urban areas, known as “Akrama-Sakrama”, will soon be a reality. The State government will issue a fresh notification for implementing the scheme and is likely to give one year time from mid-March for people to submit applications. The Urban Development Department (UDD) has proposed to allow all Urban