Karnataka

Mangaluru, Jan 24: Six persons have been arrested by Mulki police in connection with a group clash occurred on Thursday night near Kordappu Daiwastana in Lingappayya Kadu near Mulki on the outskirts of the city. Police said that two separate groups of friends clashed with each other after an argument over a trivial issue. The said Nitin and his friends reportedly accosted Hafeez and his friends

Kasaragod, Jan 24: With barely a week left for the commencement of the 35th National Games, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy handed over the torch of the mega event to volleyball player Tom Joseph and Kerala Sports Council president Padmini Thomas at the government college grounds here on Friday. ‘‘The National Games commences from Kasaragod,’’ Mr. Chandy said at the function, attended by senior

Bengaluru/Mysuru, Jan 24: JD(S)?supremo H?D?Deve Gowda on Friday said he would not approach the State government in the future seeking land for his party’s office as long as Chief Minister Siddaramaiah was at the helm. Gowda said he had no personal attachment to the office and the party’s belongings had already been packed. “I saw this vacant land, may be disputed, and thought we could move our

Bengaluru, Jan 24: Officials of the Forest department and CID Forest Cell have interrogated one of the six men who had posted his photograph with weapons and Black Naped Hare (a protected wild animal), on Facebook. The forest in the photographs has been identified as Pushpagiri Wildlife Sanctuary in Kodagu. Photographs of a group of six young men carrying weapons inside the forest and holding wild

Riyadh, Jan 23: Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, one of the richest men in the history of the world, was carried in a simple white shroud to an unmarked grave on Friday in a Riyadh cemetery where many of his commoner subjects rest, in keeping with ascetic traditions. It was an Islamic-style burial without any innovation in the religion. There was no official mourning period in Saudi Arabia and flags

Mumbai, Jan 23: Since last year, there have been a series of controversies pertaining to attempts by pro-terrorism Hindu outfits, which were involved in reconversion campaigns and communal violence. Now, in order to glam up the issue, a Hindu outfit has targeted Bollywood Khans, who are married to Hindu women. The Hindu Mahasabha has dared Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan and Saif Ali Khan to convert to

Bengaluru, Jan 23: A special CBI court on Friday granted bail to former Karnataka Minister Anand Singh in illegal mining case. He is expected to be released from the jail Saturday after completing all due procedures. One of the close associates of mining baron Janardhana Reddy, Anand Singh was arrested in 2013 in connection with alleged illegal export of iron ore from Belikeri Port in Karnataka

Mangaluru, Jan 23: Over a thousand demonstrators took part in the massive demonstration organised by the Dakshina Kannada unit of Popular Front of India in front of the deputy commissioner’s office here on Friday, urging justice and harmony in view of the communalism, violence and hate-crimes made by Sangh Parivar groups in the coastal district. Presiding over the protest meet named as

Bengaluru, Jan 23: Former minister Gali Janardhana Reddy was released from Parappana Agrahara prison on Friday two days after he was granted bail by the Supreme Court. He spent more than three years in prison for allegedly carrying out large scale illegal mining in and around Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. He is headed to Parijatha apartments near Chalukya circle, said sources. Reddy's family and

Patna, Jan 23: Police have confirmed that the bomb blast at Ara civil court premises which killed at least two persons and left 17 others injured on Friday was aimed to free the mastermind of a six year old bomb attack during his court appearance. However, the local police and media have refrained from linking today’s bomb blast and 2009 bomb blast occurred in the same court premises to any