Karnataka

Mangaluru, Nov 28: The police department is keeping strict vigil on the groups resorting to moral policing and taking all possible steps to ensure that such incidents do not recur, Mangaluru City Police Commissioner R Hithendra has said. Patrolling had been intensified in various parts of the city and no one would be allowed to take law into their hands, he said taking part in an interaction

Mumbai, Nov 28: Twenty-three-year-old Arif Majeed from neighbouring Kalyan, who until now was believed by many to have been killed while fighting for ISIS in Syria, returned to Mumbai on Friday and is being interrogated by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) here. In May this year, four youths from Kalyan town -- Arif Majeed, Shaheen Tanki, Fahad Shaikh and Aman Tandel -- had left India to

Kathmandu, Nov 28: Even as the Hindutva outfits in India have launched a massive campaign calling for a ban on cattle slaughter and beef consumption, their counterparts in neighbouring Nepal on Friday started slaughtering lakhs of animals in the name of “ritual”. Ignoring calls by animal rights activists to halt what is known as the world's largest animal slaughtering ritual, thousands of sword

Bengaluru, Oct 28: Calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi a promise breaker', Karnataka chief minister Siddaramiah has predicted that Congress party would bounce back in 2019 general elections in India. In an interview, the CM said that the anti incumbency factor in recent general elections did the Congress in as it was in power for the past 10 years. “The Congress failed in the 2014 elections not

Bengaluru: Nov 28: To satisfy the angry party cadres who could not make it to the list of new heads of boards and corporations finalized by the chief minister recently, the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee has taken up the task of drawing a new list for the next term. Even though the term of office for those who will make it to the second list will start only 18 months from now when the tenure

Bengaluru, Nov 28: Despite widespread opposition from across the state and denial of permission from police for the Kiss of Love' event scheduled to be held in Bengaluru on Sunday, several prominent NGOs including Amnesty International, have upheld the “right to kiss” in public. The police must respect the constitutional rights to free expression and peaceful assembly, said the NGO in a statement

Mangaluru, Nov 28: More than a week after a degree student of a city based college went missing under mysterious circumstances her father has filed a habeas corpus petition at Karnataka High Court on Thursday. Insha Khalil (19) resident of Kotekar, who was pursuing graduation at St Agnes College, Mangaluru, went missing after she left for college on November 19. It is believed that she married

Kasargod, Nov 28: Replicating a scene akin to that of an action-packed movie, a four-member group engaged in smuggling ganja managed to give a chasing police team the slip. The police seized 5 kg ganja and a vehicle near Kumbla town late on Wednesday. On a tip-off, a team of Shadow police intercepted the group of persons while transferring the ganja from a car to another vehicle in the Arikadi

Mysuru: Nov 28: Next time if you go for weekly prayers at mosques and churches in the district, you may also get information about the programmes devised by the Central and State governments for the welfare of minorities in Karnataka state. Chairing a meeting on the welfare of minorities under the 15 point programme of the prime minister on Thursday, Deputy?Commissioner?C?Shikha suggested that

Mangaluru, Nov 28: Chaos erupted at the general meeting of Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) on Thursday as the BJP corporators and workers staged protest both inside and outside the council for not posting a regular Commissioner to the civic body. The Opposition members stormed into the well of the house as mayor Mahabala Marla started his address. BJP members protested urging the state government