Karnataka

Lucknow, Dec 19: The Shiv Sena Monday warned that œit will not tolerate  the ghar wapsi planned by RSS-affiliate Dharm Jagran Samiti in Aligarh on December 25 as any such reconversion of Muslims œwill lead to genetic abnormalities in the Hindu community . The Uttar Pradesh unit of the party said the actual ghar wapasi would be by sending Muslims to Pakistan. œThe Hindu and Muslim cultures do not

Mangalore, Dec 19: CEO of Panambur Beach Tourism Development Project (PBTDP) and chairman of Karavali Utsav Beach Festival Committee Yathish Baikampady said that a beach festival would be organised as part of Karavali Utsav 2014-15, for a period of nine days starting from December 24. Briefing mediapersons at a press conference here on Friday, he said that events would be held at the Panambur

Mangaluru, Dec 19: Vinay Kumar Sorake, the Minister for Urban Development, has said that the Mangaluru City Corporation has not sent any proposal to the State government to upgrade the civic body as Greater Mangaluru City Corporation. Speaking at the winter session of the Legislative Council at Belagavi, the minister said that without a proposal from the corporation the state could not take any

New Delhi, Dec 19: From a Twitter account purported to be of Pakistan Army chief, Gen Raheel Sharif tweeted on Wednesday, "Asked PM Nawaz Sharif to hang all terrorists. More than 3,000 terrorists should be hanged in next 48 hours." A day later, Lashkar-e-Taiba's commander Zaki-ur Rahman Lakhvi was out on bail. Gen Sharif, who has frontally taken on the Taliban, is credited to have changed the army

Puttur, Dec 19: A 65-year-old Sabarimala pilgrim from Puttur in Dakshina Kannada district died when he was hit by a train in Kasaragod. Vidya Shankar Iyer was run over when he and two others were walking on a railway bridge at Thalangara, the police said. Mr. Iyer, a retired Karnataka Forest Department employee, had left home on foot a few days ago. His body was handed over to his family members

Ahmedabad, Dec 19: Adding fuel to fire in the recent conversion-row, working president of right-wing organisation Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), Pravin Togadia said ancestors of Indian Muslims and Christians were Hindus. œThe ancestors of Indian Muslims were Hindus. The ancestors of Christians were Hindu too. History says that many people converted to Islam due to atrocities and by the force of the

New Delhi, Dec 19: UGC has asked universities across the country to observe December 25 as'Good Governance Day' amid the controversy over organising events on the occasion which requires physical presence of students in campus on Christmas. However, in communication sent to all vice chancellors, UGC has made it clear the competition on oratory be organised before the universities and colleges go

Allahabad, Dec 19: Ruling that their conversions were not valid because it was done with œthe sole purpose of marriage , the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday refused to grant any relief to five couples who had got married after the girls who were Hindu converted to Islam. The couples had approached the court seeking relief against alleged harassment by relatives and police. A single-judge bench of

Belagavi, Dec 19: The Opposition on Thursday vehemently criticised Health Minister U T Khader over the acute shortage of doctors in primary health centres (PHCs), during the winter session of the Legislative Assembly. The anger against the minister was so intense that he was not even allowed to reply to all the questions raised by the members of the Opposition. Even Speaker Kagodu Thimmappa, as in

Mangaluru, Dec 18: The passengers of a Kuwait-bound Air India Express flight which took off from Mangaluru on Wednesday, December 17, were stranded for more than a day at Bahrain Airport after the aircraft developed a major technical fault half way through. A few Kuwait-bound passengers of the Mangaluru-Bahrain-Kuwait flight also resorted to agitation with AIE authorities at Bahrain Airport as