Karnataka

Mysuru: Nov 24: Home Minister K?J?George said that he knew the plight of jail inmates as he had spent three days in a prison nearly 45 years ago. Addressing the inmates of the Central Prisons Mysuru, here, on Sunday, after opening the PG?Study Centre of the Karnataka State Open University and launching a handicrafts camp using silk, organised by Anthahakarana organisation and Sericulture

Patna, Nov 24: A senior state BJP leader, Srikant Bharti was shot dead in Bihar's Siwan district, triggering violent protests on Monday by his supporters, police said. Bharti was killed by unidentified men on Sunday night when he was returning from a marriage party. "Hundreds of supporters of the murdered leader, mostly BJP local leaders and workers, blocked roads and burnt tyres. They also raised

Mangaluru, Nov 24: Unidentified burglars gained entry into a jewellery shop after drilling a hole through a wall and robbed gold ornaments and cash in the intervening night of Sunday and Monday in the city. Police said that the thieves who first broke into an adjacent saloon drilled a hole on the wall to penetrate into the Shilpa Jewellers' located on Kadri Road, Manglauru. Using gas cutter, the

Mangaluru, Nov 24: In an indirect advice to the Hindutva activists to take law into their hands, Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP Shobha Karandlaje advocated the use of whip (chaati) to deal with those who take away “Our” cattle and molest “Our” women! Speaking at Kesard Onju Dina' programme organized by Hindu Seva Sangah as part of Tulu Nadad Krishi Kranti at Brahmarakootlu near here, Ms Karandlaje

Bhatkal, Nov 24: Defence minister Manohar Parrikar has dubbed Karnataka's coastal town of Bhatkal as a landing point of smugglers. “Over 30 years ago, Goa was considered as a landing point for smugglers and now Bhatkal is considered as one,” said Mr Parrikar said addressing Navy personnel at the inauguration of the Information Management and Analysis centre (IMAC) of Navy in Haryana. On coastal

New Delhi, Nov 24: The Trinamool Congress has called national security adviser Ajit Doval a known RSS sympathizer and revealed that the Burdwan blast was a part of a "devious" master gameplan of the BJP that was "conceived, drafted and approved by RSS". "The NSA is a known RSS sympathizer, these plans are hatched at RSS headquarters," TMC leader Derek O'Brien said on Sunday reacting to Arun

Bengaluru, Nov 24: Customs officials seized 2.5 kg gold from a passenger who landed from Dubai at the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) on Wednesday. The suspect has been arrested. Sources said the gold was melted and concealed inside a wood cutting machine. The precious metal was melted so meticulously that even the scanner could not detect it. The flight landed at the KIA at 9 am from Dubai

Bangarpet, Nov 24: Several people sustained injuries and furniture were damaged after two groups of the Christian community clashed over a dispute pertaining to a site belonging to the church at Gangammanapalya in Kolar district. A verbal duel ensued between the two groups at the Apostolic Calvary Church on Sunday. Soon, the groups came to blows. Many people sustained injuries in the incident

Mangaluru, Nov 23: On a scorching Sunday of screeching tyres, dust streaks and revving bikes, new faces held the aces in MRF Mogrip FMSCI National Supercross Championship 2014 at Kulur on the outskirts of the city. Minister for Youth Services and Sports K Abhayachandra Jain inaugurated the event. Minister for Health and Family Welfare U T Khader showcased seized attention by riding a bike

Kozhikode, Nov 23: Perod Abdurahiman Saqafi, the secretary of the All India Sunni Jam-Iyyathul Ulema, has strongly defended his abusive remarks against a four-and-a-half-year-old girl, who had been allegedly raped by two senior students last month. The police have registered a case against Mr Saqafi, who is one of the senior administrative board members of the Parakkadavu Darul Huda English Medium