Karnataka

Mangaluru, Dec 14: Thousands of Tulu lovers enthusiastically participated in various events of Vishwa Tuluvere Parba-2014 on Sunday, the third and final day of the global Tulu fest. More than the academic sessions, people seemed to be interested in the other attractions of the festival, including exhibitions, demonstrations, traditional sports and the boating. The premises of Sahyadri College of

Mumbai, Dec 14: Senior VHP leader Praveen Togadia today criticised Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav for his statement that religious conversions were not right and should be stopped. "(SP chief) Mulayam Singh says that conversion is not right and it (should) stop. Do you really think conversion is wrong? If yes then why did you not work towards bringing a law against conversion in

Panaji, Dec 14: A 22-year-old German woman was allegedly molested at Canacona taluka here following which a local autorickshaw driver has been arrested, police said today. The accused, Chetan Namshikar, was arrested on Friday after the woman complained against him. The offence allegedly took place on December 6, when the woman was returning after attending a party on beachside in Canacona taluka

Mangalore, Dec 14: Decrying clashes between religious communities, Veerabhadra Chennamalla Swamiji, pontiff and chairperson of Nidumamidi Mahasamstha Mutt said that people should develop the attitude of one country and one society. The society should step out of its religious framework and build a united nation, he said. Interacting with media persons in the city on Sunday, he said that the entire

Bengaluru, Dec 14: Bengaluru DCP Abhishek Goyal has received a threat on Twitter for arresting Mehdi Masroor Biswas, the owner of, pro-ISIS twitter handle, ShamiWitness. The threat tweet was generated from @abouanfal6 account, supposedly owned by ISIS members, which has over 400 followers and tweeted more than 500 times. The twitter handler in question, sent a threat message in reply to Goyal's

Kollam, Dec 14: The Madras High Court directed the concerned authorities to inform all airport authorities not to harass Sarah Thomas, an NRI from Dubai, detained by immigration officials here in a case of mistaken identity, lodged in prison and later handed over to Kerala Police. The Division Bench, comprising Justices S Tamilvanan and T Mathivanan, gave the direction when a Habeas Corpus

Kochi, Dec 14: Three gold loan companies in Kerala have more precious metal in their vaults than the gold reserves of some of the richest nations. Muthoot Finance, Manappuram Financeand Muthoot Fincorp jointly hold nearly 200 tonnes of gold jewellery, which is higher than the gold reserves of Singapore, Sweden or Australia. India accounts for approximately 30% of the global demand for gold, a true

Mangaluru, Dec 14: Nineteen Indian workers were allegedly duped in Saudi Arabia by two Mangaluru based recruiting agents according to a complaint filed at Pandeshwar police station in the city. Social activist Chand Pasha from Karim Nagar in Andhra Pradesh filed the complaint accusing two persons-Khader and Hassan Anwar Saadi, residents of Alake in Mangaluru- of duping 19 workers from Andhra

Doha, Dec 14: A 32-year-old Indian died of heart attack while playing cricket at a school ground here on his wedding anniversary. Pramod Therayil, a native of Veliyankode in Malappuram district, Kerala, was working as an electrician in a contracting firm in Madinat Khalifa North at Qatar's capital, one of his friends was quoted as saying by Gulf Times today. While playing the sport yesterday

Mangaluru, Dec 14: Alleging that the police department had showed discrimination against the minorities in the recent Ulaibettu clash and unrest, the district unit of Popular Front of India has urged for the state government's intervention in this regard. Speaking to mediapersons at a press conference here, PFI district A M Ataullah alleged that the police had failed to control the communal