Karnataka

Bengaluru, Dec 13: Representatives of the erstwhile Janata Parivar will protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on December 22 against the National Democratic Alliance?(NDA) government's œfailure  to implement the poll promises, JD(S)?leader and former prime minister H?D?Deve Gowda said on Friday. Gowda told reporters here the NDA?government had failed to keep its promises to bring back black money

Lucknow, Dec 13: In a shocking revelation, intelligence sources said that those who changed their faith and enjoyed the hospitality of Sangh Parivar in recent œmass conversion  in Agra could be illegal migrants from Bangladesh who arrived here from West Bengal a few years ago. Highly placed sources said the œconverts  had admitted that they were from Bangladesh and had been living at the vacant

Thirthahalli, Dec 13: The town, still recovering from the death of 14-year-old girl Nanditha K?B, is tense again after a fire gutted the grocery shop owned by her father, T G Krishnappa, in the early hours of Friday. According to local residents, the incident took place at around 2.30 am. Noticing flames, they informed Krishnappa and tried to douse the fire. However, grocery items worth lakhs of

Bengaluru, Dec 13: Advocate General (AG)?Ravivarma Kumar on Friday submitted to the High Court that the reports of the DNA test and other medical examination conducted on Raghaveshwara Bharathi, seer of Ramachandrapura Mutt accused of rape, are positive and support prosecution's claims. During the hearing of the case, when the AG submitted two sealed envelopes containing the medical reports of the

Mangaluru, Dec 13: The City Crime Branch police have arrested two persons from Gurupura for alleged illegal procession of fire arms and sharp weapons. The arrested have been identified as Asfaq (24) and Mohammed Rafiq (42). The police have recovered a machete, three live bullets, a dummy revolver and two mobile phones. The police said the accused were attempting a dacoity. Asfaq had been arrested

Belagavi, Dec 12: Housing Minister M?H?Ambareesh may help the BJP?deflect criticism from it, over one of its MLAs, Prabhu Chavan, watching a picture of Priyanka Gandhi on his smartphone in the Assembly. It has now surfaced that Ambareesh, along with former minister and Congress MLA S S Mallikarjun, was watching a video in the Assembly on Wednesday evening probably about the same time when BJP's

Kasaragod, Dec 12: The police here have busted a fake pass racket, which facilitated hassle-free transport of sand in the district. On a tip-off, a team monitored by Superintendent of Police Thomson Jose raided a private agency in Kanhangad recently and seized equipment and documents used for making fake passes used for transporting sand in and outside the district. The police have registered

New Delhi, Dec 12: Stirring a new controversy in the middle of a row over religious conversions, Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik has said a Ram temple should be built in Ayodhya soon as "it is the wish of Indian citizens." "The Ram Temple should be built as soon as possible, this is what the people of this country want and their wishes should be fulfilled," Mr Naik, 80, said at an event at Awadh

Dec 12, 2014: The Supreme Court today passed a stay order on the 'Made Snana' ritual that was earlier allowed by the Karnataka High Court. While the defendants' lawyer argued that 'Made Snana' is an age old practise and it should be allowed, SC dismissed the argument citing that untouchability is also an age old tradition and we must not encourage it. Stay on the controversial 'Made Snana' ritual

Mangaluru, Dec 13: Karnataka State Minorities Commission Chairperson Balkish Banu has said that the Commission has directed the district administration and police to submit a detailed report on the communal flare-ups reported in Ulaibettu and adjoining areas in the last few days. Speaking to mediapersons here on Friday, she said that the Commission will also submit a report to the State government