Karnataka

Belagavi, Dec 12: Use of mobile phones in the Karnataka Assembly was banned today, a day after the House was rocked by chaos over a BJP member watching a zoomed in picture of Priyanka Gandhi during proceedings. Speaker Kagodu Thimappa suspended Prabhu Chavan, BJP legislator whose act caught on TV camera triggered a storm, for a day, and pulled up Housing Minister M H Ambareesh and Congress member

Belagavi, Dec 12: Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council K.S. Eshwarappa always garners attention through his impulsive remarks. He did it on Thursday in the Council again. When the House resumed after the first adjournment, Mr. Eshwarappa was speaking on what he termed œdouble standards  of the Congress. However, an interruption by Law Minister T.B. Jayachandra made him lose temper

Bengaluru, Dec 12: The Union government has argued in Karnataka High Court to allow to conduct Kambala in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts with some restrictions. On the other hand, the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) has strongly opposed the traditional slush track buffalo race saying that forcing the buffaloes itself amounted to œcruelty . AWBI counsel C.K. Nandakumar argued that the

Mangaluru, Dec 12: A 28-year-old man was stabbed on his back reportedly by two unidentified men at Katipalla on Thursday evening. The victim, Tauseef, a resident of Kana is recuperating at a private hospital. Jurisdictional Surathkal police said the two motorcycle-borne men stabbed Tauseef when he was returning home in the evening on a motorbike. He was returning from a gymnasium in Kaikamba. Two

Mangaluru, Dec 12: Dozens of activists of Congress party in city staged a protest against the alleged œinappropriate  behaviour of Prabhu Chavan, the BJP MLA from Aurad, in the Legislative Assembly in Belagavi. Addressing the protestors, in front of District Congress office, here, Congress district Congress in-charge president Ibrahim Kodijal said the conduct of the BJP MLA showed the lack of

Mangaluru, Dec 12: Controversial swami and Hindu Mahasabha chief Pranavananda has been booked for abusing Muslims and using derogator words against Karnataka Health and Family Welfare minister U T Khader last week. Pranavananda, who had visited Gurupur on the outskirts of the city on December 7, had issued apparently provocative statements and called the minister a œloafer . He also said that

Mangaluru, Dec 11: In the backdrop of communal unrest arising among people from different communities in Ulaibettu and other areas, Mangaluru North MLA Moidin Bava appealed to citizens not to heed false rumours spread by rumour-mongers with the intention of escalating the situation further. Briefing media persons at a press conference here on Thursday, he said that in view of the unabated untoward

Belagavi, Dec 11: Karnataka Assembly was today adjourned briefly amid chaos over a BJP MLA watching a zoomed in picture of Priyanka Gandhi on his mobile phone during House proceedings. As the House assembled, slogan shouting Congress members rushed to the front row of seats, demanding strict action against Prabhu Chavan for the "indecent act" yesterday. The members said Chavan's "unacceptable"

Aligarh (UP), Dec 11: Amid a raging row over alleged forced reconversion in Agra, a Hindu organisation has announced its plan to "convert a large number of people" on December 25, which was welcomed by the local BJP MP who said people are within their rights to choose their religion. "A number of people who had earlier left the fold of Hinduism will be reconverted at a grand ceremony to be held at

Mangaluru, Dec 11: With intensified security arrangements and heavy vehicle-checking by police in the city limits on Thursday, citizens grew apprehensive over the possibilities of violence escalating in the city in view of several untoward incidents over the past few days. False rumours added to the anxiety of city-goers over violence intensifying due to unrest already present in the coastal city