Karnataka

Kundapur, Dec 8: Karnataka minister for infrastructure development and information R Roshan Baig has warned the people against misusing WhatsApp, Facebook and other social media to create communal unrest in the region. Addressing media persons after meeting with Muslim leaders of Gangolli town, which is slowly returning to normalcy after a spate of communal clashes, the minister said that a

Kozhikode, Dec 8: Police took into custody some activists of the 'Kiss of Love' campaign, who had converged at the moffusil bus-stand here today to protest against moral policing and workers of 'Hanuman Sena' who were opposing them. Kozhikode City Police Commissioner A V George said that some activists of the 'Kiss of Love' and 'Hanuman Sena' have been taken into custody. Some activists of 'Kiss

Mangaluru, Dec 8: Several groups of Sangh Parviar activists were seen on Monday morning trying to forcefully impose bandh in Gurupura, Kaikamba, Vamanjoor, Ulaibettu and other sensitive areas of Mangaluru taluk amidst prohibitory orders. The dawn-to-dusk bandh call was given by Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Bajrang Dal, Ram Sene and other outfits of Sangh Parivar following last week's communal clashes in

Mangaluru, Dec 8: The recurrence of untoward incidents in Mangaluru and surrounding areas on Sunday contributed to heighten the communal tensions in the coastal district of Dakshina Kananda. A middle aged Muslim merchant from Bengaluru identified as Sayed Wasim was brutally stabbed by and robbed by two miscreants suspected to be members of Sangh Parivar at Bandar area on Sunday night. Mr Wasim has

New Delhi, Dec 7: Pressing for the Centre to declare Bhagwad Gita as a 'Rashtriya Granth' (national scripture), External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said today only a formality remained to be done in this regard, triggering a controversy with Trinamool Congress saying Constitution is the "Holy Book" in a democracy. Swaraj was speaking at 'Gita Prerna Mahotsav', organised "to celebrate 5,151

Bahraich, Dec 7: After Azam Khan's demand of handing over the Taj Mahal to UP Waqf Board, the state's BJP chief Laxmi Kant Bajpai today sought to drag the famed mausoleum into another row by claiming that it was a part of an ancient temple. Bajpai told reporters here that Mughal emperor Shah Jahan "purchased a part of Tejo Mahalaya temple's land from Raja Jai Singh" and claimed that documents to

New Delhi, Dec 7: Opposing the Centre's move to create a new body which would replace the Planning Commission, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiha today said there is no merit or justification in the decision to dismantle the existing one created six decades ago. Speaking at a Chief Ministers' meet convened by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss the proposal, he said the Commission in its

Mangaluru, Dec 7: Amidst police department's claim that normalcy has returned to Vamanjoor, Gurupura and Ulaibettu villages Mangaluru taluk, Sangh Parivar outfits have been gearing up to impose a bandh in the violence-hit areas on Monday, December 8. Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Bajrang Dal and other saffron outfits that unleashed violence in Vamanjoor and Ulaibettu in the intervening night of Friday

Panaji, Dec 7: Iqbal Husain, the Andhra Pradesh zonal president of Students Islamic Organisation of India, has been elected the national president of the student's wing of Jamaath-e-Islami Hind for the term 2015-16. The announcement was made at the SIO's all India zonal advisory council meeting held in Goa in the presence of outgoing SIO national president Ashfaq Ahmed Shareef and senior leaders

Mangaluru, Dec 7: Hundreds of cycling enthusiasts of all the age groups exhibited their pedal power battling the early morning chill at the eighth annual Rxlife Hercules Cycle Rally which was flagged off from Lady Hill Circle in the city at 6.30 a.m. on Sunday. City Police Chief R Hithendra formally inaugurated the rally, which covered a distance of 18 Kms, passing through Kottara, Kuloor