Karnataka

Bengaluru, Nov 3: The Banashankari police have arrested an agriculturist from Hunsur and an insurance agent from Bengaluru on the charge of posting abusive messages on the Facebook page of the daughter of a city-based singer. The singer had accused Raghaveshwara Bharati, seer of Ramachandrapura Mutt, of raping her. The daughter filed a complaint with the Banashankari police stating that she was

Shivamogga, Nov 3: In a new twist to 14-year-old Nandita's death which triggered communal tensions in Thirthahalli town of Shivamogga district last week, police have confirmed that she was neither raped nor poisoned by the three men. It has also come to light that it was the activists of Sangh Parivar who spread apparently false rumour of gang-rape and poisoning of the girl to mislead the media

Bengaluru, Nov 3: The former MLC Abdul Azeem quit the JD(S) in yet another indication of differences brewing among senior leaders in the party. He has decided to join the BJP with his supporters on November 5. Mr. Azeem, a former police officer, resigned from the primary membership of the JD(S) and submitted his resignation to the party national president H.D. Deve Gowda. He had been a member of

Mumbai, Nov 3: Mobile messenger service WhatsApp's user base in India has grown to 70 million active-users, which is over a 10th of its global users, its business head Neeraj Arora said today. "We have 70 million active-users here who use the application at least once a month," Arora, a vice-president with WhatsApp, said at the fifth annual INK Conference here. He said the total user-base for the

Lahore, Nov 3: At least 54 people, including children and security personnel, were killed and about 200 others injured in a powerful suicide blast in Pakistan at Wagah today, minutes after the popular flag- lowering ceremony at the main Indo-Pak land border crossing. Officials said that it was suicide attack and at least 54 people had been killed and 200 had sustained injuries. "A large number of

Mangaluru, Nov 2: In the wake of recurring incidents of sexual assault on minor girls in schools, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday said a task force will be constituted to coordinate between managements and parents. "A task force will be constituted in a day or two. It will hold regular meetings with managements (of schools) and parents," Siddaramaiah, whose government has come under the line

Mangaluru, Nov 2: Shaikh A P Aboobakar Ahmed Musliyar, the general secretary of All India Sunni Jamiyyatul Ulema, exhorted the people of Karnataka, to give utmost priority to communal harmony, brotherhood and national integrity. He was addressing thousands of activists of Sunni Students Federation during the valedictory function of Karnataka Yatra at Nehru Maidan in the city on Sunday evening. The

Kochi, Nov 2: Organisers and sympathisers of the controversial 'Kiss of Love' event were today taken into custody as they tried to march to the Marine drive grounds, venue of the symbolic protest against moral policing, police said. The organisers tried to take out a march from Ernakulam Law college to the venue, but were prevented from doing so. About 50 persons were taken into custody, they said

Mangaluru, Nov 2: Thousands of activists of Sunni Students Federation (SSF) took out a march on the main roads of Mangaluru on Sunday. The rally culminated at Nehru Maidan, wherein the valedictory function of 9-day-long Karnataka Yatra held under the leadership of Shaikh A P Aboobakar Ahmed Muslyiar. Activists in white uniforms, holding blue-white-green flags, began their march at around 3:45 p.m

Udupi, Nov 2: A special treatment unit for women was officially launched at the District Government Hospital in Udupi. Minister for Urban Development and Udupi district-in-charge Vinay Kumar Sorake inaugurated the unit after participating in Karnataka Rajyotsava celebration. The unit will provide treatment, police and legal help and counselling facility to women who have faced atrocities. The unit