Karnataka

Mangalore, Oct 30: The Dakshina Kannada district unit of BJP released a book on Wednesday highlighting the achievements of Nalin Kumar Kateel in 100 days after being re-elected as the MP of Dakshina Kannada constituency. Speaking after releasing the book Nooru Hejje' (100 Steps) in the presence of Nalin Kumar Kateel, BJP district president Pratap Simha Nayak said that the book would be an answer

London, Oct 30: Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani education campaigner allegedly shot by the militants, has donated $50,000 (nearly £31,000) towards the reconstruction of schools in Gaza. The Nobel peace prize winner, speaking after receiving the World Children's Prize for the rights of the child in Marienfred, Sweden, on Wednesday, said the money would be channelled through the United Nations

Udupi, Oct 30: While the royal Bengal tiger fights a losing battle for survival, one of the most influential Hindu seers has held India's “incumbent” national animal responsible for the increasing violence and terrorism in the country. Sri Visweswara Theertha Swamy, the chief pontiff of the powerful Pejawar Mutt, has suggested that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi should consider declaring the cow

Mangalore, Oct 30: Members of the district unit of BJP Mahila Morcha gathered in front of deputy commissioner's office here on Thursday and protested against the mob attack on senior IAS officer Rashmi V Mahesh at the state run Administrative Training Institute at Mysore two weeks ago. Lashing at the Congress-run state government, the protestors blamed the inefficiency and inability of the state

Kasargod, Oct 30: The Kasaragod police have arrested a BJP-RSS worker in connection with the murder of DYFI activist P. Muralidharan, near Kumbla. A special police team led by Kasaragod Dy.SP T.P. Ranjith said that the accused hailed from Kuthirapadi in Madhur panchayat. He said that based on the suspect's interrogation, the police had gained vital leads and were confident of a breakthrough soon

New Delhi, Oct 30: Thirty years later, the 90-year-old doctor remembers the event as if it was just the other day. "I had left after chatting with her, like I used to do every morning after a routine check-up," said Dr K.P. Mathur, of his patient of 18 years, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. "But within 20 minutes I had to come back after getting an urgent call from the office. She had been shot."

Udupi, Oct 30: Alleging Haj and Waqf and Minorities Welfare Qamarul Islam of involving in irregularities relating to wakf properties in Gulbarga, a Bharatiya Janata Party leader has demanded the chief minister Siddaramaiah to sack the former immediately. Speaking to media persons here N.B. Aboobakar, the former Chairman of Karnataka State Minorities Development Corporation and BJP leader, said

Chikmagalur, Oct 30: Sri Ram Sene leaders wore Datta Mala as a part of Datta Mala Abhiyan in Chikmagalur on Wednesday. After offering pooja at Kamadhenu Ganapathy temple on Ratnagiri Road, priest Chandrashekar initiated the rituals. Sri Ram Sene State President Mahesh Kumar wore the mala. The members will visit houses on November 1 to collect Irumudi' of rice, jaggery and coconuts. The Shobhayatre

Mangalore, Oct 30: A minor girl from Mangalore, who had eloped with an 18-year-old Facebook friend, has been traced to Alapuzha in Kerala. While the girl has been brought back to Mangalore, the boy has been booked for “kidnap”. According to police, the girl, the daughter of a labourer from Capitanio locality here, had been missing since Saturday. She is said to have told her parents that she was

Bhatkal/Udupi, Oct 30: A P Aboobakar Musliyar, the general secretary of the All India Muslim Scholars Association and founder of Jamia Markazu Ssaquafathi Ssunniyya, whose Karnataka Yatra' covered coastal districts of Udupi and Uttara Kannada on Wednesday called on the people to be united against terrorism and uphold communal harmony. Thousands of people took part in rallies held in Bhatkal and