Karnataka

Udupi, Sep 5: The Uchila Youth Friends organisation would be arranging the wedding of two poor women at the Community Hall in Koplangady near Kaup on September 7. Addressing presspersons here on Thursday, Rahim Abbu Uchila, president of the organisation, said they had been conducting weddings of poor women since 2012. In 2012, the organisation had organised the weddings of two Muslim women and

New Delhi: The Allahabad High Court on Thursday issued a notice to the Centre and Uttar Pradesh Government following a plea that sought action against BJP MP Yogi Adityanath and Union Minister Kalraj Mishra vis-à-vis the love jihad' issue. The high court has also sought a reply from the Election Commission of India. CPI (M) leader and women's rights activist Annie Raja expressed relief over the

Madurai, Sep 5: A 16-year-old dalit boy was allegedly attacked and his wrists slashed by his non-dalit seniors in Tamil Nadu's Virudhunagar district on Wednesday night because he wore a wrist watch to school. Police said P Ramesh, a plus one student of the Government Boys Higher Secondary School in Thiruthangal village, was confronted by his seniors when he wore the watch to school on Monday. They

Mangalore, Sep 4: Former MLA Urimajalu Rama Bhat, who is one of the veterans of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), will pen down his long journey with the Sangh Parivar in his soon-to-be-published autobiography titled Satvaraja'. The RSS member was the first in the Sangh Parivar to become an MLA from Karnataka, even before the national party BJP had been formed. He is said to have become a

Dubai, Sep 4: A huge fire broke out in Muhesana 2, Dubai, early Thursday morning leading to traffic congestion in the area. No casualties were reported. Thick black smoke could be seen billowing from the building, sources said. “The smoke was thick and dark. It was huge,” said Ibrahim, who works nearby. “I could see long queues of traffic. “People on the opposite side of the road were also slowing

Bangalore, Sep 4: A court Thursday issued an arrest warrant against Karthik Gowda, son of Railway Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda, in a rape and cheating case filed against him by a Kannada actress after he got engaged to another woman. "As Karthik failed to appear before our investigation team despite repeated summons since Aug 29 for questioning on the charges alleged against him by Maithreyi, the

Mangalore, Sep 4: Owing to the recent monsoon showers in Dakshina Kannada district, 782 kilometres of road, 50 bridge sewers, a vented dam, 20 government buildings, 5052 electric appliances have been damaged, putting the loss due to damages at over Rs 58 crore, said DK deputy commissioner A B Ibrahim. Speaking at a district-level review meeting on natural calamities here on Wednesday, he said that

Mangalore, Sep 4: A tense situation prevailed in Ullal town and surrounding areas following a two unknown miscreants stabbed a 26-year-old youth at Bastipadpu on Wednesday night. Abhishek Poojary (26), a resident of Sundari Bagh in Ullal, has been admitted to intensive care unit of a private hospital in the city, with deep stab injuries. The crime took place at around 11:00 p.m. when Abhishek was

Bantwal, Sep 4: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the only person to have become a household name after Mahatma Gandhi, said Mysore-Kodagu constituency MP Pratap Simha, addressing the gathering at Janadesha 2014' programme held in Shriram First Grade College at Kalladka in Bantwal taluk on Wednesday. Delivering a special lecture on the occasion, he said that the entire world was looking at Modi's

Mangalore, Sep 4: The alleged religious symbols found in the uniforms distributed to students by a Catholic run institution in Belthangady Taluk of Dakshina Kannada district has triggered controversy. Located at Bedrabettu in Indabettu village the Mariambika School is run under the auspices of Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Belthangady. A considerable number of non-Christian students including