Karnataka

Mangalore, Aug 18: Activist and retired chief officer of Bantwal Town Municipality H A Saleem Assadi breathed his last on Sunday after a brief illness at a hospital in Dubai. He was 86. He had recently flown to Dubai to take part in his grand son's wedding ceremony and other family functions. Saleem Assadi had served as chief officer at various local bodies in Dakshina Kannada district including

Mumbai, Aug 18: Stoking yet another controversy, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday said India is a Hindu nation and Hindutva is its identity. "Hindustan is a Hindu nation...Hindutva is the identity of our nation and it (Hinduism) can incorporate others (religions) in itself," he said. Last week, Bhagwat had said in Cuttack, "The cultural identity of all Indians is Hindutva and the present

Bangalore, Aug 18: A couple was arrested on Monday after a friend and neighbour alleged that she was forced by them to have sex with the man. The case has now taken a curious turn with police saying it was consensual sex that had the approval of the man, wife and her friend but went awry after the wife changed tack. The couple had been arrested after their friend and neighbour from Shivananjappa

Mangalore, Aug 18: The people in Mangalore panicked after rumours that a student from National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK) Suratkal died of deadly virus Ebola. The rumours started trickling down on the popular mobile messenger WhatsApp warning the people to take precautionary measures. The message read, “Ebola reached Karnataka unfortunately!! Infected poor Sreejith-M.Tech, NIT

New Delhi, Aug 18: A special anti-money laundering court here has attached assets worth over Rs 37.86 crore belonging to former Karnataka minister and mining baron Gali Janardhana Reddy and his wife in connection with an alleged multi-crore iron ore mining scam. The assets, which include a Rs 4 crore flat in Bangalore, a Rs 14 lakh house in Bellary, fixed deposits and cash in bank accounts, were

Bangalore, Aug 18: Controversial BJP leader Subramanian Swamy has been booked by the J P Nagar police for posting inflammatory content on social media against a particular community. Ameen Khan and Faisal Syed, members of Mission Possible for Justice and Rights (MPJR), a human rights organisation, had lodged a complaint against Swamy. The complainants alleged that Swamy's acts and the content on

Bangalore, Aug 18: JD(S) chief H D Deve Gowda on Sunday alleged that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has been instigating his party legislators to quit the party. Addressing reporters, he said some JD(S) legislators were planning to join the Congress. “Those who want to leave the party are free to do so. I will not stop them from doing so, nor will I bother about them. Those who think money is must to

Udupi, Aug 18: The graduates should become job providers instead of job seekers, said Prahlada, Vice-Chancellor of Defence Institute of Advanced Technology, Deemed University, Pune. Speaking at the graduation day ceremony of NMAM Institute of Technology (NMAMIT), here recently, Dr Prahlada said the government, industry, media, venture capitalists, accelerators, business professionals, banks were

Shimoga, Aug 18: An ex-soldier, who allegedly killed his wife, became the cause of an accident while he was fleeing from the crime scene. Mahesh, had allegedly killed his wife by allegedly stabbing her with a knife at his residence in Shankaraghatta village near Bhadravathi on Sunday. The couple had been married for 14 years. Police have said that the couple had differences and were separated for

Mangalore, Aug 17: A large number of children clad in the costumes of Shri Krishna and many of their mothers dressed as Yashoda enlivened the precincts of Kadri Shri Manjunath Temple, one could see a show stopper in every other child. Apparently, the parents had put in their best efforts for the show. Although there are no temples in Mangalore devoted entirely to Sri Krishna, Janmashtami was