Karnataka

Puttur, Jul 6: Congress MLA from Puttur constituency Shakuntala Shetty has reignited the debate of students' right to exercise religious freedom by advising not to wear Burqa inside classroom. “Do not differentiate yourselves from others. Follow uniform dress code of the college. Do not recognize by the religions you follow,” she said pointing out only the Islamic dress code. She was addressing

Mangalore, Jul 7: The CID investigation team had begun their investigation into the murder of Bajrang Dal activist Rajesh Poojary who was murdered on March 21 in Bantwal taluk. A team of five police officers led by CID DySP Vishwanath arrived in Mangalore on Friday and began recording the statements of several persons including Bantwal town police officials as well as DYFI state president Muneer

Myanmar, Jul 6: The Dalai Lama has called on Buddhists in Myanmar and Sri Lanka to stop violence against Muslims. In a Sunday speech to mark his 79th birthday in northern India, the Dalai Lama denounced the violence in both Buddhist-majority countries targeting Muslims as unacceptable. “I urge the Buddhists in these countries to imagine an image of Buddha before they commit such a crime,” the

Muzaffarnagar, Jul 6: A 23-year-old teacher was allegedly raped by a college student at a village here which was videographed by two of his associates and all of them blackmailed her, police said. The three youths Vipin, Mohit and Sorabh, all college students, have been arrested for the incident on Saturday evening at Balwakheri village under Charthawal police station in this UP district, police

Bangalore, Jul 6: Unfazed by the controversy over an audio CD about him purportedly discussing about cash-for- seat with the supporters of an MLC seat aspirant, JDS leader and former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy today defended himself, saying it had been blown out of proportion as if he had "committed a sin". As he remained in the eye of a storm facing strong criticism over his purported remarks

Mangalore, Jul 6: A 38-year-old man lost his life after his bike skidded off at Malali cross in Kukkikatte village near Gunjimutt on the outskirts of the city on Sunday morning. The victim, identified as Bhaskar Alva, a resident of Mogru Hosamane was working as a loader at Mangalore International Airport. The accident took place when he was returning home from the Airport after work. Bhaskar Alva

Mangalore, Jul 6: Shortage of police personnel at Belthangady police station in a naxal-affected zone was brought to the fore at the SC/ST monthly grievance meeting held at the office of Superintendent of Police here on Sunday. At the meeting, Dalit activist L Shekhar raised an issue over acute shortage of police personnel at Belthangady police station pointing that the rate of crime was high in

Bangalore, Jul 6: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today hit out at JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy, who is caught in a row over an audio CD allegedly discussing about money to be paid to his party MLAs by an aspirant for MLC seat, saying he could not defend himself claiming other parties were also indulging in corruption. "I haven't seen the conversation in the CD. I will not comment on it. Let

Bangalore, Jul 6: This is not the right time to oppose Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he has been democratically elected by the people of the country, according to Jnanpith Award winner playwright and director Girish Karnad. Mr Karnad, who had campaigned against the communal face of former Gujarat chief minister, expressed his moderate views here on Saturday. Replying to questions from

Sullia, Jul 6: Crops worth lakhs were destroyed by a herd of elephants at Ajjavara village in Sullia taluk of Dakshina Kannada district in the intervening night of Friday and Saturday. A total of six elephants, including a calf have destroyed dozens of coconut trees and areca nut trees belonging to former Gram Panchayat president Karunakara at Adpangaya area of Ajjavara. Later it entered the land