Karnataka

Mangalore, Jun 24: Two teenage brothers were carefully riding their motorbike on the outskirts of the city on Tuesday night. But, one among them died on spot and the other critically injured through no fault of their own. The incident took place at Mukka junction. Zulshaikh (19), son of Abdul Razzak, who owns a chicken stall in Surathkal was killed when his Honda Eterno was sandwiched between two

New Delhi, June 24: Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has said that to prevent AIDS, promoting condom usage is not enough. "One should also promote integrity of sexual relationship between husband and wife - a part of Indian culture," he said. "The thrust of the AIDS campaign should not only be on the use of condoms. This sends the wrong message that you can have any kind of illicit sexual

Mangalore, Jun 24: In a controversial demand which may hurt the sentiments of the followers of dozens of religions and castes across India, Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha has urged the union government to turn multi-cultural Hindustan into a pure Hindu nation. Addressing a press meet in the city on Tuesday, ABHM state president N Subrahmanya Raju and senior leader Dr Santosh Ray dubbed themselves as

Hyderabad, Jun 24: A court in Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday issued an arrest warrant against Indian cricket team captain MS Dhoni for allegedly hurting the religious sentiments of Hindus. A local court in Anantapur issued the arrest warrant as Dhoni did not appear in the court despite three summons served in the past. It directed police to present Dhoni in the court on July 16. The case relates to a

Mangalore, Jun 24: Members of Akhila Bharathi Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) staged a demonstration against the Karnataka government protesting inadequacy in supplying Pre University course text books. The protesters said that even though the P U classes for the new academic year have already started, many students have not yet received their textbooks. The agitators said that indifference of the state

New Delhi, Jun 24: The Narendra Modi government has come under pressure from its own MPs to reduce the hike in the suburban rail fare in Mumbai with 10 BJP and Shiv Sena MPs meeting Railway Minister Sadananda Gowda today to press for a roll back. It is worth mentioning here that BJP and Shiv Sena MPs of Maharashtra have opposed fare hike ahead of assembly polls in their state. BJP MP Kirit Somaiya

New Delhi, Jun 24: Government promised to bring in significant improvement in facilities for Haj pilgrims and request Saudi Arabia to withdraw 20 per cent cut in India's quota for the annual pilgrimage. Addressing the All India Annual Conference for Haj, Swaraj identified accommodation for pilgrims as a major issue and said there was a need to think about a long-term solution to the issue and

Beltangady, Jun 24: Former prime minister H D Deve Gowda is in Shri Kshetra Dharmasthala for religious and treatment purposes. He got himself admitted to Yoga and Nature Cure Hospital of Shantivana Trust, Dharmasthala on Monday. He was welcomed by D Surendra Kumar on behalf of the Kshetra and tahsildar Srinivas as part of the protocol. After the first round of treatment at the hospital, he visited

Tumkur, Jun 24: A defence research scholar hailing from Delhi and working in Bangalore, went missing during a hiking trip in the Madhugiri mountain of Tumkur district on Sunday. With the help of his Smartphone he was rescued on Monday around 2am. Priyank Sharma, 32 and Gowrav Arora, 35, heard about Madhugiri, a 3,900-foot monolith about 120km north of Bangalore and decided to climb it on Sunday

New Delhi, Jun 24: Shankaracharya Swami Swaroopanand said on Monday that Sai Baba of Shirdi is not a symbol of Hindu-Muslim unity and should not be worshipped because he was a human being, and not a God. "Muslims would have had the same amount of faith in Sai Baba if he really was a symbol of unity between the Hindus and Muslims," he said. The seer also expressed his disapproval over the