Karnataka

Bangalore, May 23: The Students' Islamic Organisation of India (SIO) has called upon the Muslim community to form a coordination committee to look upon the ways to reassess, reform and refresh madrasa system. The SIO Karnataka Zone recently released the findings of a year-long survey conducted by the organisation on 29 residential madrasas offering education up to the graduation level. Addressing

Mangalore, May 23: An Australian-based engineer, who turned into a saviour for a group of tourists by rescuing three drowning persons among them at Mogaveerapatna beach in Ullal earlier this week, has become a local hero now. Thanks to his bravery Arron Salyer, who is currently working on the sea erosion project in Ullal, has also earned a number fans in the region. It was Arron, an engineer from

Mangalore, May 23: Accusing police of arresting innocent Muslim youths in the murder case of an auto rickshaw driver at Bantwal recently, the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) has demanded a reinvestigation into the case. Addressing presspersons on Thursday, Muneer Katipalla, DYFI State President, said that pressurized by Sangh Parivar, police resorted to arrest innocent youths without

Bangalore, May 23: Karnataka Government will set up surveillance teams at Bangalore International Airport and Mangalore Airport to conduct test on passengers arriving from the Middle East, where Mers Coronavirus has created panic in those countries, Health Minister U T Khader said. "As per the advisory of the Central Government, the government will set up surveillance teams at the Kempegowda

Bangalore, May 23: Karnataka BJP strongman B S Yeddyurappa, a ministerial aspirant, has written to Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi, pledging to work for strengthening the party in the state. Yeddyurappa was part of a group of BJP leaders from Karnataka which met Modi last week apparently to push their case for ministerial berths but they were reportedly told not to lobby and to work to

Bangalore, May 23: Karnataka Government would try to prevail upon the Central government to allow it to set up special courts to try cases of encroachment of government land and to get Presidential nod for the Karnataka Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Bill, 2011, passed by the legislature. "I will visit Delhi to meet the Union Home Secretary to prevail over the importance of setting up special courts

Kasargod, May 23: Nearly a week after a 19-year-old girl was abducted from her residence at Alambadi, near here, the police have arrested six persons. The police arrested Hakeem, 29, said to be the girl's former lover; and Saleem, 29, Ashraf, 23, Farook, 28, Hussain, 33 and Musarulah, 21, all hired gang members hailing from the district, said Deputy Superintendent of Police T.P. Renjith, who led

Mangalore, May 22: Deputy Commissioner A B Ibrahim pulled up the officials of Mangalore City Corporation and other urban local bodies (ULBs) in the district over lack of progress in development works such as collection of solid waste and utilization of SFC grant funds at a review meet on Thursday. Speaking at the progress review meeting at his office, Mr Ibrahim expressed his displeasure at the

Mangalore, May 22: In a frightening incident a teenage boy chased a youth and stabbed him to death in broad daylight at a temple in the city on Thursday. Police identified the deceased as Sanjay alias Varun, son of Jagadish alias Talwar Jagga. The accused has been identified as Harshit (18), a budding rowdy and son of a former corporator from Mangalore. According to police sources, Harshit and his

New Delhi, May 22: Gold prices tumbled by Rs 800 to hit nine-month low of Rs 28,550 per ten grams in the national capital on Thursday after the Reserve Bank eased import norms. Besides, sluggish demand and subdued global cues also weighed on the precious metal prices. Silver in range-bound movements fell by Rs 50 to Rs 41,650 per kg. Traders said sentiments turned weak on increased offerings by