Karnataka

New Delhi, May 6: Attacking Narendra Modi for using Lord Ram's picture on the stage backdrop at a rally, JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav today charged that Ram Temple issue was BJP's hidden agenda and the party has chosen Varanasi as the epicentre to spread communalism in the country. "BJP's hidden agenda was Ram temple issue and they want to spread communalism in the entire country for which they had

Bangalore, May 6: In a landmark judgement, the Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the government cannot impose a particular language, including mother tongue, for teaching children at the primary education level. The apex court also struck down a Karnataka government order imposing Kannada language as the medium of instruction in all primary schools of the state. A five-judge Constitution Bench

Mangalore, May 6: Heap of sand, scattered boxes of Coca-Cola soft drink cans and rubbles of a truck and tipper lorry caused traffic chaos at Nanthoor Circle in the city following a massive collision between two high speed heavy vehicles. Drivers of the sand-laden tipper lorry which was coming from the direction of Kulshekar and Coca-Cola laden truck that was plying towards Kerala on the highway

Mangalore, May 6: Senior advocate and human rights activist Purushottam Poojary is no more. The nonagenarian breathed his last at his residence in the city this morning. Family sources said that he collapsed while going to toilet at his residence and died on the spot due to severe head injuries. Poojary was considered as one of the senior most criminal lawyers in the state. Dozens of lawyers from

Mulki, May 6: The police have arrested two persons, including the quarry owner in connection with the explosion that occurred at a house in a quarry labourers' colony, at Aikala Nelligudde in Kinnigoli, on Monday. The arrested are quarry owner Santhosh Menezes and supervisor Denis Menezes. Based on the complaint filed by quarry worker Nagaraj, a case has been registered. Experts have visited the

Udupi, May 6: District unit of Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPI-M) staged a demonstration outside the office of Deputy Commissioner here on Monday demanding the government to ban Pankti bheda' (separate seating arrangements for Brahmins and non-Brahmins while serving food). Condemning the recent incident where Vanita Shetty, an assistant lecturer at the School of Allied Health Sciences

Udupi, May 6: Two persons were arrested by the district police on the charges of extorting money from Hebri based businessman. The arrested have been identified as Nitin from Karkala and Sadiq from Mangalore. Kali Yogesh, a henchman of Ravi Poojary was threatening the businessman. Though the businessman did not lodge any complaint, the police came to know about it through its sources. Police later

Bantwal, May 6: Two persons, including a man who had escaped from police custody, were arrested on Monday morning in connection with the violence at the toll plaza at Brahmarakootlu recently. According to the Bantwal Town Police, Hussainer and Mohammad Shamir were arrested from B.C. Road Railway Station as they were planning to flee to Bangalore. The toll gate was attacked on April 26 by a mob

Bangalore, May 6: There will be two-hour load shedding in urban areas of Karnataka as power generation has dipped, state Power Minister D K Shivakumar said. "Power generation in the state has dipped. Therefore, we have no option but to resort to two-hour load shedding in urban areas," he told reporters here. Shivakumar said due to technical snags in some thermal stations, the state government took

Dubai, May 6: UAE-based bank 'Emirates NBD' has launched 'DirectRemit' service which would, among other things, enable customers to speedily transfer money to other banks in India. A first-of-its-kind remittance service, it would also allow Non-Resident Indian (NRI) customers to remit money to any HDFC Bank account in India in just 60 seconds, says a report. Emirates NBD said with the launch of