Karnataka

Mangalore, Apr 26: Strongly condemning the assault on social activist Suresh Bhat Bakrabail by Bajarang Dal men, writers and intellectuals in Mangalore said that the attack was not only an affront to India's democratic traditions; it is an act of disrespect to the Constitution of India. Writers of Mangalore region including Amrit Someshwar, Sara Abubakkar, Vaidehi, Purushotham Bilimale, H. S

New Delhi, Apr 26: An FIR was on Saturday filed against Baba Ramdev for his vulgar comments against Rahul Gandhi. Triggering yet another controversy, the yoga guru on Friday alleged the Congress vice-president went to the houses of dalits for honeymoon and picnic. "He goes to dalits houses for honeymoon and picnic. Had he married a dalit girl, then his luck could have clicked and he would have

Belthangady, Apr 26: Former committee head of Venur gram panchayat Haji S Mohammed passed away at his home in Moodbidri on Thursday at the age of 83. Originally from Paddandadka in Moodbidri, the deceased had previously served as the president of Belthangady taluk Muslim welfare organisation, president of All Muslim Jamaat in taluk, member of DK District Wakf Advisory Committee and president of

Banglaore, Apr 26: Bangalore police have arrested a Mangalore based associate of underworld operative Bannanje Raja at Bangalore and recovered lethal weapons from them. The arrested is Sujith Poojary alias Ramesh, a resident of Konaje in Mangalore taluk. According to the investigating police (CCB), the accused had hatched the plot to threaten and extort a city-based builder. He was staying in

Bangalore, Apr 26: Five buildings, land, half a kg of gold and much more in the hands of a peon? The Lokayukta police were zapped when they stumbled upon assets worth nearly Rs 2 crore with this group D employee of the revenue department attached to deputy commissioner of Chikkaballapur district. The assets were more than 436 per cent of D Sriramaiah's known source of income. Sriramaiah was among

Bangalore, Apr 26: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday demanded the government withdraw the murder case against an Anti-Naxal Force (ANF) constable who gunned down Kabeer near Sringeri. At a press conference here, BJP State general secretary C T Ravi said, “No doubt the incident is accidental, but nevertheless the youth, Kabeer, who was killed was not an innocent.” By booking a murder case

Bantwal, Apr 26: A Plus Two student of Sa-adiya College at Deli locality in Kasargod here was crushed to death under the wheels of a bus after his motorbike collided with a car at Kanyana locality, near Manjeswaram on Thursday. The accident occurred around 6.30 p.m. when Mohammed Faris (18) was going to his uncle's house at Bairikatte near Vittal. Faris was thrown out after the car hit his bike

Lucknow, Apr 26: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Friday resorted to low, vulgar attacks against Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi. He said, "Rahul used to go to the dalit households to experience honeymoon. And if he had married a dalit ki beti (dalit girl), then by now, who knows, he might have become the Prime Minister of India. I wonder why he is not marrying a dalit girl." Speaking to reporters in

New Delhi, Apr 26: With elections still to be held for 194 seats, the Congress has not thrown in the towel but is exploring options of cobbling up the required numbers for a UPA-III or even joining a non-NDA government at the Centre to prevent Narendra Modi from coming to power. However, these calculations would hold true only if the NDA led by Modi fails to reach anywhere near the half-way-mark –

Mangalore, Apr 26: Members of Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) and Samastha Kerala Sunni Students Federation (SKSSF) staged separate demonstrations against the killing of Kabeer by the ANF personnel on April 19. DYFI activists led by State President Muneer Katipalla took out a rally from the residence of Kabeer in Krishnapura to Chokkabettu junction where they had public meeting