Karnataka

Aligarh, Apr 23: All India Muslim Majlis-e Mushawarat, the umbrella body of Indian Muslim organizations, said that the Election Commission of India is playing partisan politics by removing the ban on Amit Shah while retaining the same in the case of Azam Khan. Mushawarat president Dr. Zafarul-Islam Khan said: since the Election Commission has developed cold feet to tackle the BJP-RSS hate

Dubai, Apr 23: A 43-year-old Indian man in Qatar has been arrested on charges of killing his compatriot with an iron rod at their company's accommodation. Santhi Shyam Krishnan Nair was taken into custody on Saturday for killing Mohamed Rizwanul Haq (26) after an altercation over some issue. Nair, a resident of Thiruvananathpuram district, hit Haq with the iron rod when their fellow workers were

Bangalore, Apr 23: The Election Commission (EC)?has relaxed the model code of conduct (MCC), allowing the State government to resume official tours, inspections and review meetings. The EC?permission in writing to relax the MCC?was received by Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Karnataka Anil Kumar Jha on Tuesday, and it has been forwarded to Chief Secretary Kaushik Mukherjee. The go ahead was

Bangalore, Apr 23: Shopkeepers and customers were in for a rude shock, when a female BJP Corporator of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike(BBMP) was caught red-handed while stealing clothes at Sukh Sagar Mall in Gandhi Nagar. The accused is H S Lalitha, the BJP corporator from Girinagar ward in South Bangalore. H S Lalitha (right) along with senior BJP leader Ananth Kumar (file photo) According to

Bangalore, Apr 23: The State government on Tuesday enhanced the compensation to the family of Kabeer, who was shot dead allegedly by Anti-Naxal Force personnel near Sringeri on April 19, from Rs. 5 lakh to Rs. 10 lakh. Minister for forest, environment and ecology B Ramanath Rai, who is also DK district in-charge called on home minister K J George in Bangalore and demanded a thorough and impartial

Mangalore, Apr 22: The Karnataka state Haj committee will be selecting the Haj pilgrims for year 2014 by Qurrah (draw of lots) at a formal programme in Vidhana Saudha on April 27. Disclosing this, Mohammed Margoob Ammed, the Chairman of Karnataka State Haj Committee, said that chief minister Siddaramaiah would formally launch the online selection process at the banquet hall of Vidhana Saudha 4:30

New Delhi, Apr 22: Some Indian teachers force children from lower castes and minority religions to clean toilets and sit separately from their classmates as part of "persistent" discrimination in classrooms, a rights group said on Tuesday. Human Rights Watch said pupils from marginalised communities often dropped out of school and started working as labourers rather than face continued humiliation

Bangalore, Apr 22: Shakuntala Bangarappa, wife of former Karnataka Chief Minister S Bangarappa, died at a private hospital here after battling cancer, family sources said. Seventy year-old Shakuntala Bangarappa is survived by two sons and three daughters. She was recently seen campaigning for her daughter Geetha Shivarajkumar who was JD-S candidate from Shimoga, pitted against former Chief

Bangalore, Apr 22: Karnataka Home Minister K J George once again refused to pay heed to the demand for a CBI probe into the killing of a youth by Anti-Naxal Force personnel at a check-post near Sringeri in Chikmagalur district, even as a section of his partymen insisted on probe by the central probe agency. He also argued that handing over the case to CBI would demoralise his department, however

Mangalore, Apr 22: Two miscreants, suspected to be Sangh Parivar activists, blackened the face of communal-harmony activist Suresh Bhat Bakarabail in Mangalore on Tuesday. The incident occurred soon after Bakrabail, the Dakshina Kannada district unit president of Karnataka Komu Sauharda Vedike (KKSV) addressed a press meet at Hotel Woodlands. The press meet was hosted to inform the media persons