Karnataka

Rajkot, Mar 24: In a case which could cause much embarrassment to BJP in the poll season, a BJP candidate in Narendra Modi's Gujarat has been caught on camera walking on children's backs at a yoga event on Sunday. A video showing the BJP's Rajkot candidate, Mohan Kundariya, walking over the backs of schoolchildren has gone viral on instant messaging application Whatsapp. The video was reportedly

Bangalore, Mar 24: Sri Rama Sene chief Pramod Muthalik, whose BJP membership was cancelled within four hours after he formally joined the party says that he has been betrayed by some people. He attacked BJP national president Rajnath Singh for canceling his membership. Speaking to a news channel from Hubli, he said that he would decide his future course of action in a day or two. He said

Mangalore, Mar 24: A section of people in Ullal, which witnessed inter-community clashes recently, have decided not to cast their votes in the Lok Sabha election, saying they have lost faith in political leaders. The group led by Kody Badriya Jumma Masjid president Muhammad Ashraf, Secretary Abdullatif, former President Muhammad Haji, Darga Committee members Rafeeque, Basheer, U K Muhammad and

Kasargod, Mar 24: A young Border Security Force (BSF) jawan was arrested in connection with the alleged suicide of a 20-year-old girl. Sunil Chandran, 22, a native of Kotakunnu near Pallikkare in the district, and posted in a BSF battalion in West Bengal, was arrested on Saturday by T P Dayanandan, sub-inspector, Adur police station, charging him with abetting the suicide of Razina, who was found

Gaziabad, Mar 14: BJP leader Dharmveer Chaudhary was shot dead by his aggravated son-in-law on Sunday in Sahibabad. His son-in-law has alleged that Dharmveer Chaudhary used to send his daughter to sleep with other politicians for political gains. According to a report published in Patrika, he had forcefully kept his daughter locked up in house for more than eight months and since then he was using

Mangalore, Mar 24: Customs officials at Mangalore International Airport thwarted an attempt to smuggle gold by seizing gold staple pins weighing 577g valued at Rs 17,19,460. These staple pins were concealed as silver colour coated staple pins in 18 carton boxes of vegetable dry fruits and found in the possession of an air passenger. The accused Nesif Kowal, 28, resident of Bevinja post office

Mangalore, Mar 23: A three-member unit of the CBI reached Pangala village in Belthangady taluk on Sunday to probe sensational rape and murder case of Saujanya that took place in October, 2012. The CBI took over the case on recommendation of the state government after the demand was made by the several organisations through series of protests across the district. The unit from Chennai visited

Mangalore, Mar 23: At an interaction programme with organised in the city ahead of Lok Sabha elections, the youth gathered posed questions to the leaders from political parties about communalisation of politics in the region as well as lack of opportunity provided to youth in political parties. Students from various colleges in the city posed questions to BJP leader Capt Ganesh Karnik, Congress

A wary BJP central leadership late Sunday hurriedly stalled the dramatic induction of Pramod Muthalik, chief of Hindu outfit Sri Ram Sene, into the party hours after his admission at Hubli. "Induction of Pramod Muthalik has been set aside under the direction of the party's central leadership for various reasons," Bharatiya Janata Party's Karnataka unit spokesman M. Prakash said. Earlier, amid much

Mangalore, Mar 23: Latheef Kallapu alias Bodda Latheef was sentenced to three-year of rigorous imprisonment by a court in Mangalore here for attempted murder of a BJP leader in 2004. The second additional district and sessions court also fined him with a sum of Rs 10,000. He had been charged under IPC section 307A (attempt to murder), IPC section 153A (attempt to disrupt communal harmony) and IPC