Karnataka

Ahmedabad, Aug 10: A trip in the celebratory spirit of Eid turned out to be an experience in discrimination for many Muslims in Narendra Modi's Gujarat. The Himalaya Mall, among the five biggest malls in Ahmedabad, on Friday announced a fee of Rs 20 from visitors from the minority community, to be returned to them only if they bought anything from the mall, and retained if they didn't. Many felt

Mangalore, Aug 10: Campus Front of India has alleged saffron outfits of threatening Muslim youth, thereby keeping them away from education. State Secretary of Campus Front of India, Mohommad Thapsir speaking in a press meet here on Saturday said that certain communal forces are resorting to moral policing and assault on students specifically targeting the Muslim youth. This has to be stopped

Bangalore, Aug 10: The level of political debate in Karnataka has been touching new lows in every election. Amidst the intense campaign for the August 21 Mandya Lok Sabha byelection, former Janata Dal (Secular) MLA from Mandya city, M Srinivas, scraped the bottom of the barrel in public decency on Friday. At a meeting in Srirangapatna, in the presence of senior leader N Cheluvarayaswamy and JD(S)

Bangalore, Aug 10: Congress leaders have started lobbying for a party ticket for the upcoming byelection to a Rajya Sabha from the State, scheduled to be held on August 29. Senior leader and Congress general secretary B K Hari Prasad, former KPCC chief Allam Veerabhadrappa and former minister Rani Satish are among prominent leaders who are aspiring to contest the bypoll necessitated by the

Mangalore, Aug 10: Nine members of a family including three children were injured when the in auto-rickshaw in which they were travelling fell into a ditch at Bantwal, near here. The accident occurred because of the alleged reckless driving by the auto driver. All injured belong to one family and were on the way to a relative's house after offering Eid-ul-Fitr prayers on Friday. The injured have

Bangalore, Aug 10: The eldest daughter of Bharatiya Janata Party MLA from Bommanahalli Assembly constituency Satish Reddy allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself at her residence on Thursday. Even as the reason behind Gagana's step is yet to be ascertained, the way the family members got post-mortem done and cremated her within eight hours after the incident has raised several questions

Vittal, Aug 10: Residents of a house are living under fear after a well in the courtyard of the house collapsed, damaging the wall of the house as well, owing to heavy rainfall that lashed over Vittal area over the last few days. The house belongs to Yusuf, a resident of Ponnottu in Kasaba village of Vittal. The well which collapsed had in it two pumpset installed. Both the sets have been lost in

Bangalore, Aug 10: KPCC chief G Parameshwara on Friday demanded JD(S) national president H D Deve Gowda to expel the State party president H D Kumaraswamy from the party for forging an 'unholy alliance' with communal forces for the upcoming byelections to two parliamentary constituencies. Speaking to reporters after taking part in a function to mark Quit India Movement organised at the party

Mangalore, Aug 10: A 38-year-old security guard was run over by a train near Thokkottu railway underbridge. The police said Manikanta, a resident of Valencia, had left a note asking police to donate his organs to the needy. The police said his wife was pregnant. The two had a tiff after Manikanta returned home in a drunken state on Thursday.

Mangalore, Aug 9: In a heartrending tragedy, a young Khatheeb of a Masjid was killed after the motorbike he was riding rammed into a lorry on National Highway 75 at Farangipet on the outskirts of the city on Friday. 29-year-old Muhammad Mansoor Sakhafi (29), the Khatheeb of Delambady Juma Masjid, was heading towards B C Road when the incident took place. Mansoor Sakhafi sustained severe injuries