Karnataka

Bangalore, Aug 5: Former Union minister and senior Congress leader C K Jaffer Sharief on Sunday ended his indefinite hunger strike after Chief Minister Siddaramaiah assured him that he will take necessary steps to revive the scam-hit Amanath Cooperative Bank. Sharief had undertaken was on strike since past three days demanding the State government among others a CBI probe into the alleged

Bantwal, Aug 5: A man was washed away in a tributary of Netravati in Bantwal town after he slipped accidentally while washing clothes Sunday morning. Vivekananda (44), a resident of Akekal in Amtady village, daily-wage worker, was washing clothes by the Venkataramana Temple when he fell into the fast-flowing stream around 10.30 a.m. Rescue attempts by passers-by were in vain. His clothes and

Surathkal/Subrahmanya, Aug 5: In two separate raids in the district, four people were arrested for allegedly illegally selling beef. Surathkal police who raided an illegal abattoir in Surathkal and arrested two persons on Sunday morning. The police have seized seven cows and eight quintal meat. It is said that the abattoir was functioning illegally at Angaragundi near Baikampady. The arrested are

Belthangady, Aug 4: Despite assurances by the Minister of Health and Family Welfare U T Khader that the on-going strike by 'Jeevarakshaka' ambulance workers across the state had not affected the public, the death of an infant in Bantwal due to lack of proper medical assistance may prove otherwise. This incident took place in Belthangady taluk. Hailing from a poor background, Dharnappa Poojary and

Mangalore, Aug 4: The members of Hindu Janajagruti Samiti (HJS) staged a protest in front of Deputy Commissioner's office on Sunday against the pictorial depiction of Jhansi Rani holding hookah in her hand in Social Science text book of 5th standard CBSE syllabus Addressing the protesters HJS spokesperson Sukanya Acharya said, “In a text book published by Orient Blackswan publication, Jhansi Rani

Belthangady, Aug 4: In a flash raid conducted by Belthangady police on an illegal slaughterhouse near Indabettu, police arrested two and four managed to escape from the spot. The arrested are identified as Irfan and Shabeer. Hasan, Ismaeel, Muhammed and Farooq are absconding. Police seized 100 kg of beef, one car and an auto rickshaw used in slaughterhouse and six cows were rescued from the spot.

Mangalore, Aug 4: The brutal assault on two Dalit girls by saffron activists for 'indecent exposure' in Belthangady, dominated the monthly SC/ST grievance meet chaired by Dakshina Kannada Superintendent of Police Abhishek Goyal at his office on Sunday. Raising the issue of two Dalit sisters who were brutally assaulted and beaten up in public view by alleged Bajrang Dal activists last month in

Mangalore, Aug 4: The Billava Mahila Sangha and Akhila Bharatha Billavara Union organised 'Aatida Thammana bokka manadigeda les', a cultural programme on Aati, was held at Ravindra Kala Bhavan on Sunday. Urban Development minister, Vinay Kumar Sorake inaugurated the formal function and delivering his inaugural address said, “Aati celebration shows the difficult time and food habit of those days

Dubai, Aug 4: A 67-year-old Indian visitor was stopped from entering the Dubai Metro, apparently for wearing a traditional Indian dress — dhoti. According to the victim's daughter Madhumati, a policeman stopped them near the punching gates of the Etisalat Metro Station on Saturday and objected to her father's dress. He was subsequently not allowed to board the Metro wearing it. “I pleaded with him

Mangalore, Aug 4: The situation in Gurupura Kaikamba on the outskirts of Mangalore was tense for a while following a Bajrang Dal attack under the pretext of illegal cattle transportation. The miscreants claiming to be the members of Bajrang Dal assaulted a local youth who had been returning home after buying a few medicines from a medical store. The injured youth, identified as Shahul Hameed, was