Karnataka

New Delhi, Apr 10: Indian Muslim organizations and human rights bodies today demonstrated near Myanmar embassy in the capital against the violation of human rights, atrocities and acts of cruelty meted out on Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. Indian Muslim organisations and civil society under the banner of an umbrella body of Muslim organisations All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat (AIMMM) today

Bangalore, Apr 10: In two separate suicide cases, two software engineers allegedly hanged themselves to death in their flats on Tuesday for different reasons. In first incident, Manoj Kumar (36) ended his life by hanging himself in his room at a paying guest accommodation in Shantiniketan Layout, HAL police station limits, on Tuesday morning. A resident of RT Nagar, Manoj was working with a

Mangalore, Apr 10: Upset over denial of ticket, former Congress MLA from Sullia constituency K Kushala has resigned from the Karnataka Janata Party. He had formally joined KJP at a convention held in Haveri after its inception. With this move, Kushala has now decided to contest the assembly polls as an independent candidate. Kushala had contested in 1985 and 1989 as a Congress candidate and won

Puttur, Apr 10: The Perne road tragedy has made chill run down the spine of the locals who saw the incident happen right in front of their eyes. With prayer on their lips, the survivors of the incident, who have become witnessed to the tragedy say that they were probably a bit more lucky because they survived the catastrophic embrace of the same. “I was purchasing some bakery items from a line

Bangalore, Apr 10: Ruling BJP in Karnataka has released the second list of 35 candidates for the May 5 assembly elections, refraining from taking a call on fielding tainted MLAs. Sanjeev Matandoor and Kishor Kumar The list was finalised by the BJP Central Election Committee which met in New Delhi under the Presidentship of Rajnath Singh, party General Secretary H N Ananth Kumar said in a statement

New Delhi, Apr 10: Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi on Tuesday expressed concern over possible job loss to Indians in Saudi Arabia due to a new labour law and asked nine states to prepare a rehabilitation programme so that those 'return to the country from the Gulf nation get employment.' “Nine states, which are having a large number of people in Saudi Arabia, were called to a meeting

Bangalore, Apr 9: The Election Commission Tuesday announced it was advancing the start of balloting time for the May 5 Karnataka assembly poll by an hour in view of the summer heat. The booths will now open at 7 a.m. instead of 8 a.m. and close by 5 p.m., Chief Election Commissioner V.S. Sampath told reporters here. All political parties in the state Monday met Sampath and Election Commissioners H

Tehrarn/ Dammam, Apr 9: A strong earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale has struck the town of Kaki near the southern Iranian city of Bushehr, killing at least 37 people and leaving more than 850 injured. According to the Iranian Seismological Center, the quake has hit the town of Kaki, some 90 kilometers southeast of Bushehr, at 4:22 pm local time (1152 GMT) on Tuesday at a depth of 12

New Delhi, Apr 9: Five Indian peacekeepers escorting a United Nations convoy in South Sudan have been killed in an ambush by rebels, the Indian foreign ministry announced on Tuesday. "Five peacekeepers from India with UNMISS (United Nations Mission in South Sudan) killed in ambush in Jonglei," foreign ministry spokesman SyedAkbaruddin wrote on Twitter. He confirmed the deaths to AFP and said the

Mangalore, Apr 9: Representatives of the 'Hindu Janajagrathi Samithi' who urged people to shun the western new year celebration and observe the upcoming 'Ugadi' with old school Hindu traditions had to lose their face. Breifing media persons at a news conference in Mangalore on Tuesday, Sukanya, an office bearer of the Samithi said that Hindus must observe 'Ugadi' in accordance with the 'shastras'