Karnataka

New Delhi, Jan 3: Calling anyone 'Chinki', 'Chinese' or making any other derogatory remark relating to race, culture or physical appearance will land you in jail for up to five years, according to a proposal which the Home Ministry is considering. Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said his ministry is considering the proposal made by a high-level committee that looked into the attacks on

Bengaluru, Jan 3: Describing the Congress government in Karnataka as non-performing, corrupt and defunct, BJP president Amit Shah Saturday called upon the people to free the state from the ruling party. "As the NDA freed the country from the Congress at the centre, the people should free the state from the ruling party. By joining hands with our party, the people should ensure a Congress-free

Bengaluru, Jan 3: In what is becoming the norm for Bengaluru police, another 'green corridor' was created for safe transportation of the live heart of a brain dead person from MS Ramaiah Hospital in North Bengaluru to BGS Global Hospital in Kengeri. The patient reported to be 21, had met with an accident near Jalahalli on January 1st and declared brain dead the next day. The authorities at MS

Puttur, Jan 3: Is Congress Party in communalism-stricken Dakshina Kannada district forming an alternative Hindutva organisation to check the strengthening of Bharatiya Janata Party, which is traditionally backed by the existing Hindutva outfits? If sources are to be believed, Bharatiya Hindu Parishad or BHP, said to be the brainchild of Congress leaders in Puttur taluk, will soon be a reality

Riyadh, Jan 3: An Indian woman, who worked here as a domestic help without being paid for the last six years, is awaiting her dues and an exit from Saudi Arabia. Shamsumma, a native of Kerala's Kollam district, was brought to the kingdom around six years ago by a recruitment agency and was handed over to a Saudi family as a domestic help. The recruitment agency fixed her monthly wage at 900 Saudi

Dubai, Jan 3: Encouraged by the low cost of remitting money to India and the current strength of the UAE dirham over the Indian rupee, wealthier non-resident Indians (NRIs) are remitting big amounts for investment back home, according to a recent white paper commissioned by Friends Provident International (FPI) and published by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). The white paper and documentary

Kasaragod,Jan 3: Periyattadukkam Riyas, wanted in many criminal cases and smuggling of narcotic substances at Kumbla in November last, was arrested by a police team. Riyas, 31, was arrested by narcotic cell Dy.SP Suresh Babu and the shadow police, when he appeared in a court at Kanhangad in connection with a criminal case. The police had registered a case against Riyas after he managed to escape

Riyadh, Jan 3: Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh has warned against celebrating the birthday of the Prophet (peace be upon him), saying that it is a superstitious practice that was illegally added to the religion. œIt is a bida (a sinful religious innovation) that crept into Islam after the first three centuries when the companions and successors of the companions lived.  Instead, it is

Kasargod, Jan 3: Nearly 10-days after the brutal murder of SDPI activist Zainul Abid in Kasargod, the main accused has been arrested by Kasargod police on Friday. The arrested has been identified as Jyothis (26), a resident of J P Colony in Ananguru in Kasargod. With this, police arrested seven persons in connection with the case. Jyothish was arrested while he was on his way to Shabarimala

Bantwal, Jan 3: In a gut-wrenching incident that will send shivers down your spine, a one-and-half-year-old boy died after he was strangulated in a cradle in Arala village in Bantwal Rural police station limits in Dakshina Kannada districtB on Friday. The police said Izaz was in his cradle while her mother was in the kitchen. His father Ismail and other family members had gone for Juma prayers