Karnataka

Bengaluru, Dec 27: JDS today said it opposed a bill, which religious mutts fear is an attempt to take over their institutions, and hit out at Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for blaming its coalition government with BJP for first initiating the legislation. "This issue was started in 1997 by the then government. That bill was implemented in S M Krishna's time in 2003," the party state unit

Melbourne, Dec 27: K L Rahul from Mangaluru became the second Indian player to make a Test debut on this tour after the 22-year-old was included in the starting 11 for the Boxing Day Test here on Friday. Earlier, Karn Sharma made his debut in the first Test at Adelaide. The indications were apparent during India's two practice sessions ahead of the third Test although India, as is their wont, kept

Mangalore, Dec 27: After the Janata Darshan programmes held by the district administration at taluk-levels at Belthangady on October 29 and Bantwal on November 12, the programme held at Suratkal on Saturday saw a sheer lack of proper arrangements or system to receive applications from people seeking facilities from the government for their problems. The'Janata Darshan' programme which was slated

Kasaragod, Dec 27: When Manju Shahul Hameed, a middle class Keralite woman married Rafi around two decades ago, she had no other dreams except becoming a homemaker. Today, she is the Mayor of London Borough Croydon in South London! She had left Kerala in 1996 after completing her degree studies at the Sree Narayana College at Chempazhanthy village in the suburbs of Thiruvananthapuram city. Having

Mangaluru, Dec 27: A woman riding pillion on a motorbike died while her husband was critically injured in a ghastly road mishap at Moodbidri on the outskirts of the city on Saturday. The deceased has been identified as Kusuma, wife of Srikanth, resident of Mijar village on the outskirts of the city. Rider Srikanth, who sustained severe injuries, has been admitted to a hospital. Police said that a

Bengaluru, Dec 27: Senior Supreme Court lawyer Prashant Bhushan has said that an anti-conversion law would be unconstitutional in India. Speaking to reports on the sidelines of a programme, Mr Bhushan said that conversion law goes against the fundamental right of the citizen to choose or change his/her religion. Mr. Bhushan said that the BJP and its affiliates were attempting to bring about the

Mangaluru, Dec 27: The inaugural ceremony of the additional school block, administrative office, computer lab and science laboratory in Al Badriya Composite P. U. College was held on Friday under the aegis of Badriya Jumma Masjid Muslim Jamaath, Krishnapura, on the outskirts of the city. New administrative office and computer lab was inaugurated by Oscar Fernandes, Former Union Minister. Speaking

Mumbai, Dec 27: Two of the eleven alleged gang members of fugitive gangster Ravi Pujari, held in connection with a plot to attack film producer brothers Mahesh Bhatt and Mukesh Bhatt, confessed to have hatched the conspiracy to kill them, police claimed today. "We have recorded the confessional statements of two of the arrested accused in a case pertaining to plotting to carry out a deadly attack

Udupi, Dec 27: Pejawar Mutt pontiff Vishwesha Tirtha Swami has urged the government to form district-level committees comprising one government representative and eminent persons from all major religions to prevent forceful conversions. Addressing media persons here the seer said that such committees should visit the spots when conversions take place and conduct a thorough probe The committee

Kasaragod, Dec 27: The police arrested three persons on Friday on charge of conspiring to murder Zainul Abid, a 24-year-old Socialist Democratic Party of India (SDPI) activist, on December 22. Thejas, 19, Abhishek, 20, and Akshay Rai, 24, were arrested by a team led by Deputy Superintendent of Police T.P. Ranjith under IPC Section 120-b (criminal conspiracy). The police seized a motorbike used by