Karnataka

Udupi, Feb 7: A police team from Mangaluru seized about 1.3 kilogram of opium worth Rs 5.2 lakh, which was meant for sale, near the seashore at Kaup in Udupi district and arrested one person in this regard. The police team arrested Kalu Ram (35), hailing from Rajasthan, for possession of the opium. Originally from Rajasthan, Kalu Ram had been currently residing in Gangolli in Kundapur taluk. Upon

Bengaluru, Feb 7: A day after Karnataka High Court rejected VHP's plea for a stay on the police order banning its leader Praveen Togadia's entry into the city on grounds of law and order, the saffron outfit has made all arrangements to live telecast his speech through video-conferencing at the 'Hindu Virat Samavesha' to be held here tomorrow. "Togadia has already reached Karnataka borders and

Mangaluru, Feb 7: A collection of monochrome photographs depicting daily scenes on the streets captured by Coastaldigest.com photographer Ahmed Anwar were displayed in an exhibition titled ‘Street Life’ at Talent Conference Hall, Kankanady here on Saturday. Over a hundred black-and-white photographs chosen from the vast collection of Ahmed Anwar captured in several cities over a period of 15 years

Mangaluru, Feb 7: Two brothers-cum-business partners have been arrested by the police after they allegedly turned to be crime-partners by allegedly raping a minor girl separately near Ullal on the outskirts of the city. The arrested duo has been identified as Basheer (35), and his younger brother Rashid (33). Both are facing the charges of sexual assault under Protection of Children from Sexual

Mangaluru, Feb 7: Airports Authority of India (AAI), which had earlier decided to expand the new concrete runway of Mangaluru International Airport by 4,000 feet, is now reportedly reconsidering its earlier plan because of massive cost. R K Srivastava, who took over as the new chairman of AAI replacing Sudheer Raheja, in January, has reportedly decided to reduce the expenses by confining the

Mangaluru, Feb 7: The matter of shifting the office of Dakshina Kannada deputy commissioner’s office from the state bank area to Alape-Padil is expected to come up for the Cabinet approval in its next meeting. B Ramanath Rai, the Minister in-charge of Dakshina Kannada, on Friday addressing a gathering at Amtadi in Bantwal taluk, where a function to distribute title deeds under the ‘Akrama Sakrama’

Udupi/Mangaluru, Feb 7: The twin coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi will once again witness Virat Hindu Samajotsavas next month with VHP leaders gearing up to bring back their supremo Praveen Togadia for firebrand speeches. The Udupi district unit of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal would organise a Virat Hindu Samajotsava on March 9. Addressing presspersons on Friday

Feb 7: After U.S. President Barack Obama raised the issue of religious intolerance in India, The New York Times published a very strong editorial criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi for what it calls his “dangerous silence” on a series of communal events in the country. The editorial, by the NYT editorial board, lists recent attacks on churches and reports of Ghar Vapsi or conversion and

Koppal, Feb 7: Two motorbikes and the official car of Superintendent of Police were damaged after two groups resorted to stone pelting during a procession organised as part of Hindu convention here on Friday. Vishwa Hindu Parishad had organised Hindu Samavesha in the town and a ‘shobha yatra’ was taken out as part of the event. Trouble started when the procession was wading through Paltan Street

Bengaluru, Feb 6: A mutilated body of an eight-year-old girl was found with injury marks in a car shed near Hoskote near here, police said Friday. "Preliminary investigation of bite marks and injuries on private parts of the body shows the victim was molested and raped before being smothered to death by an unidentified youth," Bengaluru Superintendent of Police (Rural) B. Ramesh told media here