Karnataka

Mangaluru, Jul 10: Even as the coastal district of Dakshina Kannada continues to be the hotbed of communal tension following a spate of stabbings and murders, a group of Muslims has upheld the humanity by trying to solve the problems of poor Christian and Hindu families. The following five instances show that the communal harmony too exist in the region. *55 year-old Bhavani Shetty, a resident of

New Delhi, Jul 10: The Jammu-Kashmir police on Monday claimed to have busted a Lashkar-e-Taiba group which was involved in a spate of bank and ATM robberies. Police arrested Sandip Kumar Sharma, a resident of Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, in connection with the case. He was also allegedly part of the LeT group that ambushed a police patrol and killed six security personnel, including SHO Firoz Dar

Panaji, Jul 10: Several gravestones in a Christian cemetery in Curchorem town of South Goa were allegedly vandalised by unidentified persons, police said today. According to Curchorem Police Inspector Shivram Vaingankar, the incident took place last night. "Several gravestones were damaged by miscreants last night at the Guardian Angel Cemetery. The CCTV camera which was installed at the gate of

Mangaluru, Jul 10: The Bharatiya Janta Party has urged the police to release the ‘innocent’ Hindus who were arrested following tension at B C Road on Saturday. Addressing a press meet, Dakshina Kannada BJP unit general secretary Capt Brijesh Chowta said that the vehicle carrying the body of RSS worker Sharath, who succumbed to injuries, passed peacefully till Kaikamba in BC Road. “Miscreants from

Benglauru, Jul 10: A senior BJP leaders has strongly condemned human killings on the pretext of cow protection in the country and urged the ‘gou rakshaks’ to give priority to human beings over animals. “Nobody should kill human beings in the name of protection of cows. The protection of cow is a holy act, but we shouldn’t forget the fact that human life is more important than cow,” said, BJP

Mangaluru, Jul 9: In a tragic incident, three youths drowned in Shambhavi river at Mattu in Mulki on the outskirts of the city on Sunday. While one youth accident drowned, two of his friends lost their lives while trying to save him. The victims are: Kishor of Someshwara, Akshath of Kuthyaru and Mahesh from Mattu, who are all aged in their 20s. A group of 11 friends had visited one of their

Mangaluru, Jul 9: The city crime branch of Mangaluru city police has arrested three accused in connection with the recent murder attempt on Mohammed Sajid, a student of a city based engineering college. The arrested have been identified as Nitin Poojary (21), son of Nitish Poojary, a resident of Farangipete; Pranesh Poojary (20), son of Madhava Poojary, a resident of Adyar Katte; and Kishan

New Delhi, Jul 9: Former Union Minister Salman Khurshid has said that infiltration of the RSS into the Congress would continue to haunt the party for a long time. In an interview with a national English daily, the 64-year-old leader said that he came to know about such infiltration after the demolition of Babri mosque. “The funny thing is that they do not even know that they are RSS. They are good

Bengaluru, Jul 9: Global healthcare company GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd is investing Rs 1,000 crore in a new state-of-the-art pharmaceutical unit in Karnataka and is looking at enhancing its global pipeline in areas like respiratory drugs and vaccines in India. "We are investing Rs 1,000 crore in a new state-of-the- art pharmaceutical factory in Vemgal, Karnataka. The factory will

Mangaluru, Jul 9: Nearly two weeks after a dead body was found at Halekot area near Karwar railway station, it was identified as that of Nishant, a software engineer, who had gone missing under mysterious circumstances nearly a month ago. 23-year-old Nishant, a native of Kodagu, was working in Mangaluru after completing his engineering graduation. According to his family, Nishant had gone to