Karnataka

Mangaluru, Jul 9: Udupi-Chikmagaluru MP Shobha Karandlaje has written to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh urging him to ban outfits like Polular Front of India (PFI) and Karnataka Forum for Dignity (KFD) and order NIA probe into killings of Hindutva activists in this south Indian state. The two-page strongly worded latter shared by Ms Karandlaje on her twitter account on Saturday evening, claimed

Udupi, Jul 9: Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies are fully responsible for communal tensions in Dakshina Kannada, and not the police, according to G Parameshwara, the president of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee. Responding to presspersons on the situation in Kalladka and other parts of Dakshina Kannada, after visiting the Sri Krishna Mutt/Temple here, Mr Parameshwara said there was no

Udupi, Jul 9: Expressing frustration over the recent demand by a section of ‘progressive thinkers’ to disassociate himself from Ram Janmabhoomi movement, Paryaya Pejawar Mutt seer Sri Vishwesha Theertha Swami said that Ram Mandir is the right of Hindus and it is impossible to give away the land to construct a mosque. Speaking to media persons here, the seer, however, clarified that he did not

Mangaluru, Jul 9: Dakshina Kannada BJP unit General Secretary Capt Brijesh Chowta has filed a complaint against administrators of “Mangaluru Muslims” Facebook page for “uploading posts that sow the seeds of communal hate.” The post on July 7 had threatened RSS leader Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat. “If terrorist Kalladka Bhat is dead, will they honour him using Indian tri colour flag or saffron flag

Bengaluru, Jul 9: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s son Yathindra Siddaramaiah has joined the Congress party. The 34-year-old Yathindra registered himself as a resident of Varuna Assembly constituency in Mysuru, which his father currently represents as MLA. Yathindra’s move adds credence to speculation in political circles that he may take a plunge into electoral politics in the next Assembly

New Delhi, Jul 9: The Karnataka government opposed before the Supreme Court a plea for a CBI probe into the suicide of deputy superintendent of police M K Ganapathy on July 7, last year. Responding to a petition filed by M K Kushalappa, father of the deceased, the state government maintained that a thorough and in-depth investigation has been carried out and no prudent and reasonable person can

Bengaluru, Jul 9: The state BJP on Saturday demanded that the National Investigative Agency probe the killing of RSS and BJP workers, including Sharath Madiwala near Mangaluru. “More than 20 RSS and BJP workers have been killed in the past four years in the state. The law and order has completely collapsed. The government has not been able to arrest those responsible for the murder of Sharath

Bengaluru, Jul 9: The High Court of Karnataka imposed a cost of Rs 25,000 on government officials to be paid to a farmer from Chikkamagaluru. Justice B Veerappa, while hearing a petition filed by the Deputy Conservator of Forest, Bhadra Wildlife division, Assistant Commissioner cum Land Acquisition Officer – both from Chikkamagaluru, Principal Chief Conservator of Forest and the Chief Secretary

Mangaluru, Jul 8: For 31 year old Faisal Byari from the coastal town of Kundapur, it was his first birthday on Saturday. In fact, it was on July 8, 2016, he had got a fresh lease of life after undergoing a successful heart transplant at Manipal Hospitals in Bengaluru. Faisal celebrated the 'first birthday' of his second phase of life by cutting the cake along with Manipal Heart Institute

Mangaluru, Jul 8: In yet another attempt to disrupt peace, a youth was attacked with lethal weapons near Kuthar under the limits of Ullal Police Station in Mangaluru taluk on Saturday night. A severely injured Chiranjeevi (25) was immediately rushed to a private hospital at Deralakatte. Medical sources said that he is out of danger. A resident of Kwatraguttu area of Amblemogaru village