Karnataka

Mangaluru, Jul 8: A 26-year-old man was allegedly stabbed by a gang of miscreants without any provocation at BC Road Kaikamba during the funeral procession of RSS activist Sharath Madivala on Saturday. Mohammed Riyaz (26), a resident of Irvathoor, Vamapadavu, suffered severe injuries to his neck in the unexpected attack by the knife yielding gang. He was immediately rushed to a private hospital in

Mangaluru, Jul 8: Thousands of grief-stricken men and women, most of them activists of Sangh Parivar on Saturday bid a tearful adieu to Sharath Madivala, a 28-year-old RSS activist, who breathed his last at a hospital in Mangaluru last night after losing his three-day long fight for life. The mortal remains of Sharath was taken from Mangaluru to his home town, Sajipa Munnur, in Bantwal taluk in a

Mangaluru, Jul 8: Several video clips that clearly show the “activists” collecting stones in BC Road during Saturday’s funeral procession of murdered RSS activist Sharath Madivala are doing rounds on social media. The viral videos have given rise to suspicion that Saturday's stone pelting in BC Road was a pre-planned act by trouble mongers. Thousands of Hindutva activists and over one hundred

Mangaluru, Jul 8: In spite of heavy police deployment, the communally sensitive town of BC Road in Bantwal taluk on Saturday witnessed chaos as miscreants resorted to pelt stones at shops and vehicles. The stone pelting took place when the funeral procession of murdered RSS activist Sharath Madivala was nearing BC Road. Thousands of Sangh Parivar activists are taking part in the funeral procession

Mangaluru, Jul 8: A tense atmosphere prevailed across the coastal district of Dakshina Kannada on Saturday as the saffron activists chose to take the mortal remains of stab victim to his hometown in Bantwal taluk through a procession. Bantwal taluk remained on tenterhooks for the second day running as thousands of activists of Sangh Parivar are taking part in the funeral of Sharath Madivala, a 28

Kundapur, Jul 8: A youth was killed and another injured when a truck knocked down a motorbike at Ampar village coming under the Shankarnarayana police station limits in Kundapur taluk on Friday. According to the Shankarnarayana police, Shivakumar (27) was riding his motorbike with Ravi as pillion rider from Siddapura to Ampar, while the truck was on its way to Ampar from Kundapur, when the

Bengaluru, Jul 8: A day after his grandson Prajwal Revanna said that ‘suitcase’ culture was prevalent in the JD(S), party national president H D Deve Gowda said he was extremely hurt by the remark and indicated that action will be taken against him for making such comments. “As leader of the party, I will be failing in my duty if I do not take action against Prajwal. It is important that

New Delhi, Jul 8: Former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy on Friday contended before the Supreme Court that he was being made to suffer fresh investigations after the apex court’s approval to proceed against him in a case relating to de-reservation of mineral-rich forest land in Ballari in favour of Janthakal Enterprises. “This court had given permission to investigate the case of Janthakal

Mangaluru, Jul 7: Describing Congress as a ‘movement’ which aims to establish a secular and peaceful society, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of attempting to divide the society on communal lines and take political advantage in the coming polls. Addressing a zonal convention of Congress workers from Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Kodagu districts at Adyar

Mangaluru, Jul 7: Young activist of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Sharat Madivala, who was brutally stabbed by unidentified miscreants last Tuesday, at B C Road in Bantwal taluk, breathed his last at a private hospital in Mangaluru on Friday evening after losing his nearly three-day long fight for life. The death came just hours after hundreds of Sangh Parivar activists staged a massive protest