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Bengaluru, May 30: Hinting that Bharatiya Janata Party would stake claim to more mosques in days to come, former minister K S Eshwarappa today said that there are around 36,000 mosques that need to be converted into temples in the country. Speaking to media persons, the hardline Hindutva said that Hindus should find out the mosques that have been built after destroying temple in the past and

Bengaluru, May 30: Acclaimed scholar Hampa Nagarajaiah on Monday tendered resignation as chairperson of the Kuvempu Pratishthana to protest the government’s reluctance in acting against Sangh Parivar product Rohith Chakratirtha, who heads the textbook review committee formed by the government. Prof. Nagarajaiah, popularly known as Hampana, is the first member of a government-run academy to resign

Bengaluru, May 30: Medical apathy claimed another life in Karnataka's capital where a 21-year-old female died after undergoing surgery in a private hospital in the city. The deceased student has been identified as Tejasvini (21), a resident of Bagepalli. She was an engineering student who was staying in a PG accommodation. The family of the deceased filed a complaint against the perpetrators and

Bengaluru, May 30: Congress today surprised BJP and JD(S) by fielding a second candidate for the June 10 Rajya Sabha polls, forcing an election for a seat it does not have enough numbers to win. The Congress has fielded former union minister Jairam Ramesh and Karnataka Congress general secretary Mansoor Ali Khan as its candidates for the Rajya Sabha elections. Four Rajya Sabha seats from Karnataka

Economists have warned that Inflation in the wider Middle East including the Gulf Cooperation Council countries will spike this year due to an increase in food and commodity prices after the Russia-Ukraine war. “The UAE economy has had a strong start to 2022, with crude oil production up 12 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter of this year. Survey data points to a solid expansion in non-oil

Around 30,000 Israeli settlers marched through al-Quds (Jerusalem) and its old town while chanting anti-Arab and anti-Muslim slogans, as part of what's known by Israel as the flag march that takes place annually to celebrate its occupation of the eastern part of the holy city in 1967. Thousands also marched through the Muslim quarter of the old town of al-Quds, amid security deployment and

Mangaluru, May 29: A family trip to the Ullal beach on the outskirts of the city took a tragic turn when a woman was swept away was high tides. The deceased has been identified as Bhagyalakshmi, who had come to the coastal town from Mysuru along with her husband and three daughters and a granddaughter. After visiting Someshwara Temple, the family had been to the Summer Sands Beach Resort on

Bengaluru, May 29: Senior Congress leader H N Chandrashekar, popularly known as Mukhyamantri Chandru, has quit the Karnataka unit of the party, citing personal reasons. In his resignation letter to the Congress state president D K Shivakumar on Saturday, Chandru said he had joined the "Congress with vast historical background" with an objective to serve people. "I am content that I have done my

Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Jawaharke village of Mansa district on Sunday, May 29. This follows a day after the Punjab Police withdrew security of 424 people, including of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala. Sidhu Moose Wala had contested this year's Punjab assembly election on a Congress ticket from Mansa and was defeated by AAP candidate Vijay Singla

Flag-waving Jewish nationalists, mostly Zionists, are set to march through the heart of the Muslim quarter of Jerusalem's Old City on Sunday in a parade that could re-ignite violence between Israelis and Palestinians. The annual Jerusalem procession celebrates Israel's capture of the Old City in the 1967 Middle East war and draws thousands of cheering, chanting participants to its narrow, stone