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New Delhi, Aug 13: Dismissing "speculation" and "fake news" regarding the health of Pranab Mukherjee, his son Abhijit Mukherjee on Thursday said that the former President is still alive and "haemodynamically" stable. He alleged that fake news is being circulated by reputed journalists on social media regarding his father's death. "My Father Shri Pranab Mukherjee is still alive & haemodynamically

Bengaluru, Aug 12: Karnataka Congress chief D K Shivakumar has called the August 11 Bengaluru violence a conspiracy of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Three people died in the police firing, 60 policemen were injured and several vehicles were set ablaze in Bengaluru on Tuesday night after Congress MLA Akanda Srinivas Murthy's nephew Naveen allegedly posted a derogatory message on social media. Naveen

Newsroom, Aug 12: Distancing themselves from the August 11 Bengaluru violence, the Popular Front of India and its political arm Social Democratic Party of India have expressed concern over the way the police handled the incident. “The police always want a scapegoat to hide their failure. In #Bangaloreriots the SDPI local leaders who were inside the police station from evening were framed for

Bengaluru, Aug 12: Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai has said that a magisterial enquiry will be carried out into the August 11 Bengaluru violence. He also said that government will recover losses to public property from those who were responsible for the violence. Speaking to reporters, he said that following a high-level meeting with Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa, it was decided to

Bengaluru, Aug 12: In a show of solidarity when the parts of Bengaluru were up in flames of hatred, a group of Muslim youth on Tuesday night assembled and formed a human chain around a temple in DJ Halli police station limits to protect it from arsonists. The Hanuman temple is located near Shampura main road and the youths had gathered on the streets following violence. A video of human china

Bengaluru, Aug 12: Areas under Pulakeshinagar assembly constituency in Bengaluru resembled a war zone on Wednesday, hours after an unruly mob went on a rampage torching vehicles, irked over a 'communally sensitive' social media post allegedly put up by a relative of a Congress MLA. Charred vehicles, shards of glass from broken windows, stones and bricks lie strewn over the deserted roads of the

Mangaluru, Aug 12: Condemning the violence in Bengaluru, Mangaluru MLA and former minister U T Khader demanded that the police should initiate action against those who posted derogatory remarks against a religion. In a twitter post he wrote that "Stringent action should be initiated against those who post derogatory remarks on Prophet Mohammed who had upheld equality, humanity and harmony. However

Bengaluru, Aug 12: Karnataka Congress working president Saleem Ahmed on Wednesday alleged that the delay in police action against the person who posted controversial content on social media had triggered violence in Bengaluru. "A post was put up by a person on the social media but police did not take immediate action. The delay in action against the person who posted the content had created

Bengaluru, Aug 12: Karnataka Minister CT Ravi on Wednesday termed the violence in Bengaluru as a "planned riot" and alleged that the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) is behind the incident that claimed 3 lives. "I think it was a planned riot. Within an hour of a post on social media thousands of people gathered and damaged 200-300 vehicles and the MLA's residence. We will take serious

Bengaluru, Aug 12: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Wednesday informed that directives have been issued to take strict action against accused of Bengaluru violence and asserted that the government has taken all possible steps to curb the situation. While appealing people to maintain peace, he also said that violence against journalists, police and people last night was unacceptable. "The